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Posted By: Shelley Effects of Pot and the unborn - 12/23/04 04:47 PM
Can anyone please tell me what type of experiences and effects pot has on a baby when a mother is still pregnant. I believe the mother has smoked it off and on during her pregnancy. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Shelley <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Kerri Re: Effects of Pot and the unborn - 12/23/04 09:47 PM
Honestly, I wouldn't be very concerned. Cole's birthmama smoked pot so we researched it and found nothing to really worry about. Lots of women use it as a herbal remedy for morning sickness when nothing else works. And I know of midwives who try to get alcoholic mamas to smoke weed instead because it's much safer than drinking.

Kerri
Posted By: Nona Re: Effects of Pot and the unborn - 12/25/04 06:22 AM
Since we are on the subject of smoking pot.. What is the research on a birth mother that smokes cigarettes? Are they harder on the fetus than pot? I know they say pot has a lot more tar in it than the cigarettes. I maybe wrong on the tar. I know its alot more of something.. I am curious to find out about the cigarette smoking
Posted By: Kerri Re: Effects of Pot and the unborn - 12/26/04 10:14 PM
I'd like to know more about long-term effects of cigarette smoking too. Naomi and Noah's birthmother smoked throughout both their pregnancies, and they were both small. But I don't know if it affects them as they grow up. Hmm. I'll look around.

I guess also pot isn't as dangerous because one doesn't usually smoke 25 joints a day like a smoker has cigarettes. If anyone was using that much weed, I'm sure the effects would be worse.

Kerri
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