Pain happens and sometimes it happens to someone who is pregnant. Everyone knows that pregnancy and pills do not mix very well. Yet, the need for medication pain management is occasionally unavoidable because a mother-to-be needs to do chores, go to work, care for other children, and take care of herself. If the expectant mother needs to use opioids to manage pain, she and her doctors should anticipate that the baby will go into withdrawals shortly after he/she is born. The newborn baby will...

