what if you drank and did drugs before you found out you were, indeed, pregnant?

Question

what if you drank and did drugs before you found out you were, indeed, pregnant?

if you were only maybe 1 week to 6 weeks? is there a greater chance it has hurt the fetus?

basically, the night before I found out I was...(which was a VERY irresponsible thing to do..even tho I was stressing I had no excuse to do the last thing I did) I smoked some ciggs, drank some hard liquior, and a lil bit of 'yayo' <~(what i regret doing)..

Answer 1

The first few weeks are the most important. I would discuss the drug with your doctor. This won't be the first time he/she has heard of it so, don't be embarrassed. You need to know what effect this had on your developing baby.

And BTW, stay clean and sober for the rest of your pregnancy. Your baby deserves at least that much.

Answer 2

The way we take care of our body during our life-time up to the time of conceiving also effects a woman's eggs. If you were into drugs and drinking PRIOR to even becoming PG, you, even then, stand a chance that your eggs could produce a baby with birth defects. Now doing drugs, and alcohol WHILE pg definitely has an effect. You should be upfront and honest with your OB/GYN and tell them your history with drugs. NO, they will not turn you in. They will more than likely be more conscience of the growth of the fetus and possibly do additional testing that they wouldn't do with someone that hasn't done drugs (ie: assuming you are younger than 35, they may suggest an amnio whereas they don't typically unless there are concerns OR you are 35+). While you should be severely punished (just so you can learn a lesson or two), they won't "call in the authorities". Hopefully your stupidity will discontinue and God will bless you with a healthy baby........................... "smarten up"!!!!!!!!!!!! You DO know better. mb

Answer 3

As long as it was only done once, your baby should be fine. I drank and smoke(cigs) a two occasions before I found I was preg with my first child. She was fine, doc said not to worry. Be careful before any blood work is done though. In my state I know if they find drugs in your system you can get in a lot of trouble and have to do subsequent drug testing through out preg.

Answer 4

Ok we all do things that we regret. I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. i was partying really hard before I found out I was pregnant. My daughter is now a healthy 8 year old. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I went totally clean.

You should be fine just make sure you don't do anything anymore.

Answer 5

you can't turn back time; you're certainly not the only woman who has taken drugs or alcohol while unknowingly being pregnant. Try not to borrow trouble by worrying, it won't change a thing and likely everything will work out fine; cigarettes and alcohol for one night....what's the other one?

Answer 6

i dunno about drugs. but when i was a month pregnant ( i also wasn't aware that i was pregnant) i drank excessively and also smoked a lot of cigarettes. My baby came out healthy. i just had problems that i kepted on going into preterm labour. but i manage to hang in there until three week before my due date.
check out this website for more information.
http://health2k.state.nv.us/psap/AlcoholDrugs.htm

Answer 7

Can't undo what's already been done...
Just stay as clean as you can throughout the rest of the pregnancy, and give your baby as much chance as possible.
Good luck...

Answer 8

yes it can hurt the baby the first trimester is the most important for brain function. tell your doctor so they can run tests on the baby . good luck

Answer 9

i did some stupid things for the first month and didn't know i was pregnant. my son is happy and healthy and growing like a weed!

Answer 10

I would just be honest with your doctor and he/she can maybe do some tests that can assure you that the baby is okay