Am I being a bit keen?

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I'm 11 days late for my period starting (have been tracking cycle past 6 months and am super regular). Two positive tests, I think that means I'm pregnant. I'm 37. We were trying, but fairly casually.

I don't know when to start actually doing anything about it. Am I being ridiculous to get in contact with my doctor now? I'm very aware that this is very early days pregnancy wise. I am not drinking, have just started taking folic acid etc so behaving like I'm pregnant. I'm just a bit afraid to get too attached to the idea so early. It took me ages to get to the point of 'yes babies', but once I go for something I tend to go all in. I am finding myself wanting to order books and get alllll the info. But I'm feeling like holding back just in case something happens.. this is the first time even being pregnant, but I'm worried I'll get massively invested too soon. Maybe hold off on contacting doctor for a few more weeks?

Each to their own with this! I've contacted doc/mw by the time I've been 5 weeks every pregnancy, I've had 3 MC's so prefer to go to doc sooner, if anything does happen then I'm already under their care!

Tho some people prefer to wait!

There's no right/wrong answer so if say do what you feel is best for you

Start on Vit D too.

And get the ball rolling with midwifery. If you're 11 days late, you're already 6 weeks gone and you should be looking at booking in appt around 8-10 weeks as that sometimes triggers date for 12 week scan.

I found out how to get onto midwife books at 4-5 weeks then ended up at booking in at 5 weeks as they had a slot free. And got dating scan date that week too

So you must be heading for 6 weeks pregnant based on being 11 days late?
I don't think that's too soon to contact your doctors and find out how you get your care going. Sometimes it's best to get it booked as soon as you can. My midwife gets booked up quite fast for appointments.

Usually the midwife will see you at 8+ weeks here, although it varies across the U.K.

A positive home test is good enough to confirm-doctors don't usually feel the need to test again.

Congratulations-phone your doctors and but some books!

Ok now I'm confused. I thought pregnancy was counted from date period is late? I have a 25 day cycle and have a sense of when I was ovulating...it definitely isn't 6 weeks! 4 weeks is possible. how can I be 37 and not know how conception happens?

Hi there. Weeks of pg are calculated from day one of last menstrual period (lmp). So you are already two weeks pregnant at the point of conception iyswim.

Congratulations

It's counted from the first day of your last period. So generally two weeks before you conceive. I'd make a GP appt, you might be waiting a while for that anyway!

And yes, contact surgery so can get on the right pre-natal care asap.

thank you all for explaining! I was very confused :) Well turns out it's a good thing I got the ball rolling, as am out of my GP's patient boundaries and now have to register with a new practice....Apparently I have to have a health check and register in person before I get referred...

Just wanted to add that in my experience going to the GP was a waste of time!
First pregnancy I went and she just gave me the number for the midwives who I had to register with myself.
2nd pregnancy I didn't bother going through the GP at all; I got the midwives referral number from a leaflet that was next to the pregnancy tests and contacted them directly.
Saved me time booking an appointment and trying to find time to get there.
Could be worth contacting your GP's office and asking what their protocol is?
After the initial appointment/phoncall they will book you in for about 8 weeks. I could never work out how pregnant I was so used the Ovia pregnancy app to tell me....still use it now at 29 weeks into my 2nd pregnancy!
Best of luck!

🙈 sorry didn't read your post properly that you need a health check before you get referred to the midwives!