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Are you thinking about adopting a baby? Are you worried about what risk factors exist that you should know about? Join us to talk about these issues with Dr. Lindsay Terrell, a pediatrician at Duke University Medical Center and an Assistant Professor in their Department of Pediatrics. And James Fletcher Thompson, a South Carolina attorney with extensive experience in adoption.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Lack of prenatal care.
- What is covered in prenatal care and how might a lack of prenatal care impact a baby?
- Prematurity
- What causes a premature birth?
- Prenatal exposure
- Alcohol
- What are some red flags that a mom might have abused alcohol during her pregnancy?
- Does the degree of impact differ depending on when in the pregnancy alcohol was consumed?
- What are the long- and short-term impacts of alcohol consumption on a child exposed prenatally?
- Creating a Family’s Prenatal Substance Exposure Workshop for Parents
- Opioids
- List of opioid drugs in increasing degree of strength
- Codeine.
- Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Hycodan)
- Morphine (MS Contin, Kadian)
- Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percoset)
- Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
- Heroin
- Fentanyl (Duragesic)
- Methadone, Suboxone
- Does the degree of impact differ depending on when in the pregnancy the opioid was used?
- Does the degree of long-term impact differ depending on whether the baby was born dependent or with a diagnosis of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) or Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)?
- What are the long- and short-term impacts of opioid exposure on a child exposed prenatally?
- Cocaine
- Marijuana
- Methamphetamine
- Polysubstance abuse
- Creating a Family has extensive resources to help parent a child exposed to opioids prenatally.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- What are the common STIs?
- What are the risks of each of them to the unborn child or newly born child?
- Mental Health Issues
- What is the genetic connection for the following mental health disorders? How heritable are these mental illnesses?
- Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias.
- Mood disorders: Depression, bipolar disorder
- Personality disorders (antisocial, borderline, narcissistic)
- Psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia
- ADHD
- Legal Risk Factors
- What are the most common legal risk factors when adopting an infant through private adoption?
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