Comments on: Fetal Drug Addiction: Abuse to the Fetus by Drugs

By: colleen

colleen — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:21:53 +0000

My niece is 34 yrs old.She was addicted to drugs when she was born. I raised her when her parents died of ais. She was 8. I had many behavioral problems with her growing up and I brought her to therapy but she never opened up. She did finally shared horror stories of her mother Shooting dope and bringing men in to the home etc. She is now divorced with 2 children. She’s been diagnosed with ptsd and takes medication. The problem is that she is so irresponsible with bills and important things that she must do. It’s as though she buries anything stressful or unpleasant. She recently was put in jail for not appearing in court for a dui, when she was given a very light punishment of 28 hrs of community service and a violation. In 6 months she did not do a single hour of service. She was arrested in front of her kids. She never defends herself and got screwed out of everything in her divorce. I don’t know what to do for her. Is there a disorder such as refusing to grow up and be responsible? How can I help her. I just used my mortgage money to bail her out because she spends every nickle she makes with very little expenses. I don’t want to enable her but I can’t let her sit in jail. Any money she’s ever borrowed from me she’s never paid back. Could her behavior stem back to being an addicted infant or to ptsd?

By: A. Wright

A. Wright — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:03:08 +0000

I am one angry Mother I believe that children are a blessing and God just doesn’t give them to us he loans them to us to take care of. And right now I am beside myself when my best-friend has been doing all the above and she wants me to coach her and throw her a baby shower and be in the delivery room and I just told her you will regret this for the rest of your life. And it so sad she has a disease but, theres no excuse. That fetus can’t speek they have rights.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:47:56 +0000

Thanks for the post.
I really need to be honest here. I cringe when I read posts like this because I think about the potential damage to a future generation. It isn’t always the case that addiction is passed on, or birth defects for that matter, but the chances are greater than not.
In the throws of addiction it is nearly impossible for that future mother to understand what she is potentially creating. In many ways she can’t help herself.

By: Colette

Colette — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:03:10 +0000

Is it me or how can someone jeapordize their own kid just to get high on crack or some other drug? The baby should be what gives you joy. I just don’t get why someone could be able to live with themselves and endager a newborn who can be coke addicted or a heroine baby. Yuck