Some Pregnant Women Use Weed For Morning Sickness But FDA Cautions Against It
Use of the drug during pregnancy has been linked to higher risk for premature birth and low birth weight. But some women with severe nausea feel they're out of other options.
Jennifer had a rough start to her pregnancy. "I had really intense food aversion and really intense nausea," says the 28-year-old mother of a five-month-old girl. "I wasn't eating at all."
She was losing weight instead of gaining it, she says, and couldn't even keep down her prenatal vitamins or iron pills, which she needed to deal with anemia. (NPR is only using her first name to protect her privacy.)
And with her first prenatal appointment still weeks away, she began to worry that she wasn't getting enough nutrients to support the pregnancy. "I was basically in this space, where I felt like I wanted to be a new mom and take care of my child and I
