Hot tub before BFP

[Dm2jla]

I stopped taking the pill a couple of months ago, had one period and then what I thought was another period that started 12 days ago (lasting 5 days with varying heaviness, not unusual for my periods).

I've been away for a weekend and spent time in a hot tub (mainly 38-40 degrees). Friday night I spent about 20 minutes, with my arms and chest out but couldn't bare the heat so got out. On Saturday it seemed a lot more comfortable and I was in there for 45mins - an hour.

I took an OPK yesterday and it was positive and then the same again today, both were really strong and made me feel like I should take a HPT just incase. I took two and both are positive.

I'm really pleased about the BFP, but I'm working myself into a guilty frenzy about the hot tub use (not to mention the 3/4 drinks each night of the break). According to an app I've downloaded I would've been 4 wks, 2-3days on the days I used the hot tub if what I thought was a period was actually implantation bleeding.

I've been taking folic acid etc for a few months though sometimes accidentally miss one or two days a week (not any more!). Can anyone offer any advice/reassurance? Do we have any options for early scans to detect any defects?

Thanks in advance x

Congratulations! I honestly think you'll be fine. I found out I was pregnant on the last day of my honeymoon and I'd been in saunas, spa pools, hot tubs most of the week and also had a few drinks on a few of those nights. I'm now nearly 33 weeks and have a perfectly healthy growing baby, no spinal issues. 😊 Try not to worry and hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly! Xx

Thanks @mummabubs I'm worried sick! I read weeks 4-5 are really key for neural development :-(

My husband is due back from his lads holiday in a few hours and I want to break the news to him with a smile and not lots of worrying!

Congratulations on your honeymoon baby xxx

Hi, I didn't realise I was pregnant until I was 14 weeks and at 4/5 weeks I spent the weekend in a lodge with a hot tub and spent a lot of time in the hot tub! I am now 3 weeks away from my due date with a perfectly healthy little baby so I wouldn't worry too much x

They say not to because of the heat

Because of the extra blood the heat can make you dizzy. I think thats why anyway

Had exactly the same with my last pregnancy. It was bank holiday weekend and my period was supposed to come but it didn't. It was the 1st month of trying so i really was sure it was just a couple days late (+- 2 days was norm). We had family getting together with wine and hot tub all through the long weekend. Got home, tested and got BFP
Spent the next few weeks obsessing and googling to find out all the things i should not have been doing.
My son is now 2,5 super healthy and im pregnant with no2.

I think hot tubs are only meant to be avoided during pregnancy due to the heat making you feel faint.

Baby will be fine, congratulations

I went to a spa at about 8 weeks. I asked the dr about using hot tubs etc and she said it would be ok as long as I paid attention to how I was feeling, my temperature etc. I would imagine from what she said that if you had become hot enough to effect baby you would have wanted to get out anyway. I'm 31 weeks now and nothing has been picked up as being abnormal on scans.

I've worked in a hotel with hot tub rooms. Plenty of pregnant women used them, you'll be fine 😘

Congratulations!!!!
Our situations sound very weirdly similar - except I'm now 33 weeks pregnant!! For my birthday in January I spent a weekend away and spent A LOT longer than an hour at a time in a hot tub and drank A LOT more than 3 - 4 glasses of prossecco and I smoked A LOT that weekend also I found out a week later I was actually 4-5 weeks pregnant during said hot tub weekend. Rest assured everything is absolutely fine!

DS will be here hopefully by 30th Sept. Don't beat yourself up!

Thanks so much lovely ladies, feeling a lot better already!
Xx