Drug test newborns? Need answer!?

Question

Hello. I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and due next month! I am not a cigarette smoker nor have I even had a sip of alcohol (even before pregnancy) during the past 8 months. Last night I was having Braxton Hicks contractions (fake contractions) and my husband said two puffs off of a marijuana cigarette will help ease the pain, which in fact it did! Now I have always been against marijuana smoking but I was in so much pain and just wanted to go to sleep. It was my first time ever smoking marijuana and now after I did it I regret it and am deathly afraid of my next OB/GYN appointment and the delivery! I read horror stories, unless people are just attempting to scare everyone, that CPS will come take the newborn away and this and that. I have never smoked marijuana before, so it made my contractions disappear and made me sleep with ease (which is a rarity at 33 weeks!) and I'm definitely not proud.. I'm just scared about if they are going to drug test and all this. :( Please don't judge.. need realistic answers.

Answer 1

if they have a reason to drug test you then they will and depending how far away your next ob appt is i doubt it will still be in your system mainly bc you smoked so little and you dont ever smoke it. now if you smoke all the time it can take up to a couple of months to get out of your system.



that being said if they do test you now and you do test positive then they will test the baby at birth and go from there. if the baby is clean your fine if not CPS will be called

Answer 2

Ive always been told that they usually test the baby if you are single and young. I have no idea why they only test young single mothers. But that's what Ive been told. My friend didn't know she was pregnant and was smoking they tested her and she had to go through counseling they didn't take the baby away! You should be fine, Pot usually stays in ur system 3 days to 3 weeks for your first time or when you haven't smoked in a while. Just remain calm, this shouldn't provide a problem for you. You have a lot of other things to stress out about! As far as Braxton Hicks contractions, breathe slowly Through ur nose and out your mouth find a semi comfortable position even if its not in the bed, with feet up. and just breathe. You'll do find, Your baby is almost here! Hang in there. I wouldn't smoke anymore since your coming so close to your due date just in case. But increase your water intake! Good Luck!

Answer 3

If you know better than to smoke or drink during your pregnancy, how could you even think that marijuana would be okay?? It will most likely be out of your system when you deliver, but I hope you know that it damages your brain cells which means it most likely did the same for your helpless unborn child. Way to go.



I also want to add that braxton hicks contractions DO NOT CAUSE PAIN, they are a tightening at the top of the uterus that happens when the uterus is preparing for labor. I know this because I'm pregnant with #2 and I've been having braxton hicks since last night, they don't hurt.

Answer 4

I hope this is a troll question because if you really loved your baby that much that you would never touch cigarettes or alcohol, I seriously doubt you would take two hits off a joint. I refused to even take tums when I was pregnant, so I have a hard time believing someone who was so dedicated for 8 months to her baby's health would just say, "okay, give me that marijuana". Makes no sense.



Now I will say this, braxton hicks are not usually as painful as you are describing. So if you are having that painful contractions, then I would say you are possibly in early labor. And if you have an early baby, yes, they WILL test it for drugs and if you or the baby comes up positive, you bet CPS will be involved. I had an early baby due to Pre-E and they told me with all preemies (born before 37 weeks), they drug test immediately because it's a main cause of prematurity.



And they may drug test you at your dr office if they have reason to believe you took drugs. Every doctor is different. But I sat right there in my high risk dr's nurse's office and watched as they drug tested a woman's urine they suspected of being on drugs and it came up positive.



Like I said, I hope you are a troll because no woman that truly loved her baby would smoke marijuana when pregnant - i mean come on, your instinct would be to say no way, I am pregnant, i can't smoke that. And anyone this afraid of the consequences wouldn't go on the internet and openly tell the world they smoked marijuana and put their picture next to their post.



Besides, that, in your three posts that you have posted, you call him your boyfriend, your fiance, and now your husband. I smell a troll here. Maybe you're for real, but i would never say my husband is my fiance or boyfriend. Something's not adding up.

Answer 5

evaluate loose rates from dif agencies at QUOTESTOINSURE.information- RE Do they drug attempt a new child if the mum has inner maximum coverage? Please study the finished placed up earlier replying. I certainly have heard many conflicting memories. some human beings say that they immediately drug attempt newborns if the mum is on medicaid. some human beings say they simply drug attempt if the new child exhibits indications of withdrawl OR is a low delivery weight. i've got even heard human beings say they drug attempt if the mum has a tattoo. the reason i'm questioning is by using the fact i did no longer give up smoking marijuana till my 2nd trimester, and that i've got heard the attempt they do on newborns is going 5 months back. So even nonetheless i've got not smoked in months, in the event that they examined my toddler, she could in all possibility attempt helpful. i'm no longer on medicaid, now have I performed the different components in the time of my being pregnant. The Dr says my toddler is coming up completely and that i could assume no problems along with her and the transport. i'm merely questioning what the liklehood is that my toddler would be drug examined while she is born. I certainly have inner maximum coverage, does that element into the hospitals determination? Please save the 'your a terrible mom' feedback. i've got performed my analyze and made my judgements and that i give up smoking cigs and eating as quickly as i found out, the pot helped my morning ailment and as quickly as that area handed, i finished. i'm searching for solutions from mothers, docs, and individuals who understand the respond, no longer spectulation. I certainly have adequate human beings giving me conflicting information, identity like a solid answer. I have fun with any -efficient- comments

Answer 6

Don't warry there not gunna test you and your goingto be fine don't listen to the person above...holy crap she smoked it once let her be, there is mothers out there that drink and smoke through there pregnancy and there babies are perfectly healthy and they do it all the time (not saying its okay) but just relax one or two puffs is not gunna hurt you or the baby....everyone can give me thumbs down but don't stress her out more than she already is you A$$holes! Gosh!...Hun you will be fine don't worry! :)

Congrats and good luck!

RELAX! :)



For the lady that went on a rant....I went into preterm labor and they did not test me for drugs nor did they ask me so if you go into preterm labor that is not what they automatically do and think. And is it makes you more mad I eat tums by the handful and my last pregnancy I drank half a bottle of malox... get a grip.

Answer 7

compared to what 'lovinbaby2' said, it all depends on the area. there was a recent report of a woman that was tested and found to have drugs in her system and the baby was immediately taken away from her.



im not sure what it is like in your area but maybe with luck the drugs will atleast work thier way out of your system.

i wish you the best of luck

Answer 8

yea weed really works...but pot can get out of your system very quick...drink lots of water...and no more pot for you...when i was on probation as a kid...i smoked pot and the next day i had to drop...(SURPRISE)

i dropped clean cause i drank and peed like 8 gallons of water...

don't worry...also by the time the drug gets to the baby, its hardly a drug...just smoke. its so filtered.

don't panic and no more till after baby is due.