Your Baby is Addicted to Heroin | Chicago Med | MD TV

Doctors struggle to stabilize an addict's baby born with an addiction to heroin and try to encourage the mother to help them.

From Chicago Med Season 3 Episode 7 'Over Troubled Water' - Dr. Charles is pressured when Dr. Choi and Dr. Manning disagree with his medical decision regarding a baby born with an addiction to heroin; Dr. Rhodes deals with relationship issues; Goodwin helps Bert understand Lyla's sickness.

Chicago Med (2015) The doctors and nurses who work at the emergency ward of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Center strive to save the lives of their patients while dealing with personal and interpersonal issues.

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[harveym.glatman]

As a former heroin addict, the way she said “I made the baby sick, right? Theres no way more of me is gonna help it.” really hit me so hard. That really is what it feels like. It feels like no part of you is capable of making everything better, and that all parts of you make everything sick.

[bunbacheso]

The actress who played the mother did an amazing job. Something about her voice when she said "So give him some medicine" captivated me so much that I rewound it a few times.

[dustienelson]

This is so sad! The same thing happened to me when I was a baby but my mom got her self together after I was born and now she’s an amazing person which I’m thankful for

[savinebabe]

The woman who played the mother deserves an Oscar for this in my opinion

[jenniferbates]

My mom was a social worker for 29 years. This so common in the USA. It's heartbreaking for everyone involved. This amount of trauma thia causes for babies is so scary. The skin to skin plus the heartbeat really do help.

[love_gracie_joy]

I really feel for the mother. I’ve never done any drugs, but have struggled with other addictive self injurious behaviors. Stopping the behaviors isn’t as easy as just “choosing” to never do it again. When you’re the addict, it feels like the coping skill or control is being taken away from you. For some people, it feels like it’s all they’ve ever known. And stopping can cause even more trouble, as their body and mind go through withdrawals. Along with relapsing and trying to learn new ways to express themselves in a healthier way.

[shannykin]

Sadly this happens way to often due to mental health it is so stigmatized and is a huge part of why people turn to drugs instead of help. We need to stop judging these individuals and get them true help so not only they get the help but having this horrible cycle break here in the United States.

[shivasdhuna]

This happens... I was born addicted to heroin, 2 months premature... thankfully I was incubated and I had no deformities or issues, at 4 months I was adopted by the most amazing and loving family. ❤

[CA-bwvw]

I feel like the child does deserve a more stable and nourishing environment to grow up in but the mother also deserves some support not just financially to get back on her feet, but psychologically and medically.

It's very frustrating and infuriating dealing with addicts who end up hurting themselves and those around them. But it's wrong to treat addicts as if they're evil and weakness born in this world. In reality anyone can become an addict given certain circumstances. It is more productive and humane to treat this as a public health issue rather than a moral one.

[KingNothing]

Father of a 9 month old girl, hearing the baby cry like that hurts, it's like it cranks my empathy levels to 1000

[sjordan]

Realistically, it's more likely that they'd find a willing volunteer at the hospital to do some skin-to-skin with the baby for the withdrawal process. There's nothing else to do but wait it out and support the baby, those cries are unique and uniquely painful - nurses never forget those cries, so I've heard from some accounts. If you've ever wanted to help at a hospital and especially in the baby unit, you can offer to do some skin-to-skin!

[peytonteague]

Addiction is such a serious disease and it’s shown right here. She’s not an evil person. She didn’t want to hurt him. But unfortunately the demon of addiction is impossibly strong and if she had no support before or during this pregnancy, theres no way she could’ve just stopped. Situations like this are so real and it’s so sad💔 neither baby or mom deserves to go through this.

[DoYouLikeMyVest]

I see a lot of comments saying how absurd this treatment is but it's a thing. In real life, it's a thing. Much more common than you'd think. Not only with the "drug addicted mother" scenario but also with mother's who were taking legitimate, legal, needed, prescribed medications while pregnant, resulting in neonatal withdrawal. Depending on the medication, it's also sometimes encouraged for mother to breastfeed bc the milk helps the baby through the withdrawals.

[jamiepo]

hearing a baby cry for drugs is the most heart wrenching thing you can ever hear.. And yet they want to take away abortions? cases like this will skyrocket in the real world.

[swimfast]

Sadly, this happens a lot. Withdrawal is so so so painful.

The situation where a baby is born addicted is literally the biggest heartbreaking tragedy than any child could end up in. It completely shatters my heart 💔

[mariamarshall]

The lady who played mum in this did brilliant I bloody cried at this

[desertpack]

I feel so sorry for that baby he's so small and innocent and when he was born she was afraid of holding him at first but when she held her son she wanted to keep him. But when they took that baby away I can imagine that she's never going to see her baby ever again

[annama.cecillegonzales]

Painful scene..when you realize that you started to care then suddenly is taken away for a reason. A mother's love is always strong and will always remain that way.

[Jack]

See now if they would've just gone to her and said "hey your son is addicted to heroin and so are you. You can't take care of an infant when you're in rehab so we have a foster family coming to take care of him until you can. But he needs his mother right now. You should get to know him so that you have a goal in rehab." This would've gone a lot better

[angelbaby]

I feel so bad for this woman, addiction is such a horrible disease that affects so many