I was honest and upfront about my use previous to finding out I was pregnant and after I had my baby they sent a social worker in to talk to me about drug use and they still tested my babies urine and meconium.
CPS...if your so concerned, why don't you educate yourself with the countless scientific and clinical studies proving Cannabis cures cancer just for 1, but also has benefits for hundreds of other diseases. It's not addictive, and there has never a single death from it. It's safer than WATER. Why not use your concern on the people you approve for foster care, whom would be on gov. assistance themselves if they weren't using your corrupt system to make a living off of, and many times KILLING the children you say deem qualified for the job. It just happened to a 2yr old happy, healthy little girl in Roundrock, Tx. I wonder how all you people feeding this corrupt system, can sleep at night. God must be so proud of you!
My grand son tested positive for marijuana at birth. His mom tested negative. She told her on Dr at her 1st or 2nd visit that she smoked and he advised her to quit . Which she did eventually. At the hospital CPS was called and I told her she wouldn't be able to take her son home unless she let them do a home visit immediately. She lived w me (who knew she had used but wouldn't allow it in my home and I also knew she had quit several months before) and I had 20 mins to race home and meet the cps worker and I was scared to death. Basically they wanted to see where the baby would sleep, that she had diapers wipes and the other things a newborn needed, that it was a safe environment. They also wanted to do background checks o my brother who we lived and son. Luckily everything checked out and we where able to bring him home. They kept the case opened for six months and then it was closed. I would also like to add the hospital claims they only tested him after a nurse rode in the elavator with the baby's father and he smelted like marijuana. Mother and father were no longer together. So be prepared to possibly having your baby taken away if you test positive. Also in Arizona if you've had a cps case and become pregnant again within 2 years expect them back in your life. They will test the baby and do a home visit.
Did your sister have the babies stool taken to be tested, or did they do some other type of test? Please get back to me if you can.
Can you tell me if a mom used oxys and marijuana for the first four months of pregnancy and gets on subutex, but does not tell the doctor she is on it or that she has lost previous custody due to drug abuse and neglect, and currently only has supervised visits with her other children, will they take that child at birth?
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This is not true. I smoked until I was five months pregnant. I did not test positive but my son's meconium did test positive. The THC enters the meconium add it starts to form and Strauss there till baby's birth. I was clean for four whole months and my child still treated positive. Cps was called and now I am dealing with weekly visits and random drug screens. I live in Louisiana and the also have me doing an intensive out patient treatment. I don't believe I need this since I had been stopped smoking on my own, but I have to go through the motions.
Its a known fact that children are NOT safe in states "care" .. they are very often abused and neglected at a way higher rate then children left in there mothers or there families care!! Children are to often only taken in by foster families for the check they will receive. . And all it takes is one home check and a 6hr" training" and they are given these children.. pot smoker does Not = bad parent.. consider the fact that most of us where raised by the 60's generation. . I think everything u just posted is just ignorantand very jjudgemental. ...
HOW LONG DOES THC STAY IN THE MECONIUM FOR?
worried preganant motherI quit smoking pot last saturday. i am now 20 weeks pregnant. i have already told my doctor, but i am absolutely terrified bc i do love my unborn child. He said they will test my baby, but i just want to know if it's going to test positive bc i am not a bad mother. i have a beautiful four year old son and he's as sharp as a nail. i smoked all the way up until 7 months pregnant with him and they did not take him from me. I just don't want them to take my unborn from me. i did quit, I'm eating healthy and i have my own house and a car and a job. i give everything my son needs unconditional love and care. i smoked weed with my kids bc i couldn't eat or keep anything down for that matter and i have manic depression and medication is not an option for me bc i am pregnant whether my doctor says its okay or not. i just want what's best so i did quit. just deathly afraid that they will him/her away if tested positive for THC. I'm mad with worried bc i don't know what will happen.
I completely agree with you I don't think Child Protective Services protect our children they don't even try to help us like they should for every child they remove or every other option they make they receive a certain amount of money I don't agree with using while pregnant even though I have done it myself I admit that I am an addict and I've tried many ways of becoming clean but it's very difficult I only use with one of my pregnancies and I was with my 4th and yes my son did test positive but I had used 2 days prior to me going into labor my son was 2 weeks early and I had child protective services called on me today I'm pregnant again and I'm completely terrified of what can happen if I was to test positive again or my baby due to the fact that I was using before I knew I got pregnant and I falls out about a month ago that I was pregnant I am currently 12 weeks pregnant I'm very scared I don't know how to tell the the doctor I've heard from a lot of people that now they're testing the baby's first stool sample if anybody can please inform me I will also look in the internet and can't find anything regarding if the baby will test positive for cocaine
Ya lil bug so if you do something up until your four month pregnant it won't be in the stool of the baby for sure. I'm three months pregnant and have been struggling with addiction my whole life . I have came forward and ask for help n am now in the methadone clinic. Sometimes it is hard for me to make it there everyday before work cause it is a few towns away from my town and work it takes me 45 min to get there and 45 on the way back. I miss going there about three times so far and I have slipped up and done percocet. Now I'm stressing out wondering if it will be in the babies stool.
It's obviously are ill educated!! CPS is corrupt. Instead of helping families you pull them apart!
I would be happy to have a person get a bonus to take a child from a drug user.
I would gladly pay a bonus to person that took a child out of a drug user home. I am raising a drug baby and it is very sad to know his parents caused his disabilities of ONH and SOD.