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@baxterbunch3 жыл бұрын
Me and my fiancé stopped injecting heroin 2 months before I fell pregnant with our son Cillian. I was on 80ml of methadone all through my pregnancy but my son was born with no withdrawals, he was born on Monday 1st June and came home Thursday 4th June. Wee Cillian is 9 months old and we're both 20 months clean next week❤️ We do recover..
@dantoven2 жыл бұрын
Should have just went to a detox facility or at least chose suboxone for MAT, good luck trying to come off methadone unless you plan on being on it forever it’s worse than coming off dope even with a taper. Everyone wants to choose the easy way out of dope withdrawals and don’t realize methadone withdrawals are the worst because the doctors don’t tell you that
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven dude she's clean, that's all that matters ffs she's not injecting heroin anymore. Its not the "easy way out". Not everyone's recovery looks the same. And its totally possible to taper off methadone with very little discomfort. I came down 5mg a week from 95mg to 25mg before I noticed any symptoms and then I thought sense that was so easy, I could cold turkey off the 25mg. That's where I went wrong. Wish I just kept tapering at a slower speed and I know I wouldve gotten completely off it with minimal discomfort. My friend was able to do it and still went in for her 4mg a day and then was able to stop completely as well without going through hell or withdrawling for months. The question is, was she able to keep her sobriety? The OP is, that's what matters. xx
@goodbye89952 жыл бұрын
@@ashhmariie why are you calling someone who is chugging 80ml of meth a day "clean" and "sober"? Lol.
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@goodbye8995 because its a medication. Addiction is a disease, just like cancer or diabetes or high blood pressure, you wouldn't tell them not to take their medicine would you? Its legal and prescribed and as long as it's not abused, you are clean.
@goodbye89952 жыл бұрын
@@ashhmariie (Edit: you deleted the post this is a reply to?) I'm not suggesting that she should stop taking her methadone, which btw is a full opioid agonist which as you know, has basically the same effects as morphine or heroin. It's basing "clean" and "sober" on whether a drug is prescribed by a doctor or not. So if she takes her meth, she is "clean and sober", if I buy her meth off her and take it, am I clean and sober? Nop. I'm a drug abuser who will give a "dirty" sample if I'm tested. Tell me, how does that make any sense at all? It's word games and make-believe. The "clean/dirty" label seems like shame based coercion to me, and not just me, it is considered best practice not to use it. Not blaming you for picking up the language, but you can see how it's carried over from the quasi-religious 12 step programme.
@joshuaharrington39512 жыл бұрын
My sister is on methadone and has a child and she is a great parent
@Hana.Behl-Lecter3 жыл бұрын
We soooo need more wonderful education like this....there are far too many addicts out there not getting their lives back solely due to the stigma surrounding methadone. I know I was certainly one of them for nearly a decade...and now I'll be coming up on four years clean this summer. If youre reading this and still using, please consider making an appointment at your local clinic. At least get some information. It can be virtually painless and you can have your live back.
@dantoven2 жыл бұрын
Yeah because you’re probably gonna be on methadone the rest of your life, its way harder to come off of than any other drug, it rots your teeth and makes your breath stink. The withdrawals are worse and way longer. Suboxone would be a better choice for MAT and even that is rough coming off of even with a taper but nothing compared to methadone. I’d recommend going to a rehab and or detox for a couple weeks instead of choosing the easy way out and instead continuing to take a literal opioid that still gets you high because you can’t handle a week of pain or even a day or 2 until you can take suboxone.
@stanzaschulz43392 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven two days? Its longer than two days, and this is FOR PREGNANT WOMEN TROLL pregnant women cannot go through withdrawals it can very very easily kill the baby, how are you not getting that?
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven your recovery isn't theirs, quit acting like methadone is bad just because YOU couldn't get off it doesn't mean no one else can lol dude. Can you ever congratulate someone? Congrats Hana. You deserve it and have worked hard for it. PS, Dan.. Addiction is a DISEASE like any other. Do you tell someone with high blood pressure to stop taking their meds cus they'll be on them until they die? No, cause if they stop taking it THEN they might die. Same shit goes with methadone and relapse. Everyone's recovery is their own.
@crystalk82263 жыл бұрын
Love this and wish even more in depth docs existed. The majority of healthcare Providers in Chicago are completely uneducated, judgemental, and not even equipped medically to treat pregnant women on Methadone and/or who come in due to withdrawal. Receiving prenatal care at Stroger hospital (Cook County Health) is a blessing for pregnant moms on methadone and/or in withdrawal/seeking treatment because their providers are extremely educated on this population, forward thinking, and nonjudgmental. This topic needs a huge advocacy boost!
@amberwilson57693 жыл бұрын
Girl. I live in Chicago and I currently go to sundance. Best methadone clinic I've ever been to! Compared to family guidance who did not help whatsoever 🙄🙄🙄👻
@niqueurmajestee4 жыл бұрын
you just made me feel so much better about my pregnancy on methadone some many thoughts run though my mind i felt so bad so thank you god bless you and your family and every mother and baby born on methadone xoxo
@juliecoston4023 жыл бұрын
Hey guys! I just wanted to say that I was in methadone and had a baby. He's 2 1/2 now bye was 9 weeks early. 2.5 pounds. He's 25 lbs now. He's just now starting to day lots of words but not questions or sentences, however, you can ask him questions or tell him to do stuff and he can almost always respond correctly. He has DEFINITELY learned the word NO! Lol 🤣 Anyways, he's pretty much on track. so, no worries,mama!! Just don't use other drugs. Oh. And they will test your placenta to see if you have been using and that goes back FOREVER so just do the right thing,!!
@juliecoston4023 жыл бұрын
Oh, and I was on 265 mlg.when pregnant
@niqueurmajestee3 жыл бұрын
I was on 80 MG while pregnant and my son is doing great he is one and can walk and can talk a bit
@howardlangston24603 жыл бұрын
If u have any questions i can answer im a 2 time methadone mom been in recovery for 10 years.
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@niqueurmajestee how long was he kept in the hospital? I'm on 40mg.
@kristen81003 жыл бұрын
I'm in Newfoundland, Canada and I love that you all posted this. So informative and helpful.
@teresatuetken33487 жыл бұрын
Very informative. This movie hopefully will educate and hence save many lives.
@sweetlips71 Жыл бұрын
I'm scared of the state taking my granddaughter away from my daughter who is pregnant and treated with methadone. Please pray for the baby to be healthy and for strength for my daughter and husband to fight for their unborn baby and they need faith and hope for their family.
@howardlangston24603 жыл бұрын
I was a methadone mother my 1st baby was born with no methadone in her system and no withdrawl she came home from NICU in 1 week after being evaluates my 2nd wasnt so lucky if anyone wants to no how a social worker will become involve just ask i will share my experience i repeat they will not take ur baby as long as the substance in your system and babies system are prescribed.
@robynmarie3642 Жыл бұрын
I’m currently on 13 mils n I’m due in 3 weeks n 3 days and I’m scared shitless
@ashleygallo62653 жыл бұрын
I just started methadone im 17 weeks i kno this is the best option i have
@TiffanyyHutson3 жыл бұрын
It is! Good luck💙
@kdizzle9013 жыл бұрын
how many mg
@ashleygallo62653 жыл бұрын
@@kdizzle901 im at 70 and i feel completely fine not sick at all even in the a.m when its time to again and helps with cravings alot.
@derekkiely45273 жыл бұрын
well done im on 80mls for the last 24 weeks it has saved my life i dont get sick and im clean. great video!!!
@kdizzle9013 жыл бұрын
@@ashleygallo6265 I’m on 160
@nicsisco8035 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this video.
@ilikepasta992 жыл бұрын
Thank you mom. Thank you for infusing my body with drugs no child let alone baby should ever be exposed to😂
@discdoggie2 ай бұрын
If early enough in the pregnancy, can’t a methadone detox be administered? Like, start at 30 mg and drop a mg a day?
@SkeetFourTen3 жыл бұрын
Define the difference between chemically dependent and addiction. What will the baby feel like for the rest of their lives? Will they feel like they want a chemical but they don’t know what that chemical is?
@gabrielleburns33632 жыл бұрын
The child won't ever even have memory of being born on that medication , I have so many friends who have had babies on MAT meds and there babies are like any other babies after they come home from the hospital. And many times they don't even withdrawal. It's overall the better option and WAY safer than the mother being on illicit drugs or try to ween off while pregnant which can cause a miscarriage. It's also very dangerous to come off those meds when you aren't ready Bec of the huge risk of relapse.
@shaunareddin434011 ай бұрын
Chemical dependence is a physiological experience, whereas addiction is a social, emotional, and spiritual experience (in addition to the chemical dependence). Babies start fresh into social, emotional, and spiritual lives that are unimpacted by their gestational exposure. In fact, having a parent receive treatment may give them protection against some of the risks (adverse childhood experiences) that lead to addicton. *I'm the person who said that in the video
@karanara67402 жыл бұрын
Mother of my son was on 30 mlgs of methadone and no other drugs but our son was born chemically depended and went through a ten day withdrawal right after he was born. A year later his birth his mother relapsed and went back on the street and died short while after. I didnt know what to do with my son or how to raise him. So I panicked and jumped into another relationship with a single mother of two. I was terrified that my son would not have a family but I was more afraid of him growing up and using opiodes. He would have no chance. I could not have him see a role model in his dad. He was extremely close to me. I could not grief properly and it pushed me to relapse from methadone only to methadone plus opiates. So I decided to leave him. His new mother wasnt an addict. I wanted him to grown up in a family without opiate user examples. Especially his dad that he adored. So one day I told him daddy was sick and he needed to go and get better. I said I'll be back soon. And I left him. He is now 23 and I havent seen him since that day. Because I never got better
@stanzaschulz43392 жыл бұрын
this story nearly made me cry, im so sorry. I can relate I used to be on 40 mgs at my highest dose. Ive never had any children but with what you were saying about the methadone, you can get off the street drugs and be only on your methadone. Tell your counselor the truth, go up by ten mgs ( the most you can legally ask your counselor to bump you up by), you will still be sick obviously even on your heightened dose but its only like 3 measly days of sickness!! After that you will be fine just on your dose. But you have to take it one day at a time, go on a trip for those three days ( if you can somehow get 3 take homes) and detox from the street drugs. The first day split your dose into threes, take a third where u take up, another bit in the middle of the day, and then the rest of it at night. Distract yourself with everything you can, buy s bunch of video games, play online with ppl for 3 days straight, watever it takes, but get back to only taking your dose. Its actually pretty doable, done it many times, Im sure you know all of this and Im not trying to act like im "teaching" you something you know it all, but sometimes it really helps when someone who gets it can relate, and assure you it is NOT that hard at ALL to detox off of street drugs when on methadone, so that you are only on your dose. Take it one hour at a time, just say, okay one more hour and then after that hour is over say, I did it I bet I can do one more, and then before you know it you are through your first day, and that feeling of accomplishment will bring you SO MUCH MORE JOY than a fix ever could, and that feeling will fuel you to your second day. The third ( as Im Sure you know) will be the worst, but it will also mean you are over the hump and will be past the worst part and onto smooth sailing. Its never to late to get started....just one hour at a time....
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
Is the drug not available because paramedics, police and firemen steal them to use themselves
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
Social workers fear as well and learn and I am one
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
But forced on pregnant mothers in San joaquin county california
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
You don't think workers are too?
@MissHawes01872 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@misspoliticallyincorrect20813 жыл бұрын
Does methadone inhibit pregnancy or prevent fertility in any way. I understand that getting pregnant on methadone isn't the best choice but I've been on it for almost ten years and have been with my husband for 15. We had our son before I was on methadone and never got pregnant again. So I'm just wondering if anyone else feels this is a factor. I'm currently almost off the program after working really hard on my recovery on all levels. I live in one of the most prestigious communities in my city..I'm clean..healthy..happy..and spiritually grounded. But I think I want another baby and am wondering if methadone prevents that from being possible ..or if once in off if it if my body will return to normal..
@Hana.Behl-Lecter3 жыл бұрын
It's possible, I highly recommend speaking to your doctor and/or a fertility specialist. Considering you were able to get pregnant previously and have not since, it leads me to believe it may be a factor. I'm not a doctor however.
@marcirathbone89983 жыл бұрын
I have been going through the same thing.. I haven't been able to get pregnant since I had my son that was 10 years ago and was wondering if the Methadone maybe causes infertility.. I recently even quit having a period which is concerning to me I'm only 34 ☹️ anyone else having these same problems also?? Help!
@baxterbunch3 жыл бұрын
I was told I couldn't have children but 2 months after I stopped injecting heroin I fell pregnant with my son, he was born addicted to methadone but he didn't have any withdrawals and we both got home from hospital 3 days after my C section. He's 9 months old and is healthy as can be, he does have signs of Autism but I'm on the spectrum myself so don't know if he gets it from me or not
@amberwilson57693 жыл бұрын
No. Not for me anyways. I became pregnant while on methadone last April but chose to terminate because the dad did not want it. That was the biggest regret of my life...
@ashhmariie3 жыл бұрын
I've known too many whom have gotten pregnant on methadone
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
Report and study methadone babies birth defects july 15, 2023
@kendrickscruggs12223 жыл бұрын
Let's stop blaming the addiction and hold the person accountable.
@janisandersons48923 жыл бұрын
Clearly you do not comprehend the word "addiction". Addiction is a biopsychosocial disorder characterized by repeated use of drugs, or repetitive engagement in a behavior such as gambling, despite harm to self and others. People literally cannot stop, for someone who does not suffer from it this concept is very hard to latch onto. You need to have compassion and understanding, nobody wants to be addicted to that shit, they're the victim.
@dantoven2 жыл бұрын
@@janisandersons4892 Nah but for real, if you know you’re addicted to drugs and can’t stop the last thing you should be doing is getting pregnant, I know accidents happen but common, don’t make bring a baby into the world and make it suffer especially if you can’t suffer a week of withdrawals to get clean for the baby
@sayamire57542 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven “I know accidents happen” okay.
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven going through a week of withdrawals for the baby doesn't prevent relapse during your 9 months pregnant or after birth. god, you're blind to the reality of opiod addiction.
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
Who have never used alcohol or drugs
@FunnyPolarbearsagsm24 күн бұрын
My gma
@audreyellis20232 жыл бұрын
Can you get the epidural while on methadone treatment?
@ciarajenks5292 Жыл бұрын
Yes, they actually recommend it because on methadone your brain interprets pain differently. You will be in more pain the others.
@chezdavies3074 Жыл бұрын
Yep.... I did. And that was 35years ago.
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
It is just like thalidomide babies still forced
@amandaanne64635 жыл бұрын
Great Video!!
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
I am pissed
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
Not the word opiates
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
I am their former s.w.
@lalababy2103 Жыл бұрын
Should these moms feel bad? Yes
@SkeetFourTen3 жыл бұрын
Does Methadone make you high?
@josephsims30423 жыл бұрын
No... A lil tired if your on a lot
@ashhmariie3 жыл бұрын
It can
@johnnicolaou5543 жыл бұрын
no chance its just shit stick to what you know
@ashhmariie3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnicolaou554 huh???..
@stanzaschulz43392 жыл бұрын
It really depends. My first year yeah Id get very very slight euphoria an hour after dosing, then after that year it pretty much went away. Its still a powerful opioid dont let anyone convince you it isn't, that not what its about, its about a SAFE alternative that will let your brain heal and help you get your life back together so you can function like a normal person in society and benefit from friends and family. Its important, its a life savor, but its a very very strong drug none the less
@jksynth Жыл бұрын
PhD candidates reports
@dcclxxvii57032 жыл бұрын
“You can be chemically dependent without being addicted” Yeah, that makes sense… 😂😂😂
@lackofghosts2 жыл бұрын
It does, actually! I know it might be hard for you to grasp, but for example there's a difference between being chemically dependent on anti-depressants (your body will go into withdrawal if you suddenly stop a medication like that) and being addicted to anti-depressants. Just because your body has become chemically dependent on something does not necessarily mean you're addicted!
@sayamire57542 жыл бұрын
Addiction is mental
@stanzaschulz43392 жыл бұрын
@@sayamire5754 okay, no, you can literally see changes in your brain, neurological structures form from addiction to opioids, so nope
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
You can be dependant on something without being an addict to it. The first comment is completely right.
@jessicaann1802 жыл бұрын
You do realize you can be chemically dependent on things like antidepressants too right? You don’t see anyone screaming about ending the prescriptions for antidepressants.
@joshuaharrington59943 жыл бұрын
Mothers should never take methadone very irresponsible
@ashhmariie3 жыл бұрын
More irresponsible to stay on drugs after you find out you're pregnant
@joshuaharrington39513 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ashley
@dantoven2 жыл бұрын
@@ashhmariie Methadone is basically the same as all the other prescription pain killers. And it’s choosing the easy way out, making your baby suffer in the long run because you can’t suffer for a week through withdrawals, there’s even inpatient/outpatient detox facilities that help with other comfort drugs that aren’t just giving you another opioid to take forever smh
@ashhmariie2 жыл бұрын
@@dantoven when its being monitored and you cannot abuse it, it makes it very much different from other drugs. Going through "a week" of withdrawals can kill your baby, so it would be absolutely selfish of you NOT to take something to keep you AND the baby alive. Its called methadone MAINTENANCE for a reason. You maintain until you're strong enough to stop that as well. Not being on methadone and risking using several different other drugs instead is more selfish than taking a monitored medicine FDA approved to curve your cravings for all those other drugs so you don't relapse. Its more of a danger for some moms to not be taking methadone than to be taking it. Its about the health of the child, not your wants.
@sayamire57542 жыл бұрын
Mothers should get on methadone if they are on opiates period. First of all with drawl will cause you to lose your baby and your baby can feel it.
@ronaldclayton39996 жыл бұрын
A woman of child bearing age seeking methadone maintenance should be given a choice steralization or methadone.
@gabbygirl39516 жыл бұрын
no they shouldn't be sterilized. They may end up clean a year later, with stable life, relationships and work. What if then they want to look forward to a child in the future?
@mamabear45265 жыл бұрын
People with mindsets like yours, need to be sterilized. Educate yourself before speaking. You sound ignorant.
@daniellenp895 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly ignorant
@thehamfam91844 жыл бұрын
You're an idiot you are pathetic seriously ur comment the way u talk n think literally makes u worse than any child bearing man or woman who's a recovering addict. Keyword recovering I can't believe ur disgusting beyond UNEDUCATED comments u know absolutely NOTHING I got pregnant when I was on birth control and homeless and in my active addiction and my doc was heroin. Yet wen I discovered I was pregnant I immediately flushed over 24 bags of dope and got clean I got put on methadone due to the FACTS that going cold turkey can KILL A PREGNANT WOMANA BABY WITHDRAWLAS R DEADLY FOR BABIES IN UTERUO. Anyways I been clean since 10.3.2012. so please tell me why should I be sterilized?!? U shumck
@ashhmariie3 жыл бұрын
Lol, better than using drugs. You're inconsiderate