https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:38:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880317 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:16:50 +0000 Littlebit7 2880317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve been using CBD oil for sleep now for about 10 days. It’s by Gossamer Dusk. I’m sleeping better and waking less. Falling asleep more quickly. For some background, I have some quite profound insomnia. Trouble falling asleep specifically (racing mind, lists, just can’t shut my brain off). Meds help but some otcs leave me groggy and I don’t want to do long term ambien or the like.<br /> I’ve been taking cbd and do notice a difference. I’m going to try some higher concentrations to see if there is an effect as well (they range from 300 mcg to 1000 mcg for various formulations from different brands.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880298 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:53:52 +0000 MrsRoo 2880298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve been using CBD oil daily for the last month for my anxiety and I do feel like it’s help keep me even and get better sleep. I still have my RX for Ativan for panic attacks, but I really wanted to try CBD oil before (instead of) a daily pharmaceutical. I don’t see any side effects so far. I take it in the evenings.<br /> @Mrs. Cereal: I’d love to read that blog post! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880291 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:29:54 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2880291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am considering writing a blog post about this topic and how CBD has helped me with my chronic illness. It truly has been a game changer for me and I am lucky that I live in a state where it is legal and the products are readily available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880290 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:26:32 +0000 MsMini 2880290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I am an NICU nurse (in Canada) and I recently did a workshop on Cannabis in pregnancy and breastfeeding. I will come back when I have more typing time to summarize some of the stuff we talked about. The long and short is that very little good evidence exists to either say it is safe or not. We just don’t know right now and the evidence conflicts like crazy. There isn’t really any literature on CBD alone, and it would be decades before they would be able to study and follow anyone long enough to know for sure its long term effects. Our guidance was that we should try to discourage use but if it came down to a Mom determined to use CBD and quit nursing we should encourage Moms to continue breastfeeding even with CBD use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880238 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:48:10 +0000 psw27 2880238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CY2NT27?aaxitk=RiHpArgplIWOq0ivVVOzTg&#038;pd_rd_i=B07CY2NT27&#038;pf_rd_p=e037c154-e093-48a4-b127-477e5e294e3f&#038;hsa_cr_id=2357640600001&#038;sb-ci-n=asinImage&#038;sb-ci-v=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51ewNU7ghRL.jpg&#038;sb-ci-a=B07CY2NT27&#038;th=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CY2NT27?aaxitk=RiHpArgplIWOq0ivVVOzTg&#038;pd_rd_i=B07CY2NT27&#038;pf_rd_p=e037c154-e093-48a4-b127-477e5e294e3f&#038;hsa_cr_id=2357640600001&#038;sb-ci-n=asinImage&#038;sb-ci-v=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51ewNU7ghRL.jpg&#038;sb-ci-a=B07CY2NT27&#038;th=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2880201 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:53:19 +0000 LindsayInNY 2880201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: What brand on Amazon? Wonder if DH could benefit from it for sleeping... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861809 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:20:59 +0000 Hypatia 2861809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: It has anti inflammatory and anti psychotic properties. It’s most studied use is it’s effectiveness in treating epilepsy. It can help a person having 200 seizures a day have only, say, five. </p> <p>It can help people with neuropathy and arthritis by reducing their inflammation without the side effects of NSAIDs. </p> <p>And it has been shown to have anti anxiety effects, so it helps ADHD and can help people with insomnia. </p> <p>There are some conditions that aren’t helped by just extracting the CBD alone. For example, I have joint degeneration, and studies have shown that only the real thing (thc included) helps with that and other kinds of musco-skeletal conditions. The same goes for cancer patients—the anti-emetic and pain killing properties of the real stuff is needed to treat cancer patients; CBD isn’t enough. Which is why it is so important for medical marijuana to be legalized in every state. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861808 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:15:47 +0000 pachamama 2861808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: let's try it together. New moms unite under non-psychoactive semi-controlled medicinal compounds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861797 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:14:21 +0000 LCTBQE 2861797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: so.... what does it do? Help me.<br /> @Mrs. Snowflake: this is very funny<br /> @pachamama: everything I know about drugs I learned from watching Quentin Tarantino movies and I hate stoner flicks. Hence the confusion :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861794 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:42:42 +0000 Mrs. Snowflake 2861794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: There is MlM CBD!! seriously!! an old friend from high school won't stop adding me to her group for it :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861781 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:48:10 +0000 psw27 2861781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: @Foodnerd81: CBD does not contain THC, so no high. THC is the pyschoactive that makes you feel euphoric when ingested. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861777 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:28:20 +0000 pachamama 2861777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: now that is an MLM product I will get behind. Also you sound adorably clueless about how to consume CBD like me. I don't understand anything having to do with anything really, like edibles or juuls or weed even. I teach high schoolers, I prefer to stay uninformed about the details of what they're doing. 😅 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861776 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:08:19 +0000 LCTBQE 2861776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: how awesome would it be if this became an MLM product pedaled by rich suburban moms?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861773 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:12:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2861773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: lol I’m as confused as you are. I thought it was like those mlm essential oils. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861772 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:04:06 +0000 LCTBQE 2861772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry for the stupid question but how is this different than smoking pot in its effect? I really dislike how pot makes me feel and don’t touch it, but kind of curious about this. Also for real this is how naive I am, do you ingest it? Or what? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861771 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:53:44 +0000 Alba4 2861771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: Is that a real commercial? Love it! 🤣 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861715 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:05:56 +0000 Lindsay05 2861715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thyroid issues? Interesting. I feel like I have something going on thyroidy but my tests always come back normal. I’m curious if cbd would help. </p> <p>Canadian here as well. My husband and I are both very curious it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861673 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:52:12 +0000 psw27 2861673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recently started to take it at night because I'm in a stressful and anxious season of life. It helps me sleep so well. I fall asleep so much easier and sleep deeper. I also find that I'm more focused the next day (could be from getting restful sleep). I get mine on Amazon but most people swear by Charlotte's Web ($$$). My mom takes CW for rheumatoid arthritis and finds it helpful. I probably wouldn't take it pregnant unless fully supported by my doc but there is limited evidence it supports a healthy pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861670 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:25:19 +0000 Hypatia 2861670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: That’s why I prefer actual bud to CBD oil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861637 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:38:37 +0000 LBee 2861637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I struggle with anxiety. I would not feel comfortable using it (regardless of mom life) until it has more regulations surrounding it. There are so many unknowns still. I know what's in my wine pretty clearly. I found this article interesting: </p> <p><a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/you-can-get-cannabis-in-your-coffee-but-does-is-it-really-do-anything/" rel="nofollow">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/you-can-get-cannabis-in-your-coffee-but-does-is-it-really-do-anything/</a></p> <p>Namely this: </p> <p>For a 2015 study published in JAMA, researchers tested 75 products purchased in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle and found that only 17 percent were accurately labeled. More than half of the products contained significantly lower levels of cannabinoids than the label promised, and some of them contained only negligible amounts of the compounds. “We need to come up with ways to confidently verify the composition of cannabis products and make this information available to consumers,” Jikomes said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861631 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:01:57 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2861631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: oh totally. This thread has me even more curious to try it for anxiety as well. My coworker uses it exactly as you describe. He would vape a little instead of a glass of wine, come back in and cook dinner, hang with his partner and kids and no biggie. Everyone I know has raved about it. </p> <p>@ALV91711: I know, I never knew! I have to research it but now that it’s regulated and controlled here and I can see the CBD and THC content online or in store, I have more confidence in the product instead of buying it from some random place that’s potentially sketchy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861629 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:55:12 +0000 Becky 2861629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know someone who takes it and it doesn’t interfere with work or mom life. We just had a store open up in town that sells CBD products and I’m getting my husband something because he has a lot of anxiety with work and I feel like it’s more dad-appropriate than smoking (he has a vape pen or whatever you call it; he doesn’t use it a lot and never when the kids are awake). My sister smokes occasionally to help with anxiety/depression (she’s in CA so it’s medical marijuana) and my mom suggested trying CBD oil as it can have less sort of after affects. BTW I’m in NY and yes you can get CBD oil legally (hence the store front sign in my town). All the people I mentioned who smoke or use CBD are highly educated professionals struggling with anxiety who are well versed in the benefits of taking the edge off with CBD over pharmaceuticals. I think weed and CBD use are way more common than you might think too (I just know a lot of parents in my fairly conservative town who use them) which makes me happy because I’d much rather see that than parents drinking a few glasses of wine at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861628 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:50:54 +0000 pachamama 2861628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: not gonna lie, it sounds absolutely amazing. I am so so curious but I'm 36 weeks pregnant and plan on BFing for a while so :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861625 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:02:07 +0000 foodiebee 2861625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend of mine uses it to treat anxiety. It was suggested by her doctor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861624 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:31:24 +0000 Hypatia 2861624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="https://youtu.be/tYbfmkuRjkY" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/tYbfmkuRjkY</a></p> <p>If I lived in Oregon, I’d be buying from this company! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861618 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:15:51 +0000 pachamama 2861618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure if it's legal here in NY but I know it's everywhere 😂! And my sisters friend is working on opening up our area to its market. I just need something to take the edge off and I'd prefer to stay away from (nightly, habitual) booze and xanies if I can help it ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861607 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:16:58 +0000 bhbee 2861607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ordered Recess drinks (like la croix with cbd) for DH for Christmas. It’s pricey but thought it would be fun for him to try, he struggles a lot with anxiety. If he likes it I’ll try it once I’m done nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861606 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:10:50 +0000 lamariniere 2861606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No personal experience, but a friend of mine has a bit of anxiety and swears by it. She takes a few drops in the evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861604 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:51:34 +0000 ALV91711 2861604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: thyroid issues, I never knew it could be used for that. I’m going to have to look ok into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cbd-and-mom-life#post-2861601 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:07:59 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2861601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Canadian here too. My coworkers are super into it and I have lots of clients who use it for anxiety and pain management. CBD doesn’t have the intoxicating effects that THC does so it doesn’t make you feel high or out of it, just relaxed. One of them uses it to chill out and sleep well in the evening, another for period cramps and thyroid issues. I’m curious to try it myself now that we can buy it legally! </p>