Pregnancy Worries

[mlj123]

Hi all
I'm new to this site and I was just hoping for abit of advice really. I have 2 questions/ concerns if anyone can help.

The first question is recently found out I am pregnant. I calculate that I ovulated around 23/12, however with the 25th being Christmas Day I drank a lot, a lot, a lot of alcohol. Lots of cocktails, beers and prosecco. I also had a couple of drinks a few days later. Now I'm really worried how it can affect your baby. Drinking during fertilisation. Should I be worried?

My second question is I found out really early that I was pregnant I had a faint positive about 7 days before my period even though the box says can be accurate up to 6 days before. I've just taken a test ( day after period due) and it's very dark. Should I worry. As I've read that high hcg levels can mean Down syndrome or twins? Should I worry or am I reading too much into it?

[Flowersinthefireplace]

No and no!

The baby is not even implanted into your womb two days after ovulation so nothing you would do would affect it. And ‘a few drinks’ a few days later would not either. I drank two bottles of wine and a rum on an all day Christmas drinking session when I was 3.5 weeks pregnant (without knowing obviously). Before 4 weeks it’s not an issue as the embryo is simply a number of replicating cells, at that stage any cell can replicate and / or become something else so nothing is fixed and a damaged cell just gets replaced. In short, you’re fine.

Secondly a pregnancy test does not represent your level of HCG so don’t worry.