[Killah]

Hi. I just found out last night that I am pregnant. I am guessing about 5 weeks. I have been on 16 mg of Sub for 3 weeks now. Weeks before that I was taking between 15 and 60 g of percocet daily. does anyone know what effect this could have on the baby? I'm not even sure as of yet if I am going to keep it, but I am leaning towards keeping it. I'm really nervous that I could hurt the baby if I stay on Sub, if I haven't already.

[ymccormack]

Sub is not good for babies....biggest issue is that the baby will be born addicted. Other problem is that withdrawls can cause a miscarriage.

My suggestion would be to step up your tapering...being very mindful of withdrawl symptoms...if they get overly severe you should slow down. If you absolutely cannot taper in time...you made need to consider methadone. Methadone is the standard for pregnant women...and although still addicting to the unborn....has not been found to cause birth defects or other issues.

Take a good multivitamin starting today! This is the easiest thing you can do to avoid birth defects...

Go see an OBgyn asap and explain to him or her your predicament....women get pregnant while on medication all the time.

Since you haven't decided on whether you're going to keep it....consider talking to Planned Parenthood. They can counsel you and don't lean too strongly in either direction (keep or not keep)....whatever you decide they can help you.

I know...they counseled me through my pregnancy and now I have a healthy 5 year old!

Good Luck and let me know....you can also email me anytime:

Ymccormack@alamedanet.net

[Goozie]

I am starting my 3rd day on the drug. I am addicted to oxycodene. The doc started me on .5mg of Sub and 2 oxycodene every 12 hrs for one week, then I increase the Sub and decrease the oxy. I have been doing my research and would like all the info I can get...any help would be greatly appreciated. So far, so good, I am feeling somewhat better already, just knowing I came clean with my doc and sought help.

[sawyerslady]

my friend went through this ordeal when she got pregnant.she was off of oxycontin for 1 year and was illegally taking suboxone. at the time, she was afraid to go to the doctor to seek help so she was illegally taking someone elses prescription. at any rate, she eventually by accident got pregnant.she decided to keep the baby but of course this time around, decided that she must tell the dr. for the baby's sake. The dr of course was proud of her confession, and she is now 6 months and dr. has her on subutex. unfortunately, due to the alarming news, the dr. told her that by law he would have to report her case to child care services because of the mothers drug use. so now she truly is doing the right thing for her and her child and plans on staying clean after the pregnacy too but she will have to deal with child care services the minute she has that child and this really terrifies her. i guess i can understand the drs point, but i feel so bad for her because she knew she was doing the right thing by telling him but now she regrets knowing that she will have to deal with the aftermath and she figures, why should she have even told him in the first place if all he did ws keep her on sub because he decided she would be safe through the pregnancy anyway.

[Robert_325]

She is in treatment for her opiate addiction. CPS should not cause a big problem for her as long as she is staying in treatment. They don't take babies from mothers who are being treated successfully. She would have to blow it before she would have problems. Tell her to relax and not make herself sick with worry as it's not healthy for the baby. We all have to answer for our bad choices in some way but as long as she does well CPS isn't going to do anything. God bless.