Just found out I'm pregnant today [shock]!!! However I went to a party in the weekend...

[shakespeare]

and indulged in a little more than just alcohol. I wasn't THAT indulgent but am now very worried re: the consequences, as is my partner. Does anyone know of any organisations that can give me some solid impartial alcohol/drug/pregnancy advice. Have tried FPA who put me on to 'Tommy' but there lines were closed. Have also spoke to 'Frank' the national drug helpline. Does anyone know of any other places I could contact? I don't want to make any rash decisions without knowing all the facts first.

Any advice/help gratefully appreciated!

Thank you for the reassurance. Have spoken to my sister (a doctor) and she was vagueley comforting in an aren't you a "silly girl" way. She is working on the delivery wards at the moment so she spoke to the midwives too and they said I was being very silly and should just shut up! Slightly less worried I guess but I do think that I was born to worry.

am reg but hv namechanged

i was like you. 2-3 weeks into my pregnancy i took 2-3 lines of coke. we had been ttc but nothing had happened and i was being idiotic. then, a week later i had at least 5 bellinis. tuesday after that i found out i was pregnant. oh how i rued it. i cried and cried, drove my husband nuts. all websites i checked spilled doom and gloom.

a 5 week check and a frank chat with a harley street doc laid most of my worries to rest. baby's heartbeat was strong. doc said in the beginning it's all or nothing. if you do something silly and the embryo continues to grow then it's very likely all will be well. if not, you have a mc.

2 weeks ago i welcomed a lusty, healthy and beautiful baby into this world.

we all make mistakes, just be more responsible from now on. xx i'm sure your babe will be fine, so Congratulations!!

ps: 2 couples dh and i know did exactly the same. both are blessed with healthy bubbas.

Shakespeare, take a deep breath ... please don't worry, you're very, very unlikely to have harmed your baby. The biggest risk to your baby right now is the risk of possible termination.

Are you still considering termination? If you are considering one for other reasons, then please excuse me - that is your decision to make, but if you are ONLY considering it because of taking 1 pill, please can I advise extreme caution! The ideal situation is obviously to have not taken a pill in the first place, and to avoid this situation, but this is life, things happen.

Please let me make it clear I'm not a right to life nutter (I have had an abortion myself, it was very emotionally painful, but I would make the same choice again, given the same circumstances). It's just the 'we'll abort and try for another' idea really rings alarm bells. If you would like a child, and would be happy to be pregnant, then please don't do anything rash - speak to your doctor, or a consultant, as the MNer above did, to put your mind, and your DH's too.

Oh and I should have said, 3 of my friends have 'indulged' while pregnant before they found out, to my knowledge, and all have lovely healthy children.

Soooooooo many women drink, drug, smoke and eat raw meat before they know they are PG nd have perfectly healthy babies. some women continue to drink, smoke and take drugs throughout their pregnancies and have perfectly healthy babies, though the odds on this are rather less good. Much of the dangers are wildly exaggerated by people who think the world would be a better place if women were controllable property.

It would be very sad to let yourself be talked into terminating a PG that has as good a chance as any of being fine: while termination of an unwanted PG doesn't necessarily cause years of mental agony, termination in a case like yours might well do.

Enjoy your PG and good luck.

Sorry I should have said to put your mind at rest! Good luck