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I found out that I am 4 weeks pregnant and binged drank once at around 2 weeks of my pegnancy. I am worried that I have caused damaged to by unborn child. Anyone with any advise?

hi there, i am an alcoholic, and i am four months pregnant, i have managed to not drink up until last week when i got incredibly drunk and could not stop vomiting. I called my midwife immediatly and she used her monitor and got a heart beat sound. It was the best sound i have ever heard! Helen, if u have been binge drinking then theres nothing you can do girl, just stop, but if you cant stop get help, as help is available, i hear al kinds of stories at AA meetings and in all honesty the amount of women who drink, take drugs etc whilst they are pregant and have perfectly healthy babies is alarming. You must stop now tho, im not advocating it by telling you it may be ok, but two people i know drank heavily all through their pregnancies and smoked as they were fat and didnt notice and both gave birth to prem babies that are absolutely fine now. Try not to worry, eat well, exercise gently, talk to ytour baby and stay out the pub! Good luck xxxxx

Hi Helen I think you need to see a doctor, I'm quite sure everything is ok. A lot of bebies are born with defects even though the mother haven't had a drink nor a cigarette during the pregnancy. I do not think God is gonna punish you, I actually don't think the guy has time to do anything that has to do with pregnancy whith any woman. If he is out there punishing people, you'd think he's start out punishing real criminals, not a young pregnant girl. Take it easy, stop worrying and quit drinking until you're done b___st feeding.

I knew a woman who drank through out her entire pregancy and her child was definately born a little slower than the rest. Please don't drink anymore! Also, DO NOT TELL YOUR DOCTOR. PLEASE. They may take your baby away from you. The state is a horrible thing and America is turning into gestap germany. I made the mistake of telling my doctor that I smoked pot a week after conception (yes, just once). My doctor (nazi that he is), told me I had to take a "mandatory" drug test and that when my child was born my baby had to take one. And if my baby tested positive for marijuana he would take it away from me. Well, needless to say I dropped that doctor. I hardly think smoking pot once, innoccently a week after conception, will harm my child. And I CERTAINLY won't have anyone telling me that I'm an unfit mother or threating to take my child away from me. I'm just a little confused as how you didn't know you were pregnant for so long!

I'm also pregnant, and i have 14 month old son. While pregnant with him the same thing happened, but as long as you have quit and are doing healthy activities you, and your child should be just fine. I know thoughts often run through your mind about your child, but it will be alright.

There is no law that when a child is born with defects from abuse that the mother will be put in jail. The best way to influence people's oppnions in not by lying to them. Create factual basis to your argument please.

i don't think you should worry to much about it cause my aunt drank and smoked with both her kids and there is nothing wrong with them.

While I am also pregnant, I was wondering how much everyone knew about binge drinking BEFORE knowing that i was pregnant. I found out at 5 weeks & have not touched it since...but i often worry about those short weeks...ANY ADVICE?

Well there is a 50/50 chance that something is wrong with you unborn child then there is a 50/50 chance that you unborn child is going to be fine when it is born because i drunk up intil my last month of pregancy and my baby is just fine she is 5 months old and is big and pretty. she is also trying to crawl but i am not say keep drinking or stop woorying. Because something may go wrong.

i really hope you arent bragging or condoning drinking while your pregnant!! Thank goodness that your baby is healthy and beautiful now but how do you know that when she's older she's going to be ok? How do you know that your drinkning up until the last month hasnt affected her mental development? how can you guarantee that she'll be at the place she's suppose to be later in life? She hasnt started talking yet, she may have a speech development issue, or be behind in her cla__s because she cant learn as fast. Heaven forbid, but you may not be in the clear yet! Please dont tell people that they'll be ok, maybe you are but they might not be!

The first time I got pregnant, I did not know it until I was about 13 weeks. I had no symtoms, and was in great physical shape. As a mater of fact, I had a period, (at least thats what I thought it was), 4 or 5 weeks into my pregnancy. The only reason I suspected anything is because I was sleepy ALL the time. If you had no obvious plans on getting pregnant, then you should'nt feel bad about what has happened, and just move foward from here. The best of luck to you and youe baby.

Hey, Michelle...I do have a question, how much did you drink t/o your pregnancy & did your doctor know this? I am just curious b/c I couldnt imagine doing so-though things may turn out fine, the odds would be horrible! I am very interested to know this information. KIRSTEN-thanks for the advice-I am 17 weeks now & feel pretty confident that those first few weeks didnt hurt the baby! My doctor says that in most cases where one drinks early in pregnancy (prior to knowing) the most common affect is through miscarriage---drinking t/o pregnancy is what often causes the deformaties...SINCE im past the MAJORITY of odds for a miscarriage-im hoping things will turn out fine! I advise all you mothers out there to NOT drink t/o pregnancy---the odds arent worth it!

My friend is due in september. shes young and she just found out in june. she really had no idea. and she drank alot. and smoked marijuana a few times. i really hope the baby is ok. what does anyone else think. im going to pray ALOT.

Your parenting teacher is under informed/misinformed and in turn so are you. What is true is there is no known SAFE amount of alcohol, this is because alcohol affects each of us differently. Where it may take 5 shots for one person to be intoxicated, for the other it only takes a gla__s of wine. Since this can't be determined by looking at you, the safest course of action is to say that no amount is safe. That coupled with the fact that some people dont know when to say "when".

The Mother's of our forefathers who didn't know alcohol was harmful during pregnancy probably drank as it was quite prevalent at the time. These are the men that founded our country. I wouldn't worry about a few too many on a few occasions.

I kinda have the same problem, yet I dont know if Im pregnant. I took a test and it said negative ,but I think Im having morning sickness. The best thing to do is stop drinking and go see a doctor