4+2 weeks and need some advice

[Colourblindcat]

Hi

Ive never been pregnant before.... myself and my husband thought it would take a bit longer to get pregnant but last week I tested and I got (4!) Positives. Did the clearblue week calculator and it puts me exactly where I expect which is approx 4 weeks now (got a 1-2 week result)

Problem is I'm now realising how unprepared I am for this as I didn't expect to get a positive result so quickly I thought I'd have time to learn etc.

Ive been having some minor cramping and my nipples have been very sore (Google says this is all normal but I've no idea at this point). I've also had some food aversion to raw meat which has been awkward when trying to cook although I've not been sick!

I'm very anxious as I've never had a pregnancy before. Is there any major dos and donts that I am unaware of at the moment?

I've registered with the hospital but had no contact yet. Would like some reassurance I'm doing the best I can to ensure nothing goes wrong.

I have pregnancy vitamins and im trying to get sleep (although I can't guarantee that's regular during to my shift work sometimes nights). I guess my question is what are the other main things I should be doing? Does anyone with more experience have any advice?

Vitamin D & folic acid are important.

Foods not to eat are liver and products containing liver such as pate. Also would avoid caffeine, uncooked meat, cheese with a mould ripened skin such as Camembert and cheese with blue veins like Stilton (although these are fine if cooked).

Also obviously no alcohol, cigarettes or drugs. No ibuprofen but paracetamol is fine if you need it.

Midwife should be in touch to arrange a booking appointment between 8-10 weeks.

You have time to learn now. Stick to the nhs website about foods to avoid, as many others are based outside the uk, and this provide irrelevant uk food advice.

You'll find medics are way more hands off than you thought they'd be.

You have roughly 8 months to learn!