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Can Smoking Marijuana During Pregnancy Be Harmful For The Baby?

Hi I smoked weed for like a week while pregnant I m 30 weeks was 29 while smokeing i was wondering if the Marijuana will show up in me and the babies systems never smoked my whole pregnancy jus that one week and in that one week it was only a few hits a day
Wed, 10 Aug 2016
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Hello dear
Understand your concern
Yes smoking marijuana during the pregnancy is harmful to fetus.
It contain active ingredient tetrahydrocannbinol.
It produce carbon monoxide and it binds to the hb so decrease the oxygen output the fetus lead to low birth weight,still birth, miscarriage .
It also decrease the immunity of the mother and child lead to high cance of infections.
Thre is no any information available on how long it remain in your body and fetus system.
Blood test will positive 40-45 days after the taking it and it will also detect in the baby up to 40-45 days as it cross the placenta
Consult the gynecologist and keep follow up to check growth and development of fetus by USG scan.
Hope this may help you

Contact HCM for furher auery
Best regards
Dr. Sagar
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Can Smoking Marijuana During Pregnancy Be Harmful For The Baby?

Hello dear Understand your concern Yes smoking marijuana during the pregnancy is harmful to fetus. It contain active ingredient tetrahydrocannbinol. It produce carbon monoxide and it binds to the hb so decrease the oxygen output the fetus lead to low birth weight,still birth, miscarriage . It also decrease the immunity of the mother and child lead to high cance of infections. Thre is no any information available on how long it remain in your body and fetus system. Blood test will positive 40-45 days after the taking it and it will also detect in the baby up to 40-45 days as it cross the placenta Consult the gynecologist and keep follow up to check growth and development of fetus by USG scan. Hope this may help you Contact HCM for furher auery Best regards Dr. Sagar