CenteringPregnancy and Opioids

Thank you all for sharing these resources.



In light of this dialogue, I wanted to note that on page 33 of the Centering Pregnancy Patient Notebook, it states under the DRUGS AND MEDICATION section, that problems may include:



"Baby addicted to or dependent on drugs"



As a person who worked with many mamas and babies in this population, this language is challenging for me. I subscribe to the concept that babies cannot be addicted because addiction requires a drug seeking behavior. I prefer to use the phrases:


Babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Babies born opioid dependent
Babies affected by addiction




A brief article about this can be found at:


Babies Cannot Be Born Addicted



Thanks again,
Jo