Pregnancy and pot a bad combination

March 7, 2012 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: My question is for my daughter who is pregnant, going on her 9th month. She has stopped smoking pot but recently relapsed and smoked a couple of joints in this past week. She is due in three weeks. I do not want her to have her baby taken away because of her mistake/relapse so she needs to get the pot/THC out of her and her baby’s system. What can she eat, drink, take, or do to remove it quickly.

She is 19 years old, small/skinny sized and very healthy. She has no health problems other than smoking pot. Thank you and have a nice day.

DEAR READER: I wish it were that easy but any damage that has been done cannot be reversed. While the effects of smoking marijuana dissipate rather quickly, the drug can be detected in the body for weeks, maybe longer. [Read more...]

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The effects of smoke on a fetus

August 5, 2010 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: My daughter is about to have her first child. Both she and her husband smoke, which is of great concern to me. Is my future grandchild in any danger because of their tobacco habits?

DEAR READER: Yes, he or she is. Research has been ongoing for quite some time on this very subject. An associate professor of pediatrics affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital co-wrote a commentary that accompanied the research report.

Physicians, specifically obstetricians, have been advising pregnant women for years of the dangers of smoking to their unborn babies. A woman’s body does not act as a filter system protecting her fetus from the toxins in tobacco. [Read more...]

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