8 weeks pregnant - drinking and vaping!

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Hi all, I am desperately looking for advice on this please.

I have just found out that I am pregnant, I am around 8 weeks. The only problem is, I have been drinking and vaping heavily for the past 8 weeks as I had no idea that I was pregnant.

I have just looked at my calendar and I have probably consumed alcohol around 4 or 5 times within the last 8 weeks, I even had a few drinks on Sunday for the England game.

I feel so so awful about this and ashamed, I am so worried that something will be wrong and that I may have caused damage to the baby which is leaving me desperately unsure on what to do.

Has anybody else experienced similar? And was everything fine? I feel so awful

First remember that whilst you're 8 weeks pregnant, you would have only technically got pregnant at around 4 weeks pregnant (as it's counted from your last period). Honestly it's very common. You can speak to your midwife about it, especially if you need help stopping smoking, but I expect they'll say there's no concerns.

@Peonies12 thank you for your response. I really hope that is the case, I'll speak to my midwife (i stopped vaping as soon as I found out which is one thing)