Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies

[@jazmynbrown6820]

Babies are precious... I don't understand how you could do this to an innocent child.

[@Ging3rs]

Not “doing it” to them…

[@reaganadams2403]

@@Ging3rs then what is it…!?

[@onmyceiling]

@@Ging3rs if a mom really can’t stay sober for the sake of her child’s entire life, they’re better off getting an abortion early on

[@rockyrox4591]

@@onmyceiling There is a stigma that Mothers are simply choosing the drugs over their child. Before, there were many women who are under substance abuse and do not know or find out they are pregnant until after the state regulated cut off for abortions. They had no choice but to go to full term and Doctors believe it is much more dangerous for the babies if the mother were to stop the drugs while pregnant and the developing fetus to endure the withdrawal in the womb, which could kill them. The Doctors have decided that is the safest route and care for the withdrawal and weening in the NICU after delivery. And now that our autonomy has been stripped and the right to abortion has been taken from women all over the United States, unfortunately, that isn’t a choice any longer for the women who DID know they were pregnant early on and could have an abortion for the sake of the child or situation. There will be much much more children born of addiction now that this isn’t an option.

[@deeann424]

Their messed up. A druggie.

[@kirasussane1556]

Poor babies their first experiences are of pain.

[@pedro-fj2me]

I used to be a heroine addict and i know what’s craving is. I can imagine how hard it is for the lil babies who is going through withdrawals. These are the real innocents victimes of the drug epidemic.

[@wileenbyroads8297]

AND WHY ARE THESE BABIES SENT HOME WITH THE ADDICTS?

[@lilithssilvermoon3208]

Wileen Byroads great question! Why? Doesn’t make any sense to me at all. There’s really no excuse, quite frankly, HOW or WHY they become addicts. The fact of the matter is that they ARE drug addicts. Most drug addicts will do about anything for a fix (as one women openly admits by selling everything she can)

[@slimmama84]

@@lilithssilvermoon3208 So nowadays, once a child is tested at birth... literally, if the test is positive , they call for placement ( DCFS) for the child. A baby born with anything in their system is an automatic detention/ removal from birth parent/ parents.

[@JC-mo6vp]

iknow this girl she’s a heroine addict she already had 6 kids and they are all put to adoption and she’s already pregnat wt baby 7 and she’s doesn’t want to thighs her tubes at hospital won’t do it because she says no 🤬

[@shannonlee3671]

@@slimmama84 i realize you're comment is a year old now but I'm wondering where you got this info. I have been in treatment at a methadone clinic and talked to my counselor about this subject and was told that if you're in active treatment they provide the mother with special documentation for the hospital, doctors and so forth. I see many new babies and pregnant moms in the clinic everyday and none of them had the child removed or anything as long as they're doing what they should be and their UA's are clean of other drugs. Personally i refuse to have children on the stuff and have issues with fertility my entire life anyways. I live in Phoenix Az. Is it different by state or...? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sportsdaily6036]

@@shannonlee3671 Nawh you’re right. Literally don’t know where they got their info from.

[@vux8786]

My mom did blow, xans and heroin when I was in her stomach got a detox but was dropped on my head twice got adopted so my mom can get clean that family abused me for 13 years I’m 17 live with my mom my dad got out of jail doing 20 years at rikers island and mom got clean 9 years ago and now live with them living my best life

[@laurenemond1923]

As a mother this breaks my heart. I could not imagine put my baby through this

[@justleah7354]

my sister's baby was put through withdrawal but it wasn't my sister's fault, she had to take meds and the doctors said the meds wouldn't affect him (which was the whole reason she wanted to stop) and when he was born he withdrawaled and they tried saying that they told her when they didn't

[@YannahYahyel]

They don’t mean to.

[@adipocere4777]

I was born addicted to drugs. Thankfully I haven’t had too many long term effects, but it still has some. My bones are brittle, and my reproductive organs failed to develop properly, so I won’t be able to have children of my own. My teeth have close to no enamel, and a lot of my permanent teeth never developed or developed poorly and had to be removed. I’ve been diagnosed with autism, but I’m not sure if that’s related at all. I’ve also been diagnosed with psychotic depression and anxiety, but I think that was environmental. Though I still love my biological mother, I’ll never forgive her for bringing me into a world of pain and hurt. And I’ll never forgive CPS for not taking me away that day. I’ll never fully recover from the side effects of prenatal drugs, but I’m proud to say I’ll be breaking the cycle as I live my life.

[@Amp1771]

After my son was born and when I heard about something like this from other people, I can't imagine him going through anything like this. How dare people even choose to have a child if this is what they put them, through.

[@lets_ENJOY_LIVING]

This hurts my heart. It's just not fair to these sweet babies. They deserve so much better. If you need help moms to get clean please try and get help before it too late! ❤❤😢😢

[@lilithssilvermoon3208]

How about criminalizing these women who are drug addicted and who become pregnant? They don’t deserve to have children. You have women out there who are trying to have children who can’t, who don’t do drugs, and who take care of their bodies. It’s a mad shame! Makes me sick 🤢🤮

[@sazzy4229]

Yes, they should be punished. Another very obvious question you’ve missed though, is where is the father? Both parents are obviously broken. Don’t blame the mum and not the dad

[@Ging3rs]

Actually it’s YOU who’s sick… so close minded and ignorant to how complex these issues are. Most often / if not 100% of the time, these woman, and addicts in general, are victims too themselves

[@katelyn1475]

@@Ging3rs Then fix the issue before bringing a baby into the world and potentially getting them killed. You sound like a person who uses and is being defensive, go do what you do best🙂

[@b_2646]

@@Ging3rs don’t listen to these people . They need to act more like Jesus would have and extend a hand to these mothers .

[@amysennett7001]

Treating addiction like a crime doesn’t solve addiction. These women deserve help

[@neopededu]

Using term "addicted" to refer to babies affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome is inappropriate from medical and moral ground. Those babies developed chemical dependence only and we should not be labeling them as addicted

[@I_AM_HYDRAA]

Do you go and post on every video like this

[@lilithssilvermoon3208]

NeoPedEdu They are still drug dependent which means they are addicted. Chop it up anyway you want. Without drugs they go through withdrawals.

[@ambersm6986]

Yes. And contrary to their birth vessels, the babies did NOT have a choice. Their birth vessel DID have a CHOICE.

[@amysennett7001]

What’s wrong the term addicted?

[@YannahYahyel]

I’m 43 years old born addicted to methadone. I’m doing pretty good.

[@amysennett7001]

I’m happy to hear that Angel!

[@Harrow567]

Those poor babies And this is why pregnant woman shouldn’t be doing drugs, or even smoking, or having alcohol, because it negatively affects their children

[@imjustsayingthetruth8998]

All the judges on this page NOT all mothers are irresponsible your baby can have this off of prescription medications even mentsl health medications you are advised NOT to stop taking them stop judging !!

[@JoshuanPaula4Ever1]

How do babies not die from their mom's drug use?

[@TheeOrg_JollyRancher]

Because the way god created life was to protect them at any cost the placent surrounds the baby in the womb the baby is in a bag while in the mothers stomach

[@LosFaboritees]

Wow they get to take the babies with them ?? Bs! If it was marijuana smoker ya would take the baby, that’s how stupid cps is

[@EOVLable]

not medication .....talking about cocaine, cannibis, meth..etc

[@angelonearth222]

I was born 24 weeks. 2LBs addicted to crack in 08. I’ve been trying to find more information on this topic. Wish I knew more

[@mysixfo8805]

Crack is a mental drug. Not physical. You can only be mentally addicted to crack.

[@Misiek131a]

24 weeks? Everything fine? I mean sorry for asking but are you 100% healthy? Thank you

[@daidai1625]

The question is Why why why why... so heartbreaking

[@vesper2005]

addiction obviously? why would that be a question..

[@soniabunny831]

I have a question ...I have a newborn baby that I will be watching for his next 6 yrs ,moms in prison,...I know mom was pos.on hep.c and was told she might of did drugs while preggo ... I don't know why they didn't tell me all this while I was picking him up from hospital 2 days old ...anyway he is 2 months old and does all these symptoms ...how do I go about founding out if he's withdrawing ...he has had seizures ...but for his week old check up .. All was fine .

[@jasminediaz7887]

How is the baby doing so??did the baby get over the withdrawals??

[@OpalSilkMoth]

Take him to a doctor or the hospital o.o

[@o0LoveLove0o]

well if you know she was on drugs and he shows signs I thinks it safe to assume that is what is happening. I believe from what I've read it takes about 4 to 6 weeks for these symptoms to subside, I suggest looking up ways to soothe them would be your best bet If doctors didn't keep them longer to help them withdrawal with medication.

[@o0LoveLove0o]

+o0LoveLove0o missed the 2 month old part some how, if she was a heavy user I believe it could take months. talk to Dr and do as much research as u can

[@BuildABear1776]

+Sonia Villalobos Thank you so very much for taking this child in and loving him as one of your own. I also have permanent legal custody of a now 3 1/2 year old boy, born addicted to multiple drugs and alcohol. I got him when he was 9 months old. Make sure you tell his new doctors that you believe he was born addicted. They can get records from the hospital with the results of the tests done at birth. It is VITAL the doctors know exactly what he was born addicted to....and you will find, over the coming months and years just how much damage the drugs have caused. Behavior issues, growth issues, eating issues, mental issues, trust issues, numerous disorders, and they will NOT all be known early on......we still don't know the full extent of what his birth mother did to him. And we may never know.... Just love him, give him comfort, and let him FEEL that he is safe......and no matter what happens, keep on loving him.

[@katiablanco6606]

These babies receive a monthly check from Supplemental Security Income plus Medicaid. Hopefully the mother does not spend the money buying drugs.

[@marytodd9170]

Prayers for healing

[@RealCloutTelevision3.0]

I just a video of this smh God BLESS them all

[@_-2007-_]

Please someone tells me this kid is ok or any updates….

[@dipakdas3552]

My friend was herion addict during pregnancy.. But thanks to good nothing happens to the baby... C is allrite during birth n after birth too

[@maryam1708]

Nothing proud to listen..

[@heavennorwood508]

I was one

[@peanutygoodness]

Sounds like colic and/or premature delivery issues. Especially the tremors. This is such a charging topic that never addresses to real issue, which instead we point fingers at the true victims. Nobody asks why. Why do humans use drugs? Why would a mother use drugs while knowing what could happen or not wanting to know what could happen? Why do humans lie about drug usage? On all levels …? What happens to a human that makes the prospect of sobriety untenable? In every case I’ve known of it’s always some unresolved grief over something that happened to them, which they are often unaware of it effecting them so deeply and.or once that thing is figured out, it releases the prospect that there was something before that which lead to the secondary grief that went unresolved due to SHAME which in contemporary white American is something that acts like kryotonite to the overwhelming increase in Pathological Narcissists. If you are addicted to drugs, chances are one or both of your parents has a personality disorder that was spurned by their generational paradigms which depending on the severity and when it occurred can even cause a yet to be labeled instance of split personality where the sole purpose of having children is to create two versions of the parent - the good one that was innocent and lived before the traumatic event(s) and the bad one that represents the awfulness that they blame themselves for having let themselves shame their birth family. The later is my mil 100% as if they used her for the text books on clinical psychology.

[@kurtiscunningham9352]

Hard drugs are evil 😢

[@susumukawamoto2924]

Please don't use taxpayer money for the treatment.

[@gusmartinez8489]

Thats sad

[@duzntmatter5926]

This is terrible

[@EOVLable]

Let's destroy all drugs..,

[@megadeath308]

Naw cocaine. and alchohol is lit

[@dr.rothotnik]

@@megadeath308 So is weed 🙌

[@markeelyons8060]

Im sure they do.god bless babies

[@OmarSlloum]

how about, and ok just hear me out on this one: we make them play basketball, and charge money for people to watch them?

[@Jdparachoniak]

then if something serious happens that person has a better chance of serious injury or death. drugs need to be used in moderation.

[@InnannasRainbow]

Kratom. Look it up. It stops withdrawal symptoms.

[@InnannasRainbow]

InnannasRainbow It is legal and is not an opioid but the body thinks it is. It allows the body to heal.

[@bullseye3787]

Keaton saved me for sure!

[@keegankolenda8084]

@@InnannasRainbow what kind of kratom

[@Charles-d4e3b]

Do a story today…

[@terrysoppa2903]

That is a shame when mothers take drugs while they are pregnant n after the babys are born the babys have withdraws .no wounder babys are crying all the time .that is not fair on the babys .🧸🧸🧸🧸

[@deeboi623]

Scandalous

[@leesadoe2440]

let them learn to cry it out...self sooth

[@ambersm6986]

Oh. My. God. Are you even for real?

[@leesadoe2440]

@@ambersm6986 yes, I am for real. I have suffered with much more. (medically) and Ive been told to take a baby aspirin or motrin. I have a serious blood cancer and it causes severe nerve pain and bone pain and organ involvement and destruction and doctors wont prescribe me any pain relief so why should a small baby be administered such a strong drug just for this? sorry (not) to post my opinion.

[@mimi-bt9ki]

Are you stupid or just evil?

[@Ging3rs]

Agree.. they’ll be fine - luckily they don’t have any understanding or consciousness of what’s happening, so it’s really just the brain sending signals to the body - and they won’t remember it!

[@markeelyons8060]

@@leesadoe2440 tjeir pain is real brought on by mothers addiction. Do you have babies. Innocent victims.

[@RealCloutTelevision3.0]

💔😢💯🙏

[@domesticcat5069]

🗨️😽

[@Solutions-xv9im]

Legalize abortion