Pregnant and had a general anesthetic just week ago - what should I do!

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I've just done a pregnancy test and looks like I'm pregnant with no 2! Exciting but a bit worried as had surgery under general anesthetic just ten days ago.

They did a test pre surgery and - obviously - it can back negative.

Tried to get an appt with mid wife but can't be seen for a week or so. Don't know what to do, and what risks are with the pregnancy.

Should I speak to my gp or the surgeon who carried the op out?

Any advice much appreciated,

Thanks,

Ruth

Is this a joke?

If you did a negative pregnancy test at the time of the op, then you weren't pregnant, so no problem.

What's the problem?

I wouldn't do anything. You were either not pregnant, or at such an early stage that the test didn't detect it. There's nothing anyone without a tardis can do, so I would stop worrying about it.

No, this is not a joke (and I don't find it particularly funny I'm afraid).

I had the operation last Saturday (24th Nov), and took pregnancy test today. Haven't had sex in between, so guessing must have been pregnant but in very early stages.

Perhaps I should just stop worrying about it....

Congratulations!

It's unlikely to be a problem at all. A GA in pregnancy is actually okay. Just mention it during booking in.

Hope you're recovered from your op.

My DMIL's friend had a gynae op to investigate some issues she was having. They opened her up, and found a teeny, tiny foetus - she didn't know she was pregnant. They sewed her back up, and that teeny, tiny foetus is now nearly 19, and an exceptionally clever girl.

Thanks all! That's a lovely story about your friend Bunty...

My Mum went into hospital for a gynae operation under GA, had a positive test only days after (despite negative ones before the op) and gave birth to me 7 months later (full term!)

Good luck OP!

Keep these positive anecdotes coming, making me feel much better, thank you likecandy!!

In the very early stages of pregnancy (which I imagine you were) the baby hasn't attached to the wall of the womb yet, so nothing you do at this stage will affect it.

I had a major back operation when I was about 8 weeks pregnant with my second child (like you I hadn't realised I was pregnant) I had been told the medication I was on could stop my cycles and was not given a pregnancy test before hand. My baby was absolutely fine and the midwife and doctor had reassurred me whilst I was pregnant that it would be fine.

Hi, please dont worry, i had a general anaesthetic to deliver my baby!

Where i work, anaethetics actually save the life of the baby & the mother.

Its fine, really

Bunty that's extraordinary!

It is pretty amazing. She was in her mother's Fallopian tube at the time, so technically I suppose not even a foetus at that stage, just a bundle of cells with promise.

Hey Ruth. Gosh this is old but l had the same thing happen! Negative test on the day and was in my fertile window, but pregnant 2 weeks later. What did your doctor say?!

My friend had an emergency op under GA when she knew she was pregnant (early stages) and all is OK, so try not to worry