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when you are pregnant, whatever goes into your body goes into your babies. almost every mother who has been on drugs while pregnant has effected their babies. go online and you can see images of babies who have been effected by drugs because their mothers took them. the babies have birth defects, odd features, medical illneses, and handicaps.

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13y ago

Lots of things may be happen after having a drug when you are pregnant. In pregnancy the usage of drugs, alcohol and narcotics may pass through plasenta to and when that occurs depending on the chemical properties of the material and the stage of the pregnancy baby may effected mild or severely. most of the drugs which are used to cure diseases have their instructions about their teratogenic effects and due to that if it is usable in the conditions of pregnancy or not.

There is a very good example for the drug usage effects on pregnancy. When the well known anti-cancer drug first discovered as an untivomiting drug in early 70's most of the pregnant woman used the medication for their nausea and most of the babies born whose mother have used this medication with phocomelia.

As it is exampled above the risks of having drugs when you are pregnant are huge and you should beware dreadfully when you have to use medications.

The risk of that severe dmg drops down after 1st trimester but it never goes to 0.

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14y ago

Anything that Mom takes, the baby gets part of. Unlike the Mother, the baby is not yet in any position to handle many chemicals as it's brain is still developing, as is the immune system and digestive system. Drugs will be handled VERY differently by the child.

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Drugs will affect the baby directly and indirectly. Most of the drugs will be transferred to the baby who may suffer from a lot of side effects and development issues.

Every drug will have its specific answer, but you should not do drugs in general while pregnant.

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because it is naughty because it is naughty because it is naughty because it is naughty

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It is bad for the babies health. It can kill the baby.

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Because it's not about you anymore.

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