ecstasy pills and sperms

[brkcan2003]

Hi,
I am an 34 year old man. We have just learned that my wife is pregnant (5 weeks). When we look at our calendar we see that the sexual relationship is at 8th June night which most possibly caused the pregnancy. I have used two ecstacy pills at the midnight which connects 4th June to 5th June. (This was a rare condition and I do not normally use drugs. The previous one which I has used was 2 months ago). You may think that there are three days between the ecstascy usage and the sexual relationship.
My question is: Did the pills made any harm to my sperms and effect the babies health ? Can this situation give any harm to our baby ? Can there be any problem ? Can this cause any birth defect or any negative condition ?
I am so sad about this coincidence because pills or alcohol or ony other material is not a part of my life. I am so sad and worried. If you answer my question I will be so happy. Thanks in advance.

 

[Clocktower]

The answer is unknown. However, I think it's likely that many people have conceived cotemporally with MDMA use, and as far as I know nobody's ever reported birth defects as a result. Of course, it goes without saying your wife should not use MDMA while pregnant.

 

[brkcan2003]

Thank you very much for your response. Yes I know that mdma is widely used especially in european countries. And there is NO common idea that it causes birth defects. But while searching internet some articles say that it may cause DNA defects in sperm (and consequently may cause hearth problems for baby). Do you agree with that ? Or is there anybody who has idea about that subject ? I am really afraid...

 

[terarc]

The answer is unfortunately unknown but I would hazard a guess at saying there would probably be a larger body of evidence showing MDMA could alter sperm resulting in health problems for babies, because MDMA is really quite a widely used drug. The only thing I've ever heard about MDMA and birth defects is the woman using it before or during pregnancy could cause issues, during especially. Wish I could provide some better data but unfortunately due to illegal drugs being, well illegal, nobody has done much extensive research on them.