pregnancy

Cannabis to help during labor: Experts and real moms weigh in

By now, you’ve heard us share how cannabis has been used by women for centuries in a multitude of ways,…

5 years ago

Is CBD safe during pregnancy?

Expectant and young mothers ask us this all the time. Is CBD and cannabis safe for pregnancy? Every so often…

5 years ago

Using cannabis while pregnant does not impair children’s cognition, decades of studies suggest

Across the US, children and their parents routinely face separation and other forms of punishment due to legal and medical…

5 years ago

Cannabis & motherhood with High Society Mama, Bianca Snyder

Social media creates the perception that motherhood is all bubbles and butterflies. Then you actually become a mother and learn…

5 years ago

Five-year follow-up of rural Jamaican children whose mothers used marijuana during pregnancy

Using standardized testing procedures, this study followed the development of children from the prenatal period to the age of 5…

5 years ago

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: A 1994 Ethnographic Study

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of marijuana (or "'ganja" as it is called in Jamaica)…

5 years ago

Here’s how new mothers are using CBD to combat baby brain

Stories of absent-mindedness, intense bouts of fear, periods of severe depression, and debilitating anxiety can make anyone fear postpartum life.…

6 years ago

Marijuana use by breastfeeding mothers and cannabinoid concentrations in breast milk

Marijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug among breastfeeding women. With legalization of marijuana in several US states and…

7 years ago

Marijuana and pregnancy: objective education is good, but biased education is not

We read with interest the article by Chasnoff, which concluded that physicians should be educated about the negative effects of…

8 years ago

The number of pregnant women using marijuana for morning sickness & anxiety is on the rise

Certain symptoms of pregnancy, like morning sickness or anxiety, come on fast and are so persistent that at times, it can seem like almost…

8 years ago