Hepatitis is a virus that attacks the liver. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. You can pass infections like these to your baby during pregnancy. If you have opioid use disorder, you may have trouble taking care of yourself during pregnancy.
For example, you may miss your prenatal care checkups and not make healthy choices for you and your baby. Depression is a medical condition that causes feelings of sadness and a loss of interest in things you like to do.
It can affect how you feel, think and act and can interfere with your daily life. It needs treatment to get better. This can help prevent complications when you do get pregnant. Possible complications linked to opioid use during pregnancy may include:.
Birth defects. Birth defects are health conditions that are present at birth. They change the shape or function of one or more parts of the body. Birth defects can cause problems in overall health, how the body develops or how the body works. Birth defects associated with opioid use during pregnancy include:.
Miscarriage or stillbirth. Miscarriage is the death of a baby in the womb before 20 weeks of pregnancy. Stillbirth is the death of a baby in the womb after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Neonatal abstinence syndrome also called NAS. NAS is when a baby is exposed to a drug in the womb before birth and goes through withdrawal from the drug after birth. NAS is most often caused when a woman takes opioids during pregnancy.
NAS can cause serious problems for a baby, like being born too small and having breathing problems. Even if you use an opioid exactly as your health care provider tells you to, it may cause NAS in your baby. Placental abruption. This is a serious condition in which the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus womb before birth. If this happens, your baby may not get enough oxygen and nutrients in the womb.
And you may have serious bleeding. The placenta grows in your uterus and supplies the baby with food and oxygen through the umbilical cord. This is a serious condition that can happen after the 20th week of pregnancy or right after pregnancy. Signs and symptoms of preeclampsia include having protein in the urine, changes in vision and severe headaches. High blood pressure also called hypertension is when the force of blood against the walls of the blood vessels is too high. It can stress your heart and cause problems during pregnancy.
Preterm labor and premature birth. This is labor and birth that happen too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Babies born this early may have more health problems at birth and later in life than babies born full term.
Opioids also can cause premature rupture of membranes also called PROM. This is when the sac around a baby breaks before a woman goes into labor. Sudden infant death syndrome also called SIDS. This is the unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old. SIDS usually happens when a baby is sleeping. Babies born to mothers who use opioids are at increased risk for SIDS.
Opioid replacement therapy, including medication-assisted therapy also called MAT or opioid-assisted therapy also called OAT. For these treatments, your provider prescribes you long-acting opioids, like methadone or buprenorphine, that you take during pregnancy and after your baby is born. Long-acting means the opioids stay in your body for a long time. These medicines help reduce your baby's risk for premature birth and growth problems. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version.
See more conditions. Healthy Lifestyle Pregnancy week by week. Products and services. Free E-newsletter Subscribe to Housecall Our general interest e-newsletter keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics. Sign up now. Opioid use during pregnancy Understand the risks posed by opioid use during pregnancy and alternative therapies to help you manage your pain. By Mayo Clinic Staff. Committee Opinion No. Analgesics during pregnancy. Rochester, Minn.
Chang G. Substance misuse in pregnant women. Accessed Oct. Opioid overdose. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See also Antidepressants and pregnancy Pregnancy bed rest Blighted ovum: What causes it? Close collaboration with the pediatric care team can help ensure that infants born to women who used opioids during pregnancy are monitored for NAS and receive appropriate treatment, as well as be referred to needed services.
Support for women in treatment for OUD is critical in the postpartum period—a time of adjustments and increased stressors—which may increase the risk for relapse and overdose events. Continued access to health care and linkage to care for substance use disorders and other co-occurring conditions is important. Learn more about treatment for opioid use disorder for women before, during, and after pregnancy. MotherToBaby experts are also available by phone or online chat to answer questions in English or Spanish.
This free and confidential service is available Monday through Friday from 8 a. To reach MotherToBaby,. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. About Opioid Use During Pregnancy. Minus Related Pages. What are opioids? Opioids are a class of drugs used to reduce pain. Common prescription opioids include codeine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine.
Fentanyl is a prescription synthetic opioid pain reliever. It can also be made illegally. Heroin is an illegal opioid.
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