Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies 

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

Poor babies their first experiences are of pain.

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.

AND WHY ARE THESE BABIES SENT HOME WITH THE ADDICTS?

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

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

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.

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! ❤❤😢😢

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.

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 🤢🤮

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

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 !!

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

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

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 .

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

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

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

Prayers for healing

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

I just a video of this smh God BLESS them all

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

I was one

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

Hard drugs are evil 😢

Thats sad

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

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.

Please don't use taxpayer money for the treatment.

Let's destroy all drugs..,

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

This is terrible

Scandalous

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 .🧸🧸🧸🧸

Kratom. Look it up. It stops withdrawal symptoms.

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

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

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Legalize abortion