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Hello All! I was on subutex my entire pregancy and was happy I took the medication. It helped me to stay away from things I shouldn't have do. I used to be addicted to the oc's but, have come a long way. My husband also has issue's of his own which is more related to alchol but,  he has been sober months now. Our baby is now born and is in a special care unit. We were told  most likely our baby would be fine and not go into withdrawal but, per the hospital he did. So we are dealing with it and he is doing great but, still is in hospital two weeks since birth. It's been very hard for us especially since I weind downed since I found out I was pregant. We knew at 5 weeks I was preganant so were able to get on the meds right away to help from any withdrawal between me or the baby. Our addtiction specialist is amazing and has always been honest. He had many cases were the babies did not have any withdrawals but, of course we had to be that 1% or so that the baby needed care. I was down to 2mg / 4mg a day which I thought was so low he would not have an issue's but, I was WRONG. His poor feeding and other symptoms said he needed special care. Has anyone else gone through something similar?? I feel awful I took the medication but, thought it was best for both of us.
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Thank you so much! I totatlly agree with you. Time will fly once he is at home! Sleep tight.. Off for some zz's. Can't wait to see him for his feeding in 7 hours or so. What a cute lil man he is.
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Sounds like he is where he needs to be right now.  I am sure this is hard on you but you will have your little one home soon enough and it wont be long and he will be getting into everything!!!
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1 week from today. Every day seems like a year but, whatever is best for him is best for me. Thanks SOO MUCH for your reply!
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Congrats on your new baby.  I hope he continues to improve.  Have they said how long he will be in the hospital?           sara
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