Some please help! I had chronic pain and was on methadone NOT FOR DRUG ADDICTION, and I accidentally got pregnant at 35 mgs. I dropped 20 mgs in my first trimester without a problem and I want to get as low as possible. I am terrified my baby will be born hooked on this narcotic. I see a high risk obgyn, but between visits i get horrible guilt for not aborting. I just want a healthy baby! I went to the methadone support sight, but all those people were drug addicts who told me I would kill my baby or start doing smack as soon as i stopped the methadone, even while pregnant! I’ve never done heroin in my life and i never would! Are there ANY nurses or docs out there who might know… If i’m 16 weeks pregnant and only taking 16 mgs, is there ANY HOPE that the baby won’t be addicted? I know 30% of babies to meth dependant moms are not addicted, is there any hope since I’m at such a low dose? I wish I had never taken this horrible medicine, you can’t "just stop" you have to slowly decrease!
I hope to be at 0 mgs in about 10 weeks but i heard if you go too fast you can miscarry
Hasn’t your specialist been able to answer your fears for you? It seems to me they would have the most experience in this area.
Methadone and pregnancy?
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this is a useful website that deals specifically with methadone and pregnancy. it should answer all of your questions. I have read it and all i can say is that the risk is there, you can not put your risk down to 0. You will have to play the wait and see game and there is no other option right now. Good luck.
http://www.methadoneandpregnancy.com/
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Hasn’t your specialist been able to answer your fears for you? It seems to me they would have the most experience in this area.
References :