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steener122
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 Posted November 6th, 2009 11:34 AM IP   
My due date is June 19th 2010
Praying that everything is OK with my little bubbas.
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Vicky in UK
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Posted November 7th, 2009 08:29 AM IP
Steener and meg,
You are both due within 5 days of each other... how great is that! I wonder which 1 of you will give birth first? lol. You can go through all the stages of pregnancy together!
I also just wanted to say Hi to all our new members and thanks for posting your Due Dates!!!
Congratulations and Welcome to everybody!!!!
Love Vicky x
VICKY
Pregnancy Support Specialist
Vicky@MethadoneSupport.org
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staceyjw
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Posts: 34
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Posted December 6th, 2009 01:54 PM IP
August 2, 2010 : )
Stacey JW
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april1978
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Posted December 19th, 2009 05:13 PM IP
Hello my name is april, i am 28 weeks and my due date is march 10th with a baby boy! I just found this board and i am so happy that now i can talk to people and ask questions about being on methadone pregnant. Ive been on it since ive been about 10wks.
april
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Linds0303
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Posts: 13
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Posted December 19th, 2009 05:23 PM IP
Hi april,
I am new to this board too and I am so happy I have found a place to come for support and questions. Any question you have will be answered.
I just found out im preg and my ultrasound doesn't correspond with my LMP so I have no idea what my EDD is yet. The best thing to do is educate yourself. I have not only been posting questions here, but I have spent a few hours researching on the internet. Find out how your OB feels, find out your clinic doc's stance on MMT and pregnancy, and find out what the hospital and the pediatric group that is on call (that rotates thru the hosp) feels about MMT and baby's born on methadone..ask them what their protocol is. And good advice frm my clinic doc was to ALWAYS DEMAND A METHADONE LEVEL ON THE BABY AS SOON AS THEY ARE BORN!! Not all babies will be born with methadone in their system....no matter how high or low the dose.
Like I said, the ladies on this board will point you in the right direction and welcome you with open arms....I hope that I didn't step on anyone's feet by posting this....
Linds
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Vicky in UK
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Posted December 19th, 2009 06:40 PM IP
Hi April!!!
Welcome to the Board and Congrats on your pregnancy sweetie!!! I've had 2 little boys on methadone (4years and 7months old) and I've been on methadone since I was around 9weeks pregnant with my 1st son!!! It really was the best thing I ever did! Methadone has given me the chance to be a great Mum and to live a normal stable life! My 1st son was due at a similar time to your little boy (give or take a day or 2), but he was a bit early and came on 28th Feb!
Linds of course you didn't step on anyones feet! Im sure everyone is as gratefull as I am that you are taking the time to help others! Jess and I have been so busy lately so it's great to know you are posting lots! You are a member here and any help you can give is priceless. Your posts are just as important as anyone elses (old or new). You gave April some fantastic advice, so thankyou Hunni! I must admit I don't know much about the relevance of methadone levels at birth... maybe Jess or Sharon would know more on this subject?
So Welcome April and thanks Linds!!!! Hope to hear more from you soon April!
Love Vicky x
(Edited by Vicky in UK)
VICKY
Pregnancy Support Specialist
Vicky@MethadoneSupport.org
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Mama Doty
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Posted December 23rd, 2009 12:27 AM IP
how do u go about posting smething on here?
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Vicky in UK
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Posted December 23rd, 2009 09:25 AM IP
Hi Mama Doty!
I posted to you in your thread, but just incase others are having trouble starting a new thread I'll answer your question anyway. If you go to the top of the page on the right handside it says New Topic in black letters within multi coloured boxes. Just click on this and post away!!!!
I'm so glad you have joined Hunni!!!!
Love Vicky x
VICKY
Pregnancy Support Specialist
Vicky@MethadoneSupport.org
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fascination
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Posts: 65
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Posted January 7th, 2010 08:15 PM IP
Hello. I am new to this website (I wish I had found it months ago!) and I am due on February 17th, 2010. This is our first baby and according to the ultrasound its a little girl.
JENN
fascination1980@yahoo.com
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Vicky in UK
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Posted January 8th, 2010 06:48 AM IP
Welcome to the Board fascination!!!! Congrats on your pregnancy! Gosh your little one is going to be here before you know it!!!! My 4year old was born in February too!!
Love Vicky x
VICKY
Pregnancy Support Specialist
Vicky@MethadoneSupport.org
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fascination
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Posts: 65
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Posted January 8th, 2010 10:13 AM IP
Thank you Vicky! I am very excited about being so close to delivering. I have to admit though, that I'm a little scared too.....well, more than a little scared. Thats normal though, I guess.
Its funny, our unborn child already has more clothes than I do! We recieved so many baby clothes as gifts and of course I couldn't resist buying some cute stuff also. So she has a BIG wardrobe already.
We still need to buy some things for the nursery in the next few weeks but we have the majority of the shopping done, thank goodness.
Honestly, I am so ready for this pregnancy to be over! No more nausea, heartburn, fatigue, constipation, insomnia, leg cramps, etc.! Also, I want to meet this little person thats been growing inside me. I already love her very much and I can't wait to hold her for the first time. I have a weird feeling that I'm going to deliver a few days late though. Like instead of the 17th, I think I'll go into labor the 20th or 21st.Then again, I also had a "feeling" that the baby was going to be a boy and I was wrong there.
So, you live in the U.K. ? What area do you live in (if you don't mind me asking)? I have always wanted to visit England. We went to The Netherlands last year and it was great,its such a beautiful country. I really love Europe and so many of my ancestors came from the U.K. , so that is where I would like to vacation next.
JENN
fascination1980@yahoo.com
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Vicky in UK
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Posted January 13th, 2010 08:47 AM IP
Hey Hun!!!
I loooove buying baby clothes!!!!! There isn't quite so much choice for boys though. But there's still enough for me to shop for hours! lol. I live in England, about an hour away from London. We are being swamped by snow at the moment and have had lots of school closures, which is hard when you are a working parent!
Sounds like you've had lots of nasty pregnancy sympotms!! Bless you! It will be interesting to see when you do give birth, I wonder if you will be late like you think??? Talk to you more soon Hun!
Love Vicky x
VICKY
Pregnancy Support Specialist
Vicky@MethadoneSupport.org
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fascination
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Posts: 65
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Posted January 13th, 2010 12:11 PM IP
Wow, it must be awesome to live so close to London! Its been snowing a lot where I live too. I was raised in Florida and so I was never used to snow. I always thought it was so pretty and I complained about living in a state where it doesn't snow. Well, now...I HATE it! LOL. Its such a pain to drive in and it gets so cold in the winter here. I miss Florida so much now and yet when I lived there, I did nothing but complain about it. Oh well, I guess the grass is always greener on the other side right?
JENN
fascination1980@yahoo.com
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Jessica1381
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Posted January 14th, 2010 02:56 PM IP
fascination,
Welcome to our family!! I am glad you found us too! So, you are due real soon!! I bet you are so excited! I see you are having your 1st baby and its a GIRL!!! Yeah both my kids are girls too! I LOVE shopping for girl stuff. You are going to love it, as I am sure you already do! There is way better stuff, at least for clothes for girls. As far as I am concerned I LOVE having girls! Its great. They are carbon coppies on me! I love it! Although, they are both as stubborn as I am too! haha!
I read tht you use to live in Florida! I use to live there as well! I now live in Massachusetts! SNOW-SNOW-SNOW!!!! haha... it really hasnt been bad this year though. When I would move to florida I would miss the snow and the changes of the 4 seasons though and then I'd move back and then I'd miss florida and move back there.... I did that a lot when I was younger! Now I have stayed in Mass. since 2002 and have not been back to Florida since. I plan to go there on my honeymoon in November to Clearwater Beach! I always loved it there, besides we dont have the money to go to an island or anything, so Florida will have to do it for us... which is fine with me! It'll be nice to be back.
Well, I hope to talk with you a little more before you have your little girl and in the mean time, please get rest because its almost time and you will need it! Trust me! Again, congrats on your pregnancy!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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amanda.marie
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Posted January 30th, 2010 04:00 PM IP
I've gotten a few different answers on this: August 26th, 2010 (also the Father's birthday!!) & September 5th.
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Jessica1381
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Posted January 31st, 2010 06:48 AM IP
amanda.marie,
Welcome to our site hun! Congrats on your pregnancy! You are due around my birthday, August 30th!!! Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you and talking with you! You will find all the support in the world here, along with all the education about methadone & pregnancy and NAS (in english it's infant withdrawals - Neonatal Absensce Syndrome) and I would also lie to let you know that if you need to talk or have any questions, as all the other women here know, I am available by phone as well. My cell # is listed below all of my posts here. Feel free to use it if you need to talk, vent, or have questions you need to ask. Along with working in this field I am also a mother of 2 little girls (ages 3 and 1) and I gave birth to them while on mmt. So, I understand what its like and how you are feeling. Feel free to contact me any time, hun. If you have any questions please feel free toa ask!
Again, congrats on your pregnancy & welcome to our family!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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Tsunamimommy
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Posted February 15th, 2010 11:41 AM IP
Hello all. I am new to the site and I'm very glad to have found it. My due date is April 2nd, 2010. This will be my third girl and my first baby while on methadone. I'm still very new to treatment and have so many questions in regards to having a baby while on methadone. My last little one came a month early and so far i'm contracting quite a bit for being only 33 weeks, so i'm sure this one will be joining us before her set due date as well. I'm just hoping to be a bit more informed on what to expect before she comes. Looking forward to learning all you have to offer Thanks...
Silently waiting for grace
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fascination
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Posted February 17th, 2010 07:12 PM IP
Welcome Tsunamimommy! I think you'll really like this site. Its full of info and support.
JENN
fascination1980@yahoo.com
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MargiesMommy
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Posted February 17th, 2010 10:16 PM IP
I am due on August 29th 2010. This is my second girl and my first pregnancy while on MMT.
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Jessica1381
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Posted February 18th, 2010 03:17 PM IP
Tsunamimommy & MargiesMommy,
WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY!!!!! I am so pleased that you found this site! This is the perfect place to find all the support you could possibly need. Also all the information you will need to prepare yourself for having your baby on methadone! The women who are members on this site are just wonderful and so very supportive of one another. We have moms who are pregnant and on methadone, just as both of you are and we have moms who have already had their babies and stay to help support our new moms who join!
The best advice I can give you is to read, read, read! There is sooo much information here for you and if you have any questions at all please feel free to contact me! All my info is below! My cell phone number is listed and for the women on this site my cell phone knows no time! I am always available to answer any questions you may have or if you just need to talk or vent! I know how many questions and thoughts you both must have running through your head so please feel free to contact me or just post away here on the board!
Congrats on your pregnancies and Welcome to our Family!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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fascination
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Posts: 65
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Posted February 19th, 2010 12:30 PM IP
Welcome to the site MargiesMommy! If you , Tsunamimommy or anyone else would like to chat my email is fascination1980@yahoo.com
I am having my baby on Sunday (the Dr. is inducing labor). This is my husband's and my first baby (its a little girl) and I am on 70 mg. of methadone daily. I was on 56 mg. but I had to be raised because my dose wasn't holding me later in my pregnancy. Apparently its really common for pregnant women to need an increase in their third trimester as their blood volume is much greater and they are gaining weight. I am also on a split dose which really helps when you're pregnant.
I was scared to death when I found out I was pregnant. I had been tapering down my dose to get off of methadone completely and I thought that I needed to get off the methadone even quicker when I found out I was pregnant. Then my doctors told me that that was dangerous and I needed to stay on the methadone at a stable dose. Otherwise I could lose my baby. So, I stopped tapering and even though I knew that I was doing the best thing I could for my unborn child in the situation I found myself in, I still felt awful. I beat myself up emotionally about it a lot. Then I found this wonderful website! I am so thankful for this website and the women on here. They have helped me soooooo much , I only wish I found this website earlier in my pregnancy! When I have been feeling really down, I can come on here and remind myself that I am doing the right thing.
So, don't hesitate to post and ask questions. The ladies on here are very sweet and knowledgable.
(Edited by fascination)
JENN
fascination1980@yahoo.com
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Tsunamimommy
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Posted February 22nd, 2010 06:43 PM IP
Thanks Fascination, It's very nice to hear from someone in a similar situatuation. I have a great support system but it's just not the same as hearing it from someone going through it. Congrats on your new delevery, little girls are such a special blessing. This will be my third girl! I was also in the prosses of tappering off before I discovered I was pregnant. I started my pregnancy at 30 mg and am now at 60mg. It's very hard to go backwards and I also harbor alot of guilt. Just finding this site and hearing these stories has helped me tremedously. I hope that your induction went smoothly and I'm sure I speak for everyone on here when I say we can't wait to hear your story and we wish you the best in recovery and bonding these next few weeks. Thanks Jessica1381 it's so wonderful to suddenly have all this support. I've been going it alone for months, so confused and scared it's just amazing to see a bunch of women come together and support each other like this. So thanks for making yourself so available. The clinic I go to is just ok, it serves it's purpose but I don't feel they are very knowlegable on pregnancy and methadone so I don't receive much support in that area. Again thanks so much for everything ladies.
Silently waiting for grace
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Jessica1381
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Posted February 26th, 2010 05:06 PM IP
Tsunamimommy,
I am sooooooo glad you found this site! For as long as I have been here I have seen so many great women and they are all so supportive of one another! Its like we all become sisters and we are all bonded due to we have all been there or are going through this! Just remember I am always available and if you need to talk my cell number is below! Anytime day or night, okay!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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Tsunamimommy
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Posted February 27th, 2010 08:27 AM IP
Wow! Jessica1381 thanks again so much. I feel so welcome, it's wonderful. I have to say i'm completely amazed and feel so lucky to have all this support all the sudden when i've been without and going it alone for so long. The fact that you give out your number and say call anytime is so comforting to me i'm beyond words. My councilor at the clinic I attend isn't available to me like this at all and getting support or answers is sort of like pulling teeth or asking for a kidney for crying out loud. It's taking me a while to wrap my head around this all and drum up all the questions and concerns i've kind of shoved to the oh well pile the last few months, just didn't think i'd find the answers to these questions or someone to listen. Just going through all the posts and such has answered a great number of my concerns. Just today i was pulled aside at the clinic by the nurse and was asked to sign my name several times to a form saying i was counciled in a number of areas such as breastfeeding on methadon, nutrition, postpartum depression and so on went the list. I was never given any information on these subject whatsoever during these last few months going to the clinic. Because i had previously learned most of this info on my own i just signed off not wanting to deal with it however; when i did not sign off saying I had been given information on nursing while on methadone the nurse told me to get the info from my councilor and to sign the paper(I did) then I asked my councilor for the info and she said to ask my Doc. It's just an on going hassle and pain in the butt every time I step foot in that place and it's been needless to say draining and quite frustraiting just trying to make it through this pregnancy while having to deal with that place. All i want is to deliver a healthy baby and be as educated and aware as I need to be to make this process smooth for baby, myself and the rest of my family. Sorry went off a little there... I just want to be sure you know how awsome and important what you are doing here is, all of you. Jessica1381 i'm working on a small list of questions that I can't seem to get answered and i'll contact you soon for some long awaited answers So pleased to be here, Tsunamimommy
Silently waiting for grace
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Jessica1381
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Posted March 8th, 2010 11:11 AM IP
Tsunamimommy,
As soon as you are ready hun, call me! I am always available for anyone here! I will do my best to answer any questions you have! I promise. Thats what I am here for! I am so glad you found this site and I am so glad that you are reading up and educating yourself because let me tell you how much of a diferance it makes when you are at the hospital and you can keep up with the doctors and nurses because you know whats going on and sometimes - know even a little more than they do! Education is KEY here! Stay strong and keep reading! Call me! I am always here! Program my number in your cell so if you need me you have my number ready and available!
Talk to you soon! Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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megw214
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Posts: 49
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Posted March 9th, 2010 09:07 AM IP
Hey ladies, I have been a mbr of the website since the beginning of my pregnancy, which was rough, but since then I have been busy working and all that stuff. But Im back reading everyday, and even though I might not say much I do read EVERYTHING and all the info you ladies talk about does help me and my fiance and mother love the website as well because they are just as worried and nervous as I am, if not more because they arent familiar with methadone. Thanks again! So my due date is June 14th! and its a baby girl and we have her name already, Gabriella Neveah Ruiz!! and I cant wait to meet her!!
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Jessica1381
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Posted March 9th, 2010 09:30 AM IP
megw214
Hi hun! It's okay that you dont post often... post as often as you can and at least keep us posted! I am really glad that you at least read up on everything, as I have said a million times here EDUCATION IS KEY! The more you know the better off you will be and your baby! I am so happy that you are reading and that your mother and fiance are as involved in reading up and educating themselvs as well! I am so happy to hear that! I am glad that you have that support system! That is so important! Your family ROCKS!!! Yeah!!! Anyway, I am here if you have any questions or need to talk about anything! My number and e-mail is below! Please take my number to the hospital with you when you give birth so if you have any questions with what is going on with your daughter or you dont understand something the hospital is doing, just pick up the phone and call me anytime!!! I am ALWAYS here for any of the women here and your families! Keep us posted on how things are going for you and how your pregnancy is progressing!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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megw214
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Posted March 11th, 2010 08:00 PM IP
oh thank you so much! I stored your number in my phone right away!
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Jessica1381
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Posted March 12th, 2010 09:53 AM IP
I am glad and I am happy you text me last night with your questions! I am here anytime hun!!!
Hugs, Jessica
Jessica Jensen,CSAC, CMA
Primary Pregnancy Support Specialist
Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
Certified Methadone Advocate
Certified Hepatitis C Basic Educator
Member of NAADAC, AATOD & MOAR
testing for CADAC1 in June 2010
Jessica@MethadoneSupport.org
1-860-798-5785
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