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post #1 of 8
3/21/10 at 7:30pm
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Anyone watch this? I just watched 2 of them. "I'm Pregnant and have an eating disorder." "I'm pregnant and an addict" and now watching "I'm pregnant and homeless". Just wondering what other people think of this?

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post #2 of 8
3/21/10 at 7:43pm
I just caught the last few minutes of the addict one.... I don't know the "backstory" but was so sad for the little baby.
The whole series looks interesting.
~maddymama
post #3 of 8
3/21/10 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by maddymama View Post
I just caught the last few minutes of the addict one.... I don't know the "backstory" but was so sad for the little baby.
The whole series looks interesting.
~maddymama
Mom was an addict and was on Methadone. She was told it was safer to stay on Methadone then go off for her baby and her. So there was a chance baby would be born and go through withdrawl which is what happened and they put the baby on morphine for 5 weeks for pain. I know next to nothing on methadone. I was wondering if it is better for mom to go off or stay on during pregnancy.
post #4 of 8
3/22/10 at 4:57pm
Methadone is one of those drugs where it is BETTER for the mom to stay on it. Withdrawal is harsh on a baby & worse on an unborn baby.
post #5 of 8
3/22/10 at 6:10pm
One of my kiddos got sick so I missed the end of the show... what happened to the family that was homeless and living in a tent?
~maddymama
post #6 of 8
3/22/10 at 6:50pm
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One of my kiddos got sick so I missed the end of the show... what happened to the family that was homeless and living in a tent?
~maddymama
The found temporary housing by bartering the husband's working 20 hrs a week for housing. At the very end they got the other child back (never said where he was) and they were still in temp. housing. The dad found a pt job at a restaurant.
post #7 of 8
3/22/10 at 6:51pm
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Methadone is one of those drugs where it is BETTER for the mom to stay on it. Withdrawal is harsh on a baby & worse on an unborn baby.
Thanks. I didn't know either way. It seemed bad when baby went through withdrawl after it was born too.
post #8 of 8
3/22/10 at 7:22pm
that's why they wait until after the baby is born to do withdrawal. Imagine an unborn baby going through that. They can manage the symptoms better.

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