19/05/2022
In a new Vogue interview, the freshly crowned queen of maternity style, who is expecting her first baby with A$AP Rocky, opens up about her life as a soon-to-be mom. From her pregnancy cravings tangerines sprinkled with salt to her mild brushes with morning sickness, the pop diva is happily breezing through her trimester.
“I was bracing myself for something insane because I knew I wouldn’t have my usual coping mechanism: I can’t just go and smoke a joint now,” she told the magazine of riding out hormonal mood swings without her usual crutch.
Indeed, while some cannabis products are being marketed as morning sickness cures and more pregnant women are using the drug — a study by Kaiser health insurance in California found that the number of pregnant moms in the state using cannabis doubled between 2009 and 2016 — experts say Rihanna is right to abstain. Cannabis use during pregnancy is not considered safe, and most doctors advise against pot smoking while pregnant or breastfeeding.
“Most OB/GYNs will tell patients they really shouldn’t use ma*****na during pregnancy,” Jennifer Wu, an OB/GYN at Lenox Hill Hospital, told The Post. “Research has shown that ma*****na can lead to low birth weight and abnormal neurological development so you do really want to be careful about that.”
She said that contrary to some popular wisdom, “It does pass through the placenta and on to the baby. So you could be exposing the baby to these substances. You also want to be careful about second-hand smoke.”
For this reason, Junella Chin, an integrative medical cannabis physician in Manhattan prescribes C*D – a trendy chemical found in ma*****na that does not contain THC — to pregnant women suffering from severe morning sickness on a “case by case basis” depending on their health condition, saying that for some women suffering from severe nausea, the benefits can outweigh the risks.
Wu, however, warned that pregnant women should be wary of C*D.
Instead, she suggests pregnant women should try therapy and meditation to help mitigate any prenatal anxiety.
Credits 📍Article by Jeanette Settembre