A woman with a legal card to use marijuana for medical purposes, recently had to sign a waiver before being allowed to breastfeed her newborn. The hospital wanted Crystal Cain to acknowledge that she is aware of the potential risks to her baby of getting high while nursing.
The new mom also smoked throughout her pregnancy, supposedly to deal with nausea and anxiety as adviced by her midwife. Her baby was born almost two months premature and needed an incubator for a few days. Still Cain says she has no plans to stop smoking.
"There are several studies that indicate that it doesn't, it can't transfer through your milk ducts, your body automatically kind of filters it.”
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises against mothers breasfeeding their babies while using marijuana.
