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Question on smoking during pregnancy? Plz help…?

  • Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:21 am

I don’t smoke , I have tried it when younger and never liked it. My sister is 27 yrs. Old and pregnant with her 2 daughter. She never smoked during her first pregnancy but she has used heroin about 2 years ago on and off for about a year. She has been clean since march when she found out she was pregnant, we are extremely proud of her abstinence, but most of all her choice to take this step in the right directio,and also the bravery to tell us, and have the proof that she has been cleaned since she was the one that took the steps to be clean and is drug tested every week, and is actually back to the person we knew with her job and school and things like that. The problem is that she can’t stop smoking! And the doctor advised her not to use any over the counter stuff just to quit!!! She says that she feels like smoking after taking subutex which is what she is on and will be on until about 2 months after baby is born… has anyone smoked during their pregnancy? Was the child affected? Was the baby ok? I don’t mean to sound ignorant but I just don’t know anyone who smoked during pregnancy… also I am asking because at the 29th week checkup the baby was a little underweight and now the doctor wants another ultrasound just to watch out for growth? Has this happened 2 anyone? Pls answere and thank you in advance.. also want to say that she has only 2 months 2 go is there anything she could do to make the baby stronger? Anything she should eat? Etc…

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It’s been reported that Palin’s husband has a DUI, her daughter has a out of wedlock pregnancy, and her son is?

  • Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:20 am

addicted to oxycontin, is the Republican family values at work?

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It’s been reported that Palin’s husband has a DUI, her daughter has a out of wedlock pregnancy, and her son is?

  • Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:22 am

addicted to oxycontin, is the Republican family values at work?

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It’s been reported that Palin’s husband has a DUI, her daughter has a out of wedlock pregnancy, and her son is?

  • Posted on October 7, 2010 at 1:23 am

addicted to oxycontin, is the Republican family values at work?

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It’s been reported that Palin’s husband has a DUI, her daughter has a out of wedlock pregnancy, and her son is?

  • Posted on October 6, 2010 at 8:19 am

addicted to oxycontin, is the Republican family values at work?

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It’s been reported that Palin’s husband has a DUI, her daughter has a out of wedlock pregnancy, and her son is?

  • Posted on October 6, 2010 at 4:24 am

addicted to oxycontin, is the Republican family values at work?

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Can I still lose my pregnancy weight after 2 years?

  • Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:17 pm

About 2 months before I got pregnant I lost 25 pounds. Then I got pregnant and it all came back and more. I gained a total of 85 pounds during my pregnancy. It has been almost two years and I have hardly lost any of it. My daughter will be 2 years this December. I really want to lose this damn weight. I hate feeling so insecure. I know how to lose weight. I know I need to eat less and exercise more. I know I need to burn more calories than I consume but it’s just getting the motivation to do it. I try so hard and I will do so good for about 2-3 days and then the minute I see a piece of cake or some french fries in front of me I completely forget about my diet and just binge and eat everything in front of me. I know this is horrible to say but sometimes I wish I could just make myself throw it all up. But I can’t. I need help. I don’t know what to do now. Please if you have any suggestions or know of any ways I can get motivated and stay motivated let me know! Thank you!

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Question about pain meds and pregnancy…?

  • Posted on August 15, 2010 at 3:21 pm

So, I’m 35 weeks & 1 day pregnant and was hospitalized on July 24th because I had such bad pain in my right side and my back, I was having hot flashes and throwing up. After finding a very large amount of blood in my urine and an ultrasound, my doc diagnosed me with having kidney stones. From what they could see, I had 3. They gave me a shot of demerol in my hip, started started me on percocet every 3 hours, and kept me overnight. Well, 5 days later the pain started up again. I couldn’t even keep my own spit down (sorry. I know that’s gross). They re admitted me and started me on morphine. That night, I finally passed one of the stones (it was a big one!). They sent me home the next morning with a prescription for more percocet because I have more stones, and they can’t intervene until my daughter is born because it could put me into labor being this far along.

My question is, can so much medication being used for more than a couple of days have any kind of effect on my unborn child? I’d like to think the doctors wouldn’t do anything that might harm her. But then again, maybe the pro’s just outweighed the risks. Any GOOD answers from people who actually know what they are talking about would be greatly appreciated. And please don’t tell me that my doctor knows what they are doing, and I shouldn’t be asking answers.

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Doctor who prescribes diet pills during pregnancy and women who take them?

  • Posted on July 30, 2010 at 7:21 pm

My mother in law is 72 years old now, but 54 years ago she was a newly wed starting a family. Her first child was a big baby. When she became pregnant with her second child, she begged her doctor to help her have a smaller baby. Her OB/GYN prescribed diet pills and she took those little pills during her entire pregnancy. Her baby girl was huge in spite of those diet pills.

After my sister in law was born, my mother in law said the baby cried constantly. Once they got home from the hospital, my mother law says that my sister in law slept all the time. From birth until age 12, my sister law’s favorite place was her bed. She slept constantly. Even now, at age 51, her favorite pass time is sleeping.

During adolescence and young adult hood, my sister in law became addicted to methamphetamine. She said taking the drug made her feel normal. She is now a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, but she still misses the drugs. Her daughter, my niece, is also a methamphetamine addict. My niece spent two years in prison for criminal activity associated with drug abuse. The cycle continues.

Is there anyway possible the diet pills my mother in law took during her pregnancy 52 years ago could have caused my sister in law’s drug addiction and subsequently my niece’s drug addiction?

I can’t help but wonder. Although I have suggested this possibility to my mother in law, she thinks it is far fetched. She also doesn’t think taking those diet pills while pregnant was wrong — she has justified it as being prescribed by her doctor and she was just following his instruction.

Could there be a connection?

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Diet pills during pregnancy?

  • Posted on July 29, 2010 at 10:21 pm

My mother in law is 72 years old now, but 54 years ago she was a newly wed starting a family. Her first child was a big baby. When she became pregnant with her second child, she begged her doctor to help her have a smaller baby. Her OB/GYN prescribed diet pills and she took those little pills during her entire pregnancy. Her baby girl was huge in spite of those diet pills.

After my sister in law was born, my mother in law said the baby cried constantly. Once they got home from the hospital, my mother law says that my sister in law slept all the time. From birth until age 12, my sister law’s favorite place was her bed. She slept constantly. Even now, at age 51, her favorite pass time is sleeping.

During adolescence and young adult hood, my sister in law became addicted to methamphetamine. She said taking the drug made her feel normal. She is now a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, but she still misses the drugs. Her daughter, my niece, is also a methamphetamine addict. My niece spent two years in prison for criminal activity associated with drug abuse. The cycle continues.

Is there anyway possible the diet pills my mother in law took during her pregnancy 52 years ago could have caused my sister in law’s drug addiction and subsequently my niece’s drug addiction?

I can’t help but wonder. Although I have suggested this possibility to my mother in law, she thinks it is far fetched. She also doesn’t think taking those diet pills while pregnant was wrong — she has justified it as being prescribed by her doctor and she was just following his instruction.

Could there be a connection?

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