Tripping on wombs: cannabis for pregnancy nausea?
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Imagine, if you will, a dream-universe where every moment is idle, floaty, warm and comforting. And smells kind of like hippies. Someday, that fantasy-world could be more than just the average day in a stoner’s basement: fetuses might be tripping in a THC womb, if researchers at the University of Victoria have their way.
In a study done in 2006, but republished this November in the Journal of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, a research team set out to determine whether medical cannabis could help expectant moms with symptoms of morning sickness. They polled a group of 84 women who used medicinal cannabis, of whom 79 had already been pregnant. In fact, of those 79, 65 percent had used cannabis for pain relief during the pregnancy (but let’s not kid ourselves – the study was done in B.C.). A whopping 97 percent of the pregnant THC-lovers said the drug was “extremely effective” at treating nausea and vomiting.
This is excellent news for me, and thousands of other young women who are very reluctant to consider carrying a baby if it’s accompanied by nine months illness or discomfort. And hell, if I’m going to gain pregnancy pounds, I might as well do it with Doritos and cereal by the boxful.
Of course, as I mentioned earlier, this study was done in British Columbia. Which, growing up in Canada, I can attest to as the North American marijuana mecca. So if you want to ride out your pregnancy in style and comfort, ladies, venture north: we’ve got fields of anti-nausea medication selling at competitive, Canadian rates.
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I totally weighed the pros and cons of smoking weed during my last, insanely miserable pregnancy. Unfortunately the only info I could find was antidotal and divided sharply along the lines of “hippie” and “physician.”
April: Based on the reactions I’ve gotten from this article, you aren’t alone! And a few people I spoke to DID smoke pot – and tell me that “the kids seem normal” (hah!).
This study doesn’t get specific on whether the cannabis was smoked or ingested some other way. But THC exposure to the baby is the obvious implication, regardless….maybe it makes them more creative…
I haven’t been pregnant in roughly 50 years, but remembrance of nausea is vivid among things past. If this isn’t another good reason for legalizing medicinal marijuana I don’t know what is.
It has been suggested that there is link between ‘morning-sickness’ and the mother-to-be’s psychological state. HowStuffWorks.com has an article about Psychological Changes during Pregnancy. They say ‘a high level of stress in your life or negative feelings about being pregnant may contribute to some of the nausea that occurs in the first trimester.’ I’ve seen studies that suggest this as well. So I would say it’s no wonder that the relaxing effects of Marijuana would have an effect on pregnancy nausea. However, I would be more inclined to try aromatherapy, yoga, meditation, hypnosis, even psychotherapy, before ingesting/smoking any mind-altering substance. Go for the root of the problem rather than the quick fix.
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