Transcript Drugs During Pregnancy

Drugs During Pregnancy
By: Kylie Cox
How the Baby Receives Nutrients
Everything you ingest crosses the placenta through the
umbilical cord into the baby's bloodstream
• 15% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriages
• Lifestyles like drinking and smoking is 3 of 4 factors that
contribute to miscarriages
• It is a factor that is 100% avoidable
• If you smoke, drink, or ingest caffeine so does your
baby.
• Miscarriages is one of many side effects that can
happen if you use while pregnant
A statement made by the Center for Disease
Control (CDC)
“We know little about the effects of taking most
medications during pregnancy. This is because
pregnant women are often not included in studies
to determine safety of new medications before they
come on the market. Less than 10% of medications
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) since 1980 have enough information to
determine their risk for birth defects.”
How smoke reaches the Fetus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-1Gm43tlHY
DO NOT SMOKE WHILE PREGNANT
Nicotine increases the risk for miscarriages
It lowers the oxygen available for you baby
It increases your baby’s hear rate
It increase the risk of premature birth and/ or low
birth weight
It increases the risk for respiratory problems
It increases the risk of birth defects and SIDS
Can you have an occasional drink while
pregnant?
“A drink during pregnancy is very unlikely to keep
your child out of an Ivy League school, but regular
drinking is bad, and we don’t know where the
border is between them. And that border may be
different for different women, so why take the
risk?”
What are the risk?
• Stillbirths
• Miscarriages
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Abnormal Facial Features
• Smaller Head Size
• Shorter than average
height
• Low body weight
• Poor learning
• Speech and language
delays
• Intellectual disabilities
• Low IQ
• Sleeping problems
• Vision or hearing problems
• Heart Defects
• Kidney Problems
THERE IS NO CURE!!
DO NOT USE HEROIN WHILE PREGNANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGEDaIP6kw4
Theresa Mischeski (a google user) 1 month ago
“when I had my now 19 year old son there was a
baby on the ward addicted to heroin, This baby
just screamed 24/7 my son was in icu (prem) so
after being booted out of there I would take turns
with the nurse's walking this poor baby around
and around, there was nothing we could do to
settle the poor thing, I will never forget the
inhuman cries from that baby and I wanted to
punch the mothers light's out, so dam selfish”
• Placenta Abruption
• Premature birth
• Low birth weight
• Stillbirths
• SIDS
• Neonatal Abstinence
Syndrome (NAS)
• Body shakes
• Seizures
• Tremors
• Tight muscle joints
• Poor feeding
• Fever
• Sweating‘
• Blotchy skin
• Trouble sleeping and
yawning a lot
• Diarrhea or throwing up
• Stuffy nose and sneezing
Cocaine Risk
Premature Birth
Low birth weight
Respiratory distress
Bowel infractions
Cerebral Infractions
Reduced Head Circumfrence
Increased risk of Seizures
Is Caffeine Ok while pregnant?
• Iron deficiency anemic
• Low Birth Weight
• Baby doesn’t sleep as much when born
Suggestions for drinking caffeine while pregnant
Do not consume with meals
Limit to two cups a day
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
•After a study was published in 2006 about a
link between SSRIs and birth defects the
FDA put out a public advisory warning
•After three more studies where published
that found no link, they recanted that
warning.
•Although the risks are low, there are risk
Common Risk from My Researched Substances
Low birth weight
Premature Labor
Birth Defects
Brain development
DON’T
DO DRUGS
WHILE PREGNANT
Work Cited
• “Heroin and Pregnancy” Heroin and Pregnancy. March of Dimes, 2015 Web 30. Oct 2015
• “Cocaine Use and its Effects.” WebMD. WebMD, 23 June 2013. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.
• Patil MD, Avinash S, and Ravindu Gunatilake, MD. “Drug Use During Pregnancy- Women S Health
Issues.” Merck Manuals Concumer Version. 11 Oct. 2013 Web. 2 Nov. 2015.
• “Effects of Smoking While Pregnant: Dangers to Your Baby.” WebMD. WebMD, 30 May 2013. Web.
2 Nov, 2015.
• Salisbury, Amy, Kathryn Ponder, James Padbury, and Barry Lester. “Fetal Effects of Psychoactive
Drugs.” Clinics in Perinatology. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 5 Sept. 2009 Web. 3 Nov, 2015.
• Sampson, Paul D. “Risk Factors for Adverse Life Outcomes in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal
Alcohol Effects.” ResearchGate, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc. 4 Aug, 2004 Web. 4 Nov,
2015.
• “Miscarriages Causes, Symptoms, Rates, and More.” WebMD. WebMD, 20 July 2014. Web. 4 Nov,
2015.
• Keller, RW Jr, and A. Snyder-Keller. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S National
Library of Medicine, 14 Sept, 2009. Web. 7 Nov, 2015