Test early - before spa weekend? What risks are there?

Congratulations! Impressed you can hold it in that long with out telling oh lol. Just tell the spa but I would tell him before you get there in case someone lets it slip.

Just seen the update- congrats!

Personally, I would just go and have all the treatments you fancy- whether hot or not.

It's such an early stage, anything you do or won't do really won't have much of a difference- but that's just my approach and perspective.

Congrats! Book yourself a mum to be massage for after the first trimester!

Hey, congratulations op! Well worth missing out on a massage for

Congratulations!

And congratulations

I'm a beauty therapist who offers massage. I don't massage clients who are in their first trimester. However over the years I have had clients that have been pregnant, wanting to keep it to themselves and haven't told me. I've then discovered they are pregnant. I would always advise mentioning it to your therapist. I once had a client tell me she had a skin condition and could I use a plain oil on her, which i done and thought nothing of. Couple of months later she announces she's pregnant. Her pregnancy was absolutely fine but she should have told me as not to run any risks.

Congrats! Stay out of hot tubs, sauna etc. Lots of bad advice on this thread - nhs advises to steer clear. Warm baths are ok because the temp isnt maintained ie they cool down quickly.

Wow, congrats!

Ah that's lovely! Sure you won't mind, huge congratulations xx

OP massive congrats

Yay congrats jelly

Congratulations that's brilliant news. Enjoy the pool. Relax and have a mani and pedi instead.

Congratulations! Hope you have a lovely weekend celebrating

Jacuzzis are not allowed either due to risk of infection.

I have a bath at 37 degrees and have done all through pregnancy. I just check it's not too hot. As long as you don't spend ages in the jacuzzi and don't get too hot. You can use the pool just not the sauna or steam room as they are hotter. Massages are fine as long as you say you may be pregnant. The will adjust the oils etc. Try not to worry and enjoy your break. If you test the morning you go you may be able to relax a bit more.

Frer the day before you go and if it's negative I would assume you are out.
Be careful what you read on the internet. You could spend your entire life wrapped in cotton wool if you believed everything you read!
The NHS guidelines state that under 35 degrees is fine for water. The only thing they state about massage is that there isn't a lot research into it. The only certain thing is that your belly should not be massaged during the first 12 weeks.
The introduction of early pregnancy tests is a relatively new thing. When I had my son nine years ago, testing before your period was virtually unheard of. Most women didn't know and still don't know, if they are pregnant before their period is late. If we were all at such a major risk so early on, just from living our lives, then we would be encouraged to test earlier.

Getting too hot at any stage of your pregnancy can make you feel faint and dizzy, and may be harmful to your growing baby.

I think the wording of this bit of advice causes some confusion. I've seen it posted many times when the topic of pregnancy and heat comes up. The words 'too hot' are key here. If you're so hot you feel faint and dizzy then you're overheating which is dangerous pregnant or not. It's the actual overheating (and the follow on effects of that) that is the danger to the pregnancy not the heat itself. It's true that your ability to regulate body temperature can change during the first trimester but this isn't something that happens at conception and absolutely shouldn't be a problem at the time AF would be due when the pregnancy would only very recently have implanted. Even if it was a problem your core body temperature could not rise enough to cause significant damage to yourself or your baby without some pretty obvious symptoms of it first eg: feeling faint and dizzy. It's not something that can happen and you be blissfully unaware of it.

Before I got pregnant I had no idea about the massage thing.

I went on holiday at about 6 weeks pregnant and thought 'oh I'm not drinking, poor me, I'll have a lovely massage in the spa'.

They wouldn't massage me, they avoid it particularly in the early months of pregnancy - to do with pressure points and essential oils maybe? Anyway, they wouldn't do it.
I had a facial instead.

The second time I got pregnant I did go to a spa and used the sauna and the jacuzzi literally a day before I got a BFP. I also had quite a lot to drink. Baby is now 18 months and perfect!

Hope you get your bfp!