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To all the ladies asking about narcotics while pregnant. The best advice would be from a perinatologist while you are pregnant. I see one now due to having to take pain meds due to spinal problems with horrific pain at times. I have decided to come off it before I deliver because there is a chance the baby will be addicted if I take it on a regular basis closer to the due date. Pain medicine will not cause problems if taken once in a while. It is when your own body becomes physically addicted, meaning you can tell with physical symptoms when you stop taking it, that the baby can be addicted if it is born at that time. I have discussed this extensively with a pain management doctor and my perinatologist. So don't worry if you have to take something every once in a while, it won't hurt the baby. I am also a Neonatal ICU nurse and have never seen any ill effects of pain medicine during pregnancy unless the mother was addicted at time of delivery. I am not talking about street drugs.

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