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Drinking / pregnancy please help

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 11:01

Hello

I've had two miscarriages in the last few months
This morning I've just found out I am pregnant again BUT the last two weeks I have been drinking a LOT as I've had weddings, hen dos, birthdays etc.
I'm so worried that this will now cause another miscarriage.

I know I'm not posting in the right decision but if anyone has any advice for me I'd be so grateful. Desperate for successful pregnancy.
Thank you x

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 11:02

I meant to say I'm not posting in the 'right section', not 'right decision'

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Ginmakesitallok · 05/08/2017 11:04

You can't change what's already done. It's very unlikely that your drinking with cause a mc. Congratulations and good luck!

WowserBowser · 05/08/2017 11:05

Try not to worry about that. I understand why you are but think of the millions of women who have drank at the early stages (or even throughout) and have gone on to have babies.

RochelleGoyle · 05/08/2017 11:05

There's just no way to tell. If it helps, I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was six weeks gone and those six weeks covered Xmas and New Year! My son is absolutely fine. 😊

Casmama · 05/08/2017 11:08

I don't think the placenta is formed in the first two weeks - the embryo gets nutrients from the sack around it at first so I think you will be absolutely fine.
Congratulations

luckylucky24 · 05/08/2017 11:11

You won't have done any damage. I got wasted on the Friday, drank sat/sun/mon (stopped Monday because I had a feeling) and had a bfp Tuesday. My DS is now 4 and super healthy.

Rossigigi · 05/08/2017 11:13

Congratulations!! Don't worry it won't cause a mc- this is what my GP told me when I found out and had been partying the previous weeks on both of mine and had the same concerns.

CaptainMorgansMistress · 05/08/2017 11:17

The embryo only links up to your bloodstream via the placenta about week 9/10 as I recall. So it's unlikely to have had any contact with the booze in your bloodstream.

I'm so sorry for your previous mc. I've been there and it's utterly hideous. Please remind yourself that a healthy pregnancy is almost impossible to get rid of, just as a pregnancy that isn't meant to be is almost impossible to keep. Good luck xx

aaaaargghhhhelpme · 05/08/2017 11:18

I was out drinking the night before I found out I was pregnant with dc1. All fine and no complications through pregnancy

Second what a pp said - the first few weeks the foetus gets everything from the sac - there's no placenta and umbilical cord yet - so my midwife was unconcerned when I mentioned it to her.

I'm so sorry for your miscarriage. I know it's easy to say. But try not to worry Flowers

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 11:23

Oh thank you all so much. Your words are so comforting to me I really appreciate it.

I'm so worried that it will all go wrong again and I want to make sure I'm giving things the best chance x

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 11:23

Oh thank you all so much. Your words are so comforting to me I really appreciate it.

I'm so worried that it will all go wrong again and I want to make sure I'm giving things the best chance x

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PseuDenim · 05/08/2017 11:25

I got plastered the night before I got my BFP. DS is now 2.8 and perfectly healthy and happy. Congratulations and try not to worry

LisaSimpsonsbff · 05/08/2017 11:31

Totally understand your fears - I've had three miscarriages. Totally convinced myself that the first one was because I'd been drinking before getting the bfp. But then I lost the next two for which I didn't touch a drop. I don't know what (if anything) is wrong with me, but it's not the booze! I know it's so hard not to worry but look up the odds of a successful pregnancy after two miscarriages - you have a really good chance. Try (again, I know so much easier said than done) to focus on that, and not on the (much smaller) chance of things going wrong again.

Dumbo412 · 05/08/2017 11:38

this was an accident. You didn't know you were pregnant, so please don't give yourself any grief over this. Because of the circles I was brought up in, I have spent time around a lot of alcoholics, some of which were women who drank a huge amount during their pregnancies, all of their babies were born absolutely fine.

Please, please stop giving yourself grief. The worrying is likely to cause more harm than the drinking.

Try to relax and concentrate on the baby that your body is making, and how wonderful it will be when your baby is here.

Rosierosa15 · 05/08/2017 11:44

I found out in the January I was 7 weeks pregnant - over Christmas and new year I had a lot of alcohol! I worried the whole of my pregnancy but I have an almost 2 year old lg who is happy and healthy :)

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 11:53

Thank you all so much.

I've been for all The blood tests etc so there's no physical reason for the miscarriages so I'm not sure what's wrong...

From now I'll obviously do the vitamins and follow the food and drink guidance etc.
Just couldnt help thinking of all the drinking I've been doing but your stories are very helpful x

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butterfly990 · 05/08/2017 12:17

I was given baby asprin 75mg? after my 3 miscarriages to help thin the blood. This was over 8 years ago now. I was told that as women get older their blood can get "sticky" and clot more readily.

It's worth asking about.

Take care of yourself xx

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 12:31

Butterfly thank you I will ask my GP if they recommend that for me , thank you x

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SunnyCoco · 05/08/2017 12:31

Butterfly thank you I will ask my GP if they recommend that for me , thank you x

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SunnyCoco · 09/08/2017 21:51

Thanks you all so much again for your stories - it is so comforting

Just to let you know my brilliant doctor has referred me for early scan, blood tests etc etc etc so she's been very helpful.

Everything crossed
Thank you again x

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SunnyCoco · 09/08/2017 21:54

Thanks you all so much again for your stories - it is so comforting

Just to let you know my brilliant doctor has referred me for early scan, blood tests etc etc etc so she's been very helpful.

Everything crossed
Thank you again x

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Pigface1 · 09/08/2017 23:06

Hi OP - congratulations! This article might help alleviate some of your worries - www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11146012/Binge-drinking-and-pregnancy-5-myths-busted.html

kel1234 · 09/08/2017 23:32

I would say try not to worry about it. As others have said, plenty of people drink before they even know they are pregnant, and they have their baby with no problems.
I know I was drinking before I knew I was pregnant (I didn't find out until I'd been pregnant for nearly a month), I'd been on nights out, and it was December, so we were getting in the Xmas mood, naturally drinking and having a good time.
I drank during my pregnancy, my baby was fine. My mum did the same, we were all fine.

goose1964 · 09/08/2017 23:38

I was in early pregnancy over Christmas and obviously had a few drinks, OK a lot to drink but DAD is now healthy and a Mum too. There is definitely scaremongering over drinking in pregnancy as fetal alcohol syndrome is very very rare, and likely caused by heavy alcohol consumption throughout pregnancy

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