Just found out I'm 18 weeks and been drinking

[jeni80]

Hi all I'm new here and really really worried. Thursday I found out I was 17+5 weeks pregnant!
It was a total shock to me as I a was in the pill and never got periods due to the pill I was on so never thought I could be pregnant.

What it is the day before I found out I was at a friends house party and drank 3 cans of lager and 2 bottles of lager so now I am really really worried about this.
I'm not much of a drinker so before this I've prob had about 5 drinks in total in the past 5 months.

Can someone please tell me everything will be ok.
Obviously now I know I am pregnant I won't touch another drink again.

Thanks

You haven't drank excessively. I'm sure baby will be fine but I would get a scan done urgently just to make sure.

And congratulations :)

Thank you for your reply. I have a scan booked for 2 weeks was the earliest I could get.

I was at a friends house yesterday and she is also pregnant and has a Doppler so she used it on me and found the heartbeat straight away. I'm hoping that was a good sign

Congratulations! The same happened to me, I was on the pill, but got pregnant. I didn't know and drank wine, found i was pregnant at 17 weeks and stopped drinking....the baby was fine in fact a big baby at 9lb.
You didn't drink much at all im sure baby will be ok.

5 drinks in 5 months is nothing, you will be fine. Lots of people have drunk a lot more in early pregnancy with no issues at all.

Hi first of all congratulations on your pregnancy!

I wouldn't worry to much like the Op said you haven't been drinking excessively and you don't drink all the time so hopefully you will be fine.

When I was pregnant with my son I didn't find out till I was 11 weeks before I found out I was out every weekend partying and drinking. (I was only 22). He is absolutely fine and was an healthy 8lb12 when born.

Try not to worry yourself to much

Also, the major part of development that drinking can affect goes on in the first 12 weeks, you're far along enough now that it's not a worry.