breastfeeding and smoking pot

Ok just a little peice of advice Smoking Marijuana while pregnant and or breast feeding is less harmful the drinking while so.

i personally would never smoke weed while pregnant and i would definitely NOT EVER smoke anything in the house where i had my babes. i have 2 babies & i have lost one, so im on the side of caution. i used to smoke weed before i fell pregnant. was interested in seeing if it was harmful during breast feeding. is there any "real" facts or websites that actually say its bad? or if you have to wait a certain amount of time before breast feeding again?

well my baby is 2 yrs old now and she is very very smart and advanced for her age and i smoked pot while i was pregnant.. not while i breast feed. honestly its not harmfull. now ciggeretts are bad i deff quit smoking cigs cuz that has chemicals in it weed is a plant there is nothing bad in it.. get your facts straight

hello i wanted to say a few words 1st of all 4 everyone on here who so happen to judge people i feel so sorry 4 u! because you have no right to judge anyone! u need to take a look in the mirror because im sure ***************! and weed does not harm u during pregnancy and it cannot hurt a baby! and their is no such thing as haveing panic attacks because u smoke weed and just to let u know people in freackin jamaica use it to melow out their pregnancy they make it into teas and smoke it to not have morning sickness and it helps them stay calm so they wont go into panic attacks or get to stressed because of course that leads to misscarriage and it helps the mothers gain the weight they are suppose to and they stay really healthy because of it and it actually helps the babys skin and it when the babys come out they are more alert and learn quicker and are healthier than other kids and when u breastfeed and u cant get urself to eat right or anything to get ur milk up then smoke some weed and u will get the munches to eat healthy and then the thc also healps the baby get a better sleep and helps momma sleep better too. and it also helps if the baby has an upset stomach or if the baby is teething and i dont believe in smokeing it in the same room with the baby because i mean if i was a baby i wouldnt want someone over top of me blowing smoke everywhere but u do have to understand weed is an herb it cannot hurt u in anyway but if u take a tabacoo smoker & put it in the room with a baby then that baby will come out with breathing problems ear in fections well just about anything that u can imagine. and weed in perscribed to people in certain states 4 cancer stress flu joint pain well anything. and it also helps ur nerves if the mom or dad is stressed. what me and my husband do is wait till our son is gone to bed 4 the night and we go smoke it in our room and we turn the fan around to blow the smoke out and we go down stairs and munch down and watch a comedy and go to bed and we are less stressed and have more energy to play with our son the next day. oh and the only reason they say its bad 4 the women over here to smoke pot is because the prenant patient would tell them all they did was smoke pot and the OBGYN was just fine with it till the day the baby was born then they would find pills and other hard core drugs in their system. and that plus tabacoo use and drinking can lead to many complacations. low birth wieght still born.....u name it. and honestly if i didnt smoke it my son would have never been here. the doctors noticed that i kept having misscarriges and so i gave up smoked some weed next thing ya know i have a 8wk old baby growing inside of me. i kept smokeing it he came out healthy and more. he was different than ohter babys and still is he just turned one and is very very very intelligent 4 his age and i ended up have to misscarriges after that because i wasnt smokeing but one joint at night so during the day i was staying sick and couldnt keep food down and felt misrable and so my doct ordered me to get my husband to watch alex during the day smoke a half a joint and take an hour nap and then oneat night so i would be balanced and so i could eat right and just to make sure i have it outa my system at nine months. and they r not aloud to tell u anything like this because of the government but when it comes down to loseing baby after baby then im sure they r not gonna just keep lieing. so if anyone has anything to say then do so but just remember u not going to be hurting my feelings at all because its ur family and friends that has to put up with u. and believe me just becuase u can right and say its bad dont mean anything because im sure u have no proof. well i have tons.

***edited by moderator*** ** inappropriate posting**

and a couple more things i nor do many people in the world thing and know that weed in not a drug. a drug is man maid. and noone on here should feel guilty or anything over smoking it because its all natural. have u noticed the only people that want to run their trashy mouth on here is the ones who think the know everything and they say they r so called "christians". honestly i believe in wicca and i make all my own meds and pot is just a natural way to get rid of anything u have like a headache or well anything. and if it was so bad then why r they makeing it legal. >;)

Get real pot does not harm the baby. If it did guess what....THEY WOULDN"T GIVE IT TO PPL WHO ARE PREGNANT FOR HORRID NAUSEA!! So think before you speak and stop telling ppl to quit because you were dump enough to believe little timmy could become a stoner or become high and not eat or anything else for that matter. Almost ALL of us who are at least 30 and up are more than likely "stoner's babies" guess what we are just fine. Bet all those narcotics they gave you in the hospital were not JUST FINE for the baby were they? Nope but I bet you got them anyway. You people make me sick with this mess. Just because pot cannot be sold by companies and such is no reason to say its bad for the baby. Red meat was fine too then a few years later it causes heart attacks...eggs were fine too but now they say limit the amount. Just wait until they can find a way to put pot on shelves and it will be the new cure for everything..hell it's already the most prescribed medicine for many illnesses, like, oh that little one..what is it? OH YEAH CANCER! And I bet they do not tell them to not have children. Think for yourself, then speak.

Everyone needs to settle down, this person was only asking if it was bad, she wanted to know, it doesn't make her bad for wanting to know. You all keep jumping at her like she told you "Hi everyone im about to do crack with my kid" You all should go burn one and chill out!!!!!

There are no proven harmful effects from Marijuana on mother's nursing or pregnant. Normal growth happened in studies of women smoking during pregnancy. Furthermore, all children reached their normal mile stones month to month. THC is transfered to your baby via breast milk. Doctors noted that mother's using Marijuana through pregnancy and after, found that babies are more likely to have a better appetite (go figure). However, there just simply hasn't been enough test for me to tell you it's 100% safe. If you feel that you are still going to harm your baby i have two things to tell you. 1) no one has ever overdosed on weed. 2) If your scared it will harm your baby, then simply don't do it until you quit nursing.

i am so with they lady who was flipping out over this. It seems like the only ones who are okay with it are the ones who do it themselves. It can harm ur child. I am raising my nephews right and they both have problems from my sister smoking pot. the 4 yr old is delayded and the 2 yr has asthma wich the Dr and Early Child Inervention stated that the pot caused it.

I find it funny that everyone on here thinks that they have all the answers, when in reality there have been no real tests to indicate if it is harmful, or if everyone is just being paranoid. Technically speaking, there are so many potential harmful things in our society that to make sure your baby is truely healthy, you must lock him in his room inside of a bubble. Im not saying that you should smoke while breastfeeding, all im saying is that i was raised not to believe everything you hear.. so until there is actual test done, and it is %100 proven that it is harmful, i wouldn't believe a word anybody said on here. You should not smoke during pregnancy for one certain reason.. THEY COULD TAKE YOUR CHILD AWAY IF THEY DETECT THC IN THE CHILDS SYSTEM.

***edited by moderator*** ** inappropriate posting**
Please read our Terms of Use
and puffing a j once in a while versus pill popping cig smoking or drinking is WAY WORSE why don't you educate yourself instead of hoping their child gets taken away seriously that's like me saying that to you because ***edited by moderator*** ** inappropriate posting**
Please read our Terms of Use
who can't spell or make sense HELLO don't smoke around your kid yes i agree but damn it's just a question you loser don't sh*t yourself over it!

First, to others that have replied to this extremely valid question: I am very disappointed to see that many replies to this comment are merely people giving their own personal opinions on the recreational use of marijuana. Obviously, that is not the information this woman is looking for, and I hope for her own sake that she realizes that only she can make the final decisions for herself and her baby. So, people, if you don't have any valid medical or scientific information to contribute, why don't you just take your narrow-minded, judgmental opinions elsewhere, please?
Now, to the original author of this post: I am currently 6 months pregnant, and have been an avid marijuana user for the past 6 or 7 years. I was also very concerned about the possible affect smoking could have on my baby, and went right to work, googling the c**p out of the subject. So far, I've found some very mixed responses. Most of the articles I've read where they warn against smoking pot don't have any kind of scientific information or medical studies to back their advice. However, I have read several articles, as well as first hand testimonies from mothers, that claim that marijuana smoking had either no affect, or, in some cases, actually claimed there were POSITIVE effects on their baby. My personal advice to you is to get on your favorite search engine and check out as many websites on the subject as you can find, to get a nice, broad spectrum of perspectives on this highly controversial issue. From my own experience, I can tell you that they found out that my baby has a dual-valve cord, meaning that her umbilical cord has only one artery and one vein, as opposed to two arteries and one vein, which is what a normal baby has. The doctors told me that there was a 20% chance that this could result in a birth defect because it impairs her ability to receive oxygen/nutrients. However, I recently had a fetal echo-cardiogram that showed that there are no problems with her heart, and she seems to be developing normally so far. I have NO idea if the dual-valve cord could have possibly been a result of my smoking for the first few months of my pregnancy, but have not found any information to suggest that this is true. However, I did start noticing that recently, I have simply not been able to smoke pot. I am too physically aware of my increased heart rate, and I become very anxious and uncomfortable, so I have had to stop, because of the anxiety it caused me. I am hoping that, once the baby arrives and my hormones go back to normal, that I will once again be able to enjoy smoking.
One point where you should be very cautious is the aspect of Social Services and their possible involvement in your child's life. Although it is not likely that they will test you or your baby unless they have a reasonable cause to suspect you of drug use, if for some reason THC is found in your baby's system, it is possible that your child could be taken from you. Although there has not been conclusive medical research into how THC will affect your baby, it IS A FACT that THC WILL be passed through your breast milk, so this is something you should be aware of. This fact by itself might be a good reason to refrain from smoking, whether or not there are any actual health risks for you to worry about.
I hope that this information helps, and I'm sorry that no one will really be able to give you a more conclusive answer about the health risks to you or your baby that may or may not be associated with marijuana use. Unfortunately, at the moment, it is a topic that our government is not willing to put federal dollars into researching. However, with the changing attitude of the general public on this issue, hopefully we will see more research in the future. Good luck to you and your baby, and I pray for your continued health and happiness. :-)

Im pretty sure about 90%+ people who posted here did no actual research on the matter. Ask a REAL life doctor for answers and references where they learned about it. We all know alcohol is way worse than weed and some doctors say its ok to have a glass of wine or a beer every now and then while breastfeeding. There is still NO evidence of weed being harmful in ANYWAY! Google "marijuana brain cell growth" ive seen it in MSNBC on national television that a study was done show cell growth from smoking weed, which is the complete opposite of what others have been saying for YEARS! Ive also read studies that mothers who smoked while breastfeeding had very smart children and more cognitive than those who did not smoke. Weed is a miracle plant with sooooo many benefits. THAT is the reason it is illegal! Research before you judge and stop being a sheeple, do you even remember who told you smoking weed is bad? Where did they hear it?

WOW, some of this is really absurd. My sister just had her baby and I had questions about pot smoking while breastfeeding, but I guess this is not the site to found out about true facts. She had a true real questions, and most of everyone slammed her down for being protective. If they took someone child away for pot smoking I could only imagine what Child Protective Services would really be like.  I think this is a very interesting subject that needs true factual answers.  Not the drama rude crude comments that she did get form everyone. I don't think there is nothing wrong with pot, but in my personal opinion without knowing the facts I DID NOT smoke while breastfeeding, or while pregnant. I was one that was very sick the whole time looking back now as sick as I was I wished I would have taken a couple hits and saved myself time and heartache.  Its quite painful throwing up all the time, and nothing about prescription drugs appease me in anyway. Man made is still man made!! Good luck hun!!

I suggest if you want to smoke,and there is nothing wrong with that, (just beware of big brother government and anyone else walkin around with that stick up their butt trying to control you) and you should consider NOT breastfeeding, buy formula,they seel it in the grocery store, it somes in a can or powdered mix, feed it to your baby and then there's no issue. Breastfeeding use to be just for the poor people who cant afford formula, then Wicc was invented.