Im 4 months pregnant and been taking Tramadol the whole pregnancy

Hi all! First off, congrats to the other mother that just had her baby! I'm glad you and baby are doing well. I am the one that posted about having twins. Well, they are a week old today and doing great. My doctor did not know I was taking the Tramadol, I was taking 2-3 a day, and still does not know. They only symptoms my boys had was occasional shivering which lasted about 2 1/2 days and broke my heart. Our pediatrician said it was "primitive reflex" and that he would be more disturbed if they didn't do it. So, I don't know if it was withdrawal or natural. They are both very good, very healthy boys, so I feel very lucky. Like the other mom, they both scored 9/9 on Apgar. I also have not taken a Tramadol in a week, so hopefully I can finally be off them not. I was given Lortab since I had a c-section as well, and I take 1 at night, and 1 in the morning to take the edge off the pain. I will start splitting them in half tomorrow so I can be rid of pills once and for all.

I know it's hard ladies, and I wish you all the best. All I can say is, do your best to get off the meds as much as you can, but don't beat yourself up if you struggle. I know how much guilt you are all feeling, and I hope each of you has a very healthy child. I was taking alot of Tramadol at the start of my pregnancy, got down to 2-3, and everything turned out alright. I am sure it will for you too.

Good luck!

I took 4-6 tramadol a day during the end of my pregnancy and for the first 6 months or so I took 3 a day... my baby was not born addicted to them. (I posted earlier when I was pregnant). He's very smart and completely healthy. I even breast fed him. A doctor in Austraila (online) told me I could take 3 a day w no problems. He was right. I'm so grateful my baby is ok. The best thing is to stop because the truth is, we just don't know the effects it has on our kids. But if your pain is bad and you need them.... I'm just sharing my outcome. If any of you want to talk to me you can email me at ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed **
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Hi All - I'm the mom who posted earlier that I'd taken 4-6 per day during pregnancy and my dr knew about it. I posted again when my son was born to talk about the lack of serious wd symptoms. I just want to follow up and say he is still doing great at 6 weeks old! No more tramadol in our lives, and down to only 1/2 a percocet each day after my c section. I'm positive the percocet is what really helped me kick the tramadol. WD from percocet is 100x milder than tramadol. So, all is well, and my son is so far absolutely perfect. I wish I'd not stressed out so much about taking tramadol while pregnant, though I wish also that I hadn't done so. Blessings to everyone!

Hi everyone...i am a mother of 2 beautiful boys, 5 and 7. I have SLE (lupus) which effects my whole body...heart, lungs, arthritis, etc. I suffer with severe pain all the time. When I was pregnant with my first son, I took 5 or 6 Darvocets the first few months I was pregnant and then I switched to straight Tylenol daily. Nonetheless...the straight Tylenol killed my stomach and by the 8th month I was back on about 4 Darvocets a day until I delievered. I had no choice because I was having severe chest pains. My little one was squeezing my chest area, and I already have scarring around my heart to begin with. Anyhow...i did deliver preterm...not much though...35 and a half weeks. I had pre-eclampsia and was induced. I had a healthy baby boy with a 10 on the Apgar scale. The only problem we encountered was jaundice, but he quickly recovered with the belly blanket. He is 7 and very healthy today. I then got pregnant a little over a year later and at that time I was taking maybe 10 pills a day...i know...you are thinking...wow...thats alot of pills! And yes it is for the normal person but not me...i have a high functioning liver and need much more medicine than the average person...not only pain meds but all meds. My doctor can not believe the doses of meds he has to give me for them even to work. Anyhow...i went to the doctor when I first found out that I was pregnant again and told her that I guess that I would quit the tramadol and deal with the stomach aches from the Tylenol again through out the pregnancy. She told me that I should not have to suffer like that and researched the tramadol for me. She said that it was absolutely fine to take during pregnancy. Therefore, I took 2 pills every 3-4 hours for pain my whole entire pregnancy...but keep in mind my liver. I had a healthy pregnancy and everything went smoothly. He also had a 10 on the Apgar scale...no withdrawals..healthy as could be. The only thing that we had to deal with again was jaundice again but again my little one quickly recovered. I must say that unlike many of you guys, I have NO withdrawals...im lucky...i never have them...just pain. I do not know what it is like to have them...Thank God. My heart goes out to you guys and take the pills if you need them...the baby will be just fine. I do have problems with my youngest now...he is autistic but that came on after a febrile seizure...he progressed fine until that seizure...this new autistic boom has hit many and has nothing to do with my meds...it is striking everyone! We need to find the cause and soon! He is 5 and does not talk, yet had a vocabulary at 6 months...weird huh? That's what happens with these kids, but he is otherwise generally healthy. I know I wrote a book but I wanted to soothe some of your souls...especially in time for the holidays!

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I have read all the posts on the site and found them helpful in the main. I am 16wks pregnant and down from 8 tablets daily, to just 4. I am worried what they are doing to my baby, but the pain that i have daily is unbearable. I am going to try to cut down to three and then 2 hopefully to reduce the risk as far as i can when the baby is born. i am hopeful that i wil be sucessful, i think the guilt that i have been made to feel by my Gp who compared me to a heroin addict is discusting!
I would love to know for sure that my baby will be ok i would love to have the choice to stop and be pain free, unfortunatly i am like loads of women trying to make the best out of a bad situation. All women are different, and there is a massive difference between taking tramadol because you are addicted compared to if you really have no alternative because nothing else makes the pain go.

I promised myself I'd come back to this site after I had my baby and report how everything turned out (have you noticed people don't do that enough?)... So I was taking like 18 a DAY AND cut down to 3 in the beginning of my pregnancy. About 3-4 months in I was taking 6 a day. I was SO SOOOOOO WORRIED ABOUT MY BABY! I didnt even enjoy my pregnancy because of it! Toward labor I cut down to 3 again (I was afraid he'd have withdrawal). When he was born I watched every BREATH he took and thankfully NOTHING was out of the ordinary. He's COMPLETELY NORMAL! (he's 18 months now)... he's average height, weight, GREAT health and EXTREMELY SMART (I know all parents say their child is smart but THIS kid really is)... So everything WORKED OUT, thank god!!!!
I'm NOT, by any meand telling you to take it.... Just sharing my experience with you. The BEST THING YOU can do is quit. Or cut waaaaayyy down. I TOTALLY know what you're all going through. Do your best to quit. There's so much support here for you.

I could swear I posted this last night but I didn't see it up here... So forgive me if it's a duplicate.

I promised myself I'd come back to this site after I had my baby and report how everything turned out (have you noticed people don't do that enough?)... So I was taking like 18 a DAY AND cut down to 3 in the beginning of my pregnancy. About 3-4 months in I was taking 6 a day. I was SO SOOOOOO WORRIED ABOUT MY BABY! I didnt even enjoy my pregnancy because of it! Toward labor I cut down to 3 again (I was afraid he'd have withdrawal). When he was born I watched every BREATH he took and thankfully NOTHING was out of the ordinary. He's COMPLETELY NORMAL! (he's 18 months now)... he's average height, weight, GREAT health and EXTREMELY SMART (I know all parents say their child is smart but THIS kid really is)... So everything WORKED OUT, thank god!!!! The best thing is to quit only because we really don't know the effects of this drug... I just really wanted to tell you guys my story (I wish someone had experience w it when I was pregnant). So do your best to quit or cut way down. You & your baby will be just fine .

U R a selfish pig who doesn't deserve a child

I found this discussion while I was pregnant and posted about being addicted to tramadol & using it to control constant pain during my pregnancy.

It was my second pregnancy. My first I took nothing but vitamins.

I took 1 - 5 per day throughout.

Completely normal baby. No withdrawal.

And also... I had NO WITHDRAWAL! Maybe it was because I was so tired and sore from the birth that I didn't notice the withdrawals like I had before - no idea why, but it was a blessing. I was able to breastfeed for weeks without having to take any pills.

If you're taking tramadol and you are pregnant, the best thing you can do is quit right away. If that's not an option CUT DOWN as much as you can. Do it slowly. Push yourself to do it for your baby.

Hi,

I posted earlier about taking Tramadol during my second and third trimesters. I am due in less than two weeks (hopefully) and all is still well. I plan to come back here and let you all know how everything turned out as soon as my daughter is born. Lately I've been cutting down my dose to 1/4 of a 50 milligram tablet every other day or so, and I haven't had any withdrawals at all. The main advantage of the tramadol is that it takes away some of my stomach discomfort so that I can actually eat without feeling like my stomach is full of spiny rocks. Without the tramadol, eating enough food for myself and the baby would have been truly hell. Anyway, be well and hopeful, and I'll be back to report on my birth experience. javascript:emoticon('XD');

I am 20 weeks pregnant and taking 4 50mg tramadol a day. I feel so guilty and would never be able to forgive myself if something were to go wrong with my baby! im so scared of the baby withdrawling but i work full time and do not have the time or strength to go through withdrawl. Are there any other mothers out there who have actually given birth after being tramadol for 9 months? I want to know every likely possibility. Also, what are the effects of smoking about 2 cigarettes a day on top of taking the tramadol. Am i really hurting my baby? PLEASE HELP

I used tramadol my whole pregnancy. I took between 100-300 mg everyday. I worried too. My doctor knew and monotered us closely. I had a very healthy pregnancy . The baby and I stayed in the hospital an extra day anticipating her withdrawls. She showed no signs and they released us early. She is five weeks and thriving. I was sure to let everyone know our situation, my doctor,the hospital staff including NICU, also her pediatrition. her pediatrition also gave me a green light to continue using tramadol while breastfeeding.I wish i didnt have to take this drug but i do, its the only thing that works for me. Good Luck to all you mommies

Hello everyone-I posted my post here about 6-7 months ago. I just had my beautiful baby girl on 2/7/2011. I started off taking tramadol about 2-3 50 mg tablets a day and weened down SLOWLY. I ended up about by 7-8 month of pregnancy completely off. Just to all the ladies you CAN slowly ween off. Start off by cutting half of one tablet out week by week (or as comfortable as you feel to do so) I really wanted to be on the very minimum so I cut whole tablets in the beginning and when I was on one a day i cut that by quarters. To take the edge off I would also take Tynelol. It went good. Even though I believe that it didn't effect the baby-it was more for peace of mind. My baby was born with NO withdrawal symptoms and had a very high APGAR score. She is now almost 3 weeks and is a wonderful baby. To the lady above me that is taking tramadol and smoking. Please stop the Smoking that is much more dangerous to your baby then tramadol-and on the tramadol just taper down slowly. You can do it.

Also-moms by searching this topic on line it shows how much you really want to cut down for your baby. Like I mentioned above the key is to taper down little by little and towards the end you will see how easy it will be to jump off. I wish everyone and their little one the best.

I am so glad to have found this site and have been checking it off and on throughout my pregnancy. This is my first post. I decided to post just to let everyone else know that they are not alone. I too am hooked on Tramadol and pregnant and VERY worried about what will happen to my baby. This is my third pregnancy. My first, 8 years ago I had no issues. My second, 2 years ago, I was able to stop pretty quickly. This time it's different. I work long hard hours as a critical care nurse and when I'm home I have other kids to deal with and very little help. I have cut down from 600 mg/day to 50mg and not every day. I did quit for about 2 weeks at the end of my first trimester but ended up back on them because I couldn't take the pain AND the fatigue and depression. For me, these are miracle pills that not only take away my pain, but give me energy and serenity and a feeling of "health" like I don't get on my own. On my own I'm irritable, run down groggy and TIRED not to mention in constant pain (arthritis and a work-related back injury). EVERYDAY is a struggle. I can go 2 days here and there without them and when I do take a pill I take one and make myself wait til noon at least so that it lasts me. I have also occasionally taken vicodin to try to wean myself off the tramadol. It works, but it doesn't last and makes me even more irritable as it's wearing off. I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant. So far everything looks fine. My baby is big, moves alot, and seems healthy. My doctor does not know I'm taking pain meds. My plan was to quit on my own. And when that didn't work out, I felt ashamed to tell her later on, thinking she would judge me. I tried on a few occasions, but it never happened. Too late now. My plan is to stop completely by 34 weeks (my last son was born at 36 weeks). I don't want my baby to have withdrawls, and that seems to be the biggest concern. But that doesn't stop me from being concened about birth defects, autism, you name it! I will come back and post and let eveyone know how things go! In the meantime, do your best to cut back as much as you can. Hopefully all of our children are born healthy!!!!