Hello, I take methadone 10 mg for chronic pain and found out i was pregnant. I continued my treatment under the supervision of my doctor. I reduced my med to twice daily on my own accord. I felt guilty for taking the meds but was reassured because of my condition i needed to continue. I was induced and had a healthy son,..... i thought until rapid breathing and extreme withdrawal symptoms started to take it toll on my innocent newborn. The doctors told me there should only be minimum to no effects on him. He was in the hospital for a week with a food tube in his nose because he was breathing so fast he couldn't breastfeed. That week was the worst week of my life and he also had to do a six week ween off of liquid methadone and titrated it every few days. While on the med he also had a heart monitor hooked to him to monitor his breathing. This monitor had to go with him everywhere and made a ear piercing beep if something was abnormal or just a pad came off. It was bad. All in all the aftermath is good. He is a happy,healthy 18 month old boy who has no health issues. My advice, if you can get off it...for your child's sake. Do it. We were lucky and I do not wish the kind of worry and guilt that I felt on anyone. thank you. I hope this helps. Take care.
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Any drug you take while pregnant is harmful to your unborn baby. No matter how long she stays in hospital, you will have to live with the consequences for the rest of your life.
You are either pregnant or just weird If you're pregnant, you cold also be addicted to many things, but the two weirdest (in my opinion) is clay and dirt
I'm Pregnant and--- - 2009 Addicted 1-1 was released on: USA: 1 December 2009
No, Pregnancy can still occur if methadone is being used.
This isn't an easy question to answer. I do know that there are pregnant women who attend the local methadone clinic, however, it can and does cause addiction in the newborn. It all depends if the benefits outweigh the risks. It is important to discuss this with a doctor. I agree that there are pregnant women who attend a methadone clinic and are able to have a healthy baby. I myself know several of them. However, their baby stays in the hospital while they wean it off of the methadone (again, this applies to the women I know that were pregnant on the clinic... not all women who have a baby while on methadone will have to leave their baby at the hospital for weeks at a time for the baby to be withdrawn safely under medical supervision). So, therefore, I would advise anyone who is pregnant to speak to their personal doctor about the risks and benefits of taking methadone while pregnant. I do, however, think that it is better for a pregnant woman to be on methadone instead of a cocktail of drugs that could really endanger (or worse) the unborn child.
Yes, plain and simple. Methadone will also cause dependance and withdrawal for the baby. But it is not recommended that you stop methadone if you get pregnant and are are on it already as withdrawal symptoms on the mother can harm the fetus.
No. The best way to prevent pregnancy is to abstain. Other than that, only medically approved safe sex drugs and / or devices are proven to prevent pregnancy. Now if you're TRYING to get pregnant while you're on methadone, you'll be pleased to know methadone doesn't increase the risk of congenital birth defects.
I'm Pregnant and--- - 2009 Addicted to Crystal Meth 2-3 was released on: USA: 15 September 2011
Infants born to drug addicted mothers tend to be drug addicted themselves. Mothers should not become pregnant when they are actively using drugs.
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