{"id":15022,"date":"2021-05-07T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=15022"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:20:51","slug":"cannamoms-how-cannabis-helps-them-through-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/cannamoms-how-cannabis-helps-them-through-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannamoms: How Cannabis Helps Them Through Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Mother\u2019s Day on the horizon, we sat down with some Cannamoms to talk about the in\u2019s and out\u2019s of being a mom who uses cannabis. These mothers shared their stories about the medical conditions they use cannabis for, the unjustified stigma they have encountered, how to talk to children about cannabis, and what they would like people to know about being a Cannamom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a Cannamom?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Cannavistmoms Club on Facebook<\/span><\/a> defines a Cannavistmom as \u201ca woman who has carried a child with her body or in her heart, who enjoys or supports cannabis use for medicinal or recreational purposes and who is actively trying to break the taboo surrounding moms who choose cannabis in their everyday lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaycee Lei Bawdon Cuesta (@cannavistmom) and Jenna Guerrero (@cannawitchmom) are the Co-Founders of this Facebook group, which they started four years ago to create a non-judgmental community of cannabis-friendly moms. Today, the group has grown to over 26,000 members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe main problem that a lot of women, myself included, would run into was that as soon as you mentioned the word cannabis, you were just immediately bombarded with all this hate, negativity, and judgment. And as somebody who is chronically ill and has used cannabis to help me get off pain meds, I really found that I was yearning for this community,\u201d<\/span> Jenna told us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenna suffers from Osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes frequent bone fractures and <\/span>chronic pain<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\u201cSo I use cannabis to help me be a better mom…Whereas if I were taking the pain pills that my doctor prescribed me, I would just be an absolute zombie.\u201d <\/span>When it became difficult to find topicals during the pandemic, Jenna started making them herself with <\/span>cannabis coconut oil<\/span><\/a>, beeswax or shea butter, and different essential oils.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding Solidarity in the Face of Stigma\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Kaycee uses cannabis to help relieve pain from both <\/span>endometriosis<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>migraines<\/span><\/a>. It also helps her with anxiety. <\/span>“Mommy needs a joint should be just as socially acceptable as mommy needs a glass of wine,\u201d Kaycee told us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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