Because even though a mother's love can seem pretty miraculous in healing a hurt or soothing a scraped knee, sometimes the best love we ever give our kids starts before they're born. That's the kind of love that really lasts a lifetime. Now, here's looking at you, kid. Experts guess that 15 percent of U.S. women of child-bearing age currently use drugs. And many don't quit until after the first three months of pregnancy, if then.
Damage depends on which drug is used, when.
Newborns may suffer seizures and heart defects, and show signs of neurological damage and addiction. Slow growth, possible miscarriage, excitability or irritability in newborns. It Now Foundation.