Does smoking marijuana affect the breast milk that you give your baby?
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Oh I'm very honest with my doctor about my weed intake. I haven't since gotten pregnant but what I like to do and she told me that it does end up in the breast milk. Super I think it's up to you what you would like to do. Personally I'm going to wait till I'm done breastfeeding and then I am going to smoke so much weed and I'm so excited for it
No it doesn’t if you can’t drive you can’t breastfeed that’s the rule my pediatrician told me
It definitely does affect the breast milk!! You either wanna pump before hand so you know you have enough to give to baby when you smoke, or feed baby before hand, smoke and wait a couple hours before feeding again!! But you can definitely smoke while breastfeeding just have to be careful about it!
Personally, I pump right before I smoke or have edible just in case my LO is hungry while I'm high. I then pump again and have what me an my partner calls "magic milk." It's simple. it just makes my LO sleep a whole lot, so we only give it to them at night. His doctor said it's completely fine to feed while high but it's all up to parents preference.
it does affect your milk & whether it affects your baby negatively/positively is something you won’t know until the long term affects start to show. just something to keep in mind
@Xahria exactly!! You should always wanna play it safe!!
@Almalee how long would you wait to feed or pump again after smoking?
Between 2-4 hours, the longer the better
Our bodies process every single thing we eat, drink, or smoke before any of it goes to the milk. Very small amounts will go into the milk after your body processes it.
@Jessica that’s not true!! It’s like the same thing with nicotine! If you wanna hit a vape while breastfeeding you can’t breastfeed while doing it! Why breastfeed while smoking Marijuana! Plus take the safest route, better to be safe than sorry!!
Yes it will affect your Breastmilk and you won’t see the detrimental affects on your child until they’re 5-6+ years old Try to find a way to quit or do formula. Don’t sacrifice your child’s mental development just to have a few puffs that will only make you crave more. Your baby ingests everything you do, don’t believe the bs from the few bias studies to promote pregnant and breastfeeding women into doing dumb sh*t over the many studies that show how terrible the effects actually are on your child. Though I know my comment is only going to land on deaf ears or anger other moms cause moms wants are more important than childrens’ mental development
@Marijka THIS!!! thank you 👏🏾 i would never sacrifice my childs wellbeing for my selfish needs to feel a temporary high
@Marijka well I haven’t smoked at all since before I got pregnant. I don’t want it to transfer to baby. I just wanted to make sure. I have people telling me to just start smoking because they did when breastfeeding but I’m scared to risk endangering my baby. I do crave it bad but not enough to risk baby
@Almalee don’t get me wrong definitely is better to safe than sorry but it is true. I’m not saying it doesn’t go into the milk at all but it also isnt like you smoke a joint a joint worth goes into the milk your body DOES process EVERYTHING you do before it goes to the milk. You definitely still get a little bit in the milk but it’s just not as much as everyone thinks
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@Jessica I get that! I guess it does all downed on your doctor as well!
That’s really great that you haven’t, but don’t ever let the people who say “only a small percentage gets into the Breastmilk” make you believe that it’s okay to smoke while BF. A super small percentage to us is nothing, but to a baby who’s no where near as large as us nor has any fully developed bodily functions, it’s huge and will heavily impact them when it matters most
My mum smoked her whole pregnancy with me and then smoked while breastfeeding and I’m fine. Same with my brother. There’s lots and lots of people out there who do it. But it’s honestly up to you. I smoked every now and then while pregnant bc of my mental health while pregnant but didn’t smoke while breast feeding. My daughter is doing amazing and hasn’t had a single problem. A lot of people are completly anti pot bc it’s classified as the same as ice and all the horrible stuff so most doctors will tell you horrible things. You also gotta be careful bc child protection will get involved and do drug tests over pot. I’m currently going through this. Pot affects everyone differently. And if you have weight on you still from being pregnant less will go into you’re baby as fat stores milk but you’re a skinny mumma then more is going to go into you’re bubba as you don’t have as much fat to store it. But at the end of the day it’s completely up to you. But also your friends shouldn’t be…
Pressuring you into smoking they should be accepting the fact that you just had a fucking baby and have a whole ass tiny human to protect and keep alive. I understand how hard this is bc I had a friend who was pressuring me into smoking (I don’t mean like telling me to just hurry up and do it I mean asking when I think I’d want to(you don’t need anyone reminding you about it as it’s hard enough to try not to remind yourself.) or sending me bong videos) if you’ve told people you’re not smoking at the moment for you’re baby they should be able to respect that and not pressure you at all in any way. That’s just my point of view.
I smoked during pregnancy and breastfeeding both my sons. They are happy healthy toddlers now with no learning delays. Their speech is good. Their motor skills are great. Their social skills are great and do what you Gotta do to stay sane Mama.
@Lilliana glad to hear!♥️
im a bf mom and when i first started smoking again id do it once every 2-3 days and wait an hour or more to feed again. my baby is healthy he is super smart and i havent seen any effects