Hello,
I have been beating myself up since finding out I was pregnant, 4weeks and 2 days after the start of my last period 4th July, due to the binge drinking holiday I was on before finding out I was pregnant.
Looking back we either conceived on the 16th or 18th of July and then went on holiday on the 25th July until the 2nd August. This was a very heavy drinking group holiday for a wedding. I thought there was zero chance I was pregnant and actually believed I came on my period on the 29th July but I now realise this was most likely implantation bleeding. I remember being stood in a pool holding an Espresso Martini discussing trying properly after the holiday.
I have done everything you're not meant to do....google extensively. I am extremely concerned that drinking in this time frame (especially at the very beginning of August) is within the critical period to which cells that distinguish facial development can be affected as well as brain development.
I am struggling to sleep and just beside myself with worry. Has anybody had any excessive binge drinking sessions during this timeframe of pregnancy and can offer any reassuring advice ear?
Or anyone who may have any idea as to the damage I could have done?
I have 4months left and can't continue at the levels of stress I am currently facing as I understand this isn't healthy for the baby or myself.
Just to note that my 12week and 20 week scan were showing perfect growth, although I didn't mention the drinking to the sonographer. My midwife just brushed over my concerned when I told her all this and said something along the lines of 'it must be the time of year' as the lady she had seen before me had the same worries.