TERRIFIED!!! FAS

[stace914]

Hey all, my name is stacey and i'm about... 2 months pregnant. i havent had my first ultrasound, so i dont know... but i am very very nervous and concerned.... can anyone provide some comfort and or answer.

i just got back from an all inclusive vacation a few weeks ago. At the time i didnt know i was pregnant. for the first three days i have to admit i binge drank. halfway through the vacation when my period was still missing i stopped. but for those three days i drank, alot. i drank so much that i was sick for an entire day.

i've been researching on the net and they say the first few weeks are the most crucial time in devopement, and im terrified that i have caused harm to my baby.

has anyone had a similar experience, or can provide statistics, or know how common FAS is????

 

[lea m]

First off hi!!
Congrats
FAS is pretty rare! Try not to worry to much as a lot of women drink before they know they are pregnant!!
From what I have read, FAS affects about 1 in 1000-3000 babies depending on what you read!

 

[trixipaws]

hey, congratulations sweetie

try not to worry, many women are doing allsorts of things they shouldnt be when they dont kno theyre pregnant. i didnt drink but i used cocaine and amphetamines and also took codiene and sleeping pills during those crucial first few weeks until i found out i was pregnant at 6 weeks. like you i was petrified i'd harmed my baby or even killed it after i read on the internet those weeks i'd been up to no good were the very weeks that the brain, heart, limbs- everything pretty much- is formed it was horrible waiting for my scans to check all was well. thank god it was, i have a perfect little girl. i dont endorse what we did but its not like u knew u were pregnant when u did it is it. im sure all will be fine, i remember posting a similar thread when i was anxious about this and someone said they conceived while on holiday and had been drinking to a paralytic state during the first trimester, and their baby was thankfully fine too. try not to stress about it hun i hope all is well as am sure it will be

 

[purple13]

hi honey
try not to worry. i was at glastonbury last year with no idea that i was 3 weeks pregnant - my baby may just have been a collection of cells at that point, but i spent my entire pregnancy terrified that my misbehaviour had done something awful to him. i now have the most perfect little boy. like trixi says, its not something i condone and i'd be horrified if anyone binge drank and took drugs deliberately when pregnant, but you (and i) weren't to know. i'm sure your baby will be ok

 

[debecca]

Honestly don't worry this is really common

My baby survived:

* Me drinking on an all-inclusive holiday (where I conceived - I went somewhat off alcohol the second week which should have made me suspicious I guess)
* The 8000-mile plane flight home.
* Acute food poisoning.
* More food poisoning at 16 weeks.

She's now 2 weeks old and perfectly healthy - and managed to weigh 8lb 9oz at birth

 

[LilysMummy]

Im sure you bean is fine

I didnt find out I was preg until 15 weeks because I silly periods etc.

But without knowing I...

Drank a lot on holiday and at home

Went on all the rides at Alton Towers

About 150 locks (canal)

Pushed about 20 cars out of a flood

And lots of other things Im sure.

Please dont worry

 

[Miss.Monroe]

as others have said i would try not to worry. as long as your not drinking now thats the main thing.

i found out i was pregnant on January 7th 2008 and my baby has survived christmas AND new year! lol

 

[stace914]

thanks for the comfort girls.
i guess every mother freaks out like this.. i guess all i can do is pray and wait for that first scan, and the day s/he comes into th world!