Long, sorry!
Just back from the doctors. I'm 4+5, and I had surgery on my neck 12 days ago, which involved a general anesthetic and then a loads of painkillers, including ibruprofen at 400mg taken to max dose for 5 days.
Then I had a BFP. I wasn't ttc; I had been for 6 months, but when I found out that I needed the operation we stopped as I knew there would be a risk. So, the BFP was a big shock. I only tested because AF was late and I was popping so many pills that I thought I'd better just check.
Anyway, I went to GP this morning who was really negative, pointing out that general anesthetic in early pregnancy is dangerous, and that ibruprofen has significantly increased my chance of miscarriage. She told me that if I make it to twelve weeks - and (this is her words) many pregnancies aren't viable anyway - that a scan would show if there was something wrong with it.
I asked if I could have an early scan, and she said you won't be able to see much. I imagine she meant the formation of actual organs, because I had a scan at 8 weeks in my last pregnancy and had a kidney bean with a heart beat, which was very reassuring at the time.
She didn't work my dates out, or ask to test me to confirm. She told me all I could do is to book in at the midwife. I asked when, and she said leave it a few weeks. Then I cried. Then she told me I could try and book in earlier.
So, I've booked in to see the midwife next friday. Let's just hope I still have a reason to go by then.
I wanted to post this just to see if anyone has had experience of either general anesthetic or taking large doses of ibruprofen in early pregnancy, and if it had any effect?