Apr 09
23
PA Baby Dies From Cocaine Tainted Breast Milk
In Pennsylvania, a 2 month old baby died recently of a suspected cocaine overdose from it’s mother’s breast milk. This unfortunately is more common than we may think, and commonly an actual drug overdose via breast milk from a mother who has done cocaine is misdiagnosed as SIDS, however many times further testing shows otherwise, that the mother was actually to blame since the baby took in cocaine or some other hard street drug through her breast milk.
Cocaine, and potentially other drugs, although I’m not sure if they behave the same way, can remain in a woman’s system for 48 hours after she inhales it, and if she feeds her infant during this time frame, then she trasmits a very heavy, deadly drug to her infant, whose tiny body can’t handle it the same as an adult’s (even adults cant’ handle it many times, imagine a baby trying to process a hard street drug).
Not only can cocaine intake by an infant result in death, but it can also result in brain damage, central nervous system problems, respiratory failure, and other disastrous results. Same goes for alcohol, especially when the child is in the womb. Children whose mothers are drug users or smokers are at a higher risk for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
Most drugs can be transmitted to a baby through breast milk, so it is wise to even see how prescription drugs could affect your infant, and if you’re pumping, then to get rid of the milk that you pumped in a designated time frame after you’ve taken something. Cocaine is one of the deadliest drugs to infants, but I’m sure there are many more, like I said, even prescription drugs, that could have potentially disastrous results if transmitted to a baby as well, precaution and extreme diligence is the best policy when it comes to your precious baby!
