When moms go into labor, one of the most exciting things for them to look forward to is spending time with their newborns at home after giving birth.
When moms go into labor, one of the most exciting things for them to look forward to is spending time with their newborns at home after giving birth.
Being able to feed them, snuggle them, and cradle them in total peace and bliss is something all moms look forward to.
Elizabeth Dominguez, a mom from Tonawanda, New York ended up spending days separated from her newborn son after eating a bagel with poppy seeds and testing positive for opiates on a drug test.
The urine test was a fairly standard procedure and she thought nothing of it at the time, until doctors told her she had tested positive for opiates.
She told WKBW:
"I called my husband freaking out saying, ‘How is this possible?’ I don’t do drugs.'"
She mentioned the bagel and immediately everything clicked.
“In some cases eating a large amount of poppy seed such as the kind found in a bagel has been shown to produce low levels of morphine and codeine in the urine,” said Dr. Michelle Rainka, in an interview with WKBW.
The doctors had to call Child Protective Services due to the drug test results.
“CPS shows up in my room, asking me all sorts of questions like, ‘If we are to take your kids and your baby away from you, where would you like them to go?’ ” she said.
Both didn't actually test positive for opiates, but the hospital had to continue to monitor her son, Carter, just in case he showed symptoms of withdrawal.
Could you imagine being away from your child for that long after they're just born?
"I felt absolutely horrible. I felt like a terrible mother leaving him. I just want everyone to know that this could happen. It’s such a terrible thing and I don’t want it to happen to anyone,” she said.
Both Elizabeth and the other mom are urging doctors to warn expecting mothers of the possibility of a false positive on a drug test.
WKBW reported that although it is rare, the poppy seed bagel was the culprit in the test results.
Maybe go for sesame or egg bagel instead of the poppy seeds.
No one wants to be separated from their newborn, especially because of a bagel.