Do You Believe That It Is Better for a Newborn to Be With His Drug Addicted Mother Because, Because She?
Question by Faith: Do you believe that it is better for a newborn to be with his drug addicted mother because, because she?
gave birth to him?
Surely, just the threat of having their newborns taken from them if they continue doing drugs will get them into rehab & recovery?
And surely every expectant Mum goes for monthly check-ups…how isn’t the problem sorted out then & there? Why can’t they just be put into a detox program to save their babies?
This is so terribly sad & wrong…babies entering the world addicted…thru’ no fault of theirs…
London, Aug 17 (ANI): There has been a drastic increase in the number of babies born with drug and alcohol addiction problems in Scotland.According to the Scottish Sun, one in every 264 newborns in Scotland now suffer withdrawal symptoms as a result of junkie mums abusing deadly substances from heroin to cannabis.One in every 98 pregnant mums have admitted that they put their unborn child’s life at risk by taking drugs during pregnancy, new figures unearthed by us show.
Scots Labour leader Iain Gray called for junkies who shoot up in front of their kids to have their children taken off them.”If a child is fending for themselves to survive, and people around them are having sex and taking drugs in front of them, I think that is not an acceptable way for the child to be living,” the Sun quoted Gray as saying.
“At the heart of the existing system is a presumption that it is better for the children to be with their mother and their birth family. That is wrong,” he added.
There is 20 per cent risk of babies dying from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).Although a majority recovered naturally without medication, others are forced to through a painful withdrawal that can last four months.A child suffering from NAS can experience tremors, high-pitched crying, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, sweating, seizures, delayed visual development and wobbly eyes.
Nationally 65 per cent of drug-using mums-to-be are taking heroin and methadone, while 29 per cent use cannabis and 11 per cent knock back sedatives such as Diazepam and Temazepam. Most of the babies we treat have been exposed to heroin or methadone and need oral morphine to treat them,” said Dr Helen Mactier, a consultant neonatologist who studied drug-dependent pregnant women at The Princess Royal Maternity in Glasgow.
“It can take anything from 24 hours to a few days for a baby to detox from heroin and months for babies to detox from methadone,” she added.
Edit: Bear, then why did they get pregnant & choose to have the baby? They seem to be lost…no one will intentionally harm a life growing inside of you…which is part of you. They need help & if they don’t take that help, their babies need the help…away from their helpless Mums. zzzzz
Best answer:
Answer by Bear
Sometimes Faith,you see life in a too simpler light.
All they care about is their addiction!
Faith – They’ll f**k for a fix! They don’t care if they have the baby,or if it’s stillborn or miscarried!
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