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Old 01-07-2009, 03:15 PM   #10 (permalink)
bvaljalo
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Alright, well ... sounds like your minds made up on the subject of having the baby, so I'll just say ... congratulations

And I echo sugah's sentiments ... I think a bed at an inpatient detox may be called for here. You really don't want your baby to have it's developing brain full of buprenorphine for months on end here, I wouldn't think. I mean, it's not like it's gonna cause birth defects or anything, BUT:
A) Once it becomes a little more developed, it's gonna be susceptible to the same potentially harsh w/d's that you'll be going through, and
B) it seems logical to assume that if a baby develops in an environment awash with opioids, there's a decent chance that the child will live life at an increased risk of becoming an opioid addict. Ya know, kinda like you are now, and will forever be, regardless of whether or not you are an active user (just like me, and most of us here in SA as well). And given that a propensity to addiction is known to be at least partly based on one's genes to begin with, this situation of mommy being on opioids whilst pregnant could certainly amount to the proverbial 'double-whammy' for the kid ... you feel me on this?

You're gonna be needing to make some sacrifices, and potentially go through a pretty rough patch here pretty soon, I'd think, in order to really do 'the right thing'.

Bottom-line, I really think a stay at detox, and soon, might well be the way to go ...

I, for one, will be pulling, and praying, for both of you
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