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What Is The Effect Of Heroine On A 35 Weeks Pregnant Woman And Her Fetus?

I am 35 weeks pregnant and didn't find out I was pregnant until 20 weeks. I am a recovering heroin addict and I have done heroin roughly ten times while being pregnant.. im SO scared they will take my baby when born. how long does heroin stay in the babies system and if i have a past use of drugs at the hospital will they automatically test my newborns first bowel movement
Mon, 6 Jan 2014
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The effects of heroin in baby is very likely and can induces the numbers of defects, so it is called teratogenic effects, particularly if the drug taken at the time of organogenesis, the effect of drug can be detected from the blood of baby and from other material too, if they wanted to do that, have nice day.
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What Is The Effect Of Heroine On A 35 Weeks Pregnant Woman And Her Fetus?

HI Thank for asking to HCM The effects of heroin in baby is very likely and can induces the numbers of defects, so it is called teratogenic effects, particularly if the drug taken at the time of organogenesis, the effect of drug can be detected from the blood of baby and from other material too, if they wanted to do that, have nice day.