Will pot make it very hard to conceive?

Question

Both me and my partner smoke pot about 3 times a week. We were trying to concieve for 5 months now, no luck. Of cource once i become pregnant we both would stop. Were soon about to quit, but would it make a difference on conceiving?

Many people smoke pot even your bosses. people you think wouldnt. They just dont talk about it. Just because we smoke pot and thousands of others do doesnt make us bad parents. The kind of drugs that are serious are class A drugs, Coke, E pills, Herion, even alchol

why-us- learn to spell please i think your brain dead

Pots not an addicting drug like cigs. You might want it to feel good but you dont need it. We both can stop with a drop of a dime, but my question wasnt asking is it addicting

Answer 1

You should stop smoking before you try to conceive, not just because it lowers your chances of conceiving, but also because it kills your baby's developing brain cells. It lowers a mans sperm count and can cause defects in the embryo which can cause an early miscarriage.

Answer 2

Okay, I'll be frank. My mom didn't smoke when she was pregnant with my sis, who had behavioral problems growing up. She smoked the whole time she was pregnant with me, and I was a 'fantastic" baby, according to her. Both my sister and I have very high IQ's, were at the top of our class, and in gifted and talented programs all throughout school.

Now for me. My boyfriend and I smoke daily, although I've cut way back to very occasional puffs while pregnant. I can't even sit next to him on the couch without getting pregnant! It lowers sperm count in some, but not all. In your partner's case, it could be from lowered sperm count, or sometimes it just takes awhile.

I know alot of people don't agree with smoking pot, but in my experience, most people I know smoke regularly and they are fine citizens with fine children. We are older, and profesionals, and many many of our parents smoked in the sixties and seventies and continue to do so now.

marijuana for some, including me, has medicinal as well as spiritual properties, and I do not see a problem with it intrinsically. This is not to say that marijuana use doesn't adversely affect some individuals, simply that it is a shame that a plant put here on God's great earth would be grouped together with addictive and inorganic substances like meth, ecstacy, and other hard or refined drugs.

Answer 3

Don't pay any attention to most of these brain dead answers.

Smoking 3 times a week will not effect your conception. You are looking for one quick fix and you may have other problems that are affecting your fertility.

And btw, I had my son at 16, and because I was sick the entire pregnancy and not gaining weight, the doc suggested I might try smoking a little reefer to be able to eat. He figured it was better than my baby starving to death because I was unable to keep anything down. Well, guess what, my son who is now 23 has an IQ at the top of the charts (150 range) so the bs about it affecting his brain is just that.

Oh and finally, marijuana is not physically addictive in the clinical sense. It can be mentally addictive but you do not "jones" for it, nor do you crave it like other drugs (including caffeine and nicotine).

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Answer 4

Yes it will. It even increases the risk of birth defects because his sperm and your eggs aren't exactly high quality if your are smoking pot. I know this is probably the last thing you want to hear but you might as well quit now and give your baby the best chance at being "normal". You were going to quit anyway though right? So just start now. I know an insane amount of people who have tried to quit but haven't been able too for a number of reasons, in fact every person I know who has tried to quit has been unable to. So good luck.

Answer 5

I am not sure how if affects females in concieving, but it dramaticly lowers the males sperm count and it could take him months to rebuild. What kind of parents smoke pot anyways? It should have been stopped the second having a kid popped into your head! You know what kinds of things could have happened had you smoked and been pregnant and not known? Nice going

Answer 6

I get where you're coming from,my daughters father and I were trying to conceive before I became pregnant with her and it was hard because we both smoke and drink everyday.So I stop drinking,still no baby my doctor said we needed to stop smoking,but it was too hard but then I wasn't feeling good and I stopped smoking I went to the doctor and he told me I was 4-5 weeks pregnant.I really didn't want to smoke then her father kept doing it.And the doctor told us if we kept doing it our baby will lack in brain cells and could become special if you get my drift mentally disturbed.After that I listen but he act like it was too hard it was but now we are having a child he didn't listen,I guess he thought the doctors were playing.Instead of our daughter becoming mentally disturbed or lacing brain cells she was born at 35 weeks gestational and weighed 3lbs 6ounces.We both were sad and we love our baby to death,she was small but I thank God those were her only problems,she didn't have any breathing problems or nothing she just had to stay in the NICU until she gain 4lbs six ounces.You wouldn't think that take a long time,but remember babies gain weight when first born then they lose weight so she went through the process of gaining and losing for about 3weeks to month.She was born Nov.15th and didn't come home til before christmas and I was sad cuz my baby couldn't be with her family for thanksgiving,so think before having children please so you won't have to go through this.

Answer 7

Yes absolutely, mostly from the male end, as it lowers sperm count. Besides, THC stays in your blood stream for a few weeks, so stopping once you find out you're pregnant is a little too late. I know how much more fun life can be a little altered, but if you really want a baby, I'd recommend quitting from now until you're done breastfeeding it. Congratulations in advance, and good luck!!

Answer 8

i don't know if it would make a difference to conceive - but I STRONGLY suggest that you stop smoking BEFORE you DO conceive. My reasoning is that whatever chemicals (which pot contains over 400) will affect your egg and sperm before you have even concieved. Besides, by the time you DO find out that you are pregnant, it is very early in the pregnancy and that is THE MOST FORMATIVE period of time in the development of the fetus.

You are WAY wrong in your approach.

Answer 9

Pot lowers the sperm count in males which could be making it harder to concieve so i suggest staying off of pot for the time being. Good Luck to you both!

Answer 10

Yes. Smoking pot lowers the sperm count in men. That's probably why your not conceiving. Don't stop smoking pot once you conceive, stop now.