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?

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.