unsure newbie

Hi I'm brand brand new to this and kinda lost/confussed... sooo much to take in

H and I have recently got married and shortly after returning home I went of the pill.. so we are trying but not trying at the same time IYKWIM?
We aren't doing a thing to stop getting pregnant and would be super happy if we were but at the same time we aren't trying trying, when it happens it happens.

the thing I am a little worried about is... since we recently got married we still have heaps of booze left (we gave away as much as poss) and so we are both enjoy a drink or 2 at the end of the day (which is out of the norm 4 us since we aren't really drinkers)
But what Im worried about is that If i am preg (way to early to know since we only started less than 2 weeks ago) does alchol damage/effect your baby this early? I will stop drinking for sure as soon as I know I am preg and not a drop until i finish breastfeeding but Im worried about now
the only reason im drinking is to use it all up before the expire date... but im worried

even if it a drink most days? Althou now im feeling guilty and not drinking as much ( i usually only have like 1 drink a month but we have heaps to use up)

It sucks but no one can give any kinda guarantee that it won't harm a baby in the early weeks after conception - the research is still inconclusive. Mum and bubs don't share blood supply until about 5 weeks when the placenta is functioning but some of the information I have read is that prior to this drinking can still effect the fetus... However, one to two drinks in a session is considered low risk at that stage from what I have read...
It's so hard cos that is the time when most people don't know and have no symptoms...
Also alcohol causes a rise in estrogen which can make getting pregnant more difficult and effect implantation...

Kool thanx laddies, feeling a bit better now.... plus how likely would it be that i would get preg straight off the pill anyway

I think most websites etc tell you that you shouldn't drink while ttc because at any time you could be pregnant ,but as others have said research is not conclusive as to whether or not it will cause harm.

When I told my Doctor I was going off the pill I asked about drinking while ttc and he said it would be pretty obsessive to completely stop drinking while tcc.

It's a really hard one and there has been the odd time I have drunk too much and started worrying in case I was pregnant. I hate feeling worried like that so now I am limiting it to having a couple of drinks now and again but none in the tww. I have decided this not just because of potential harm to the baby but also in case it prevents me from conceiving or preventing implantation etc. Also I just think imagine how awful I would feel if the baby had foetal alcohol syndrome or other problems/damage caused by my drinking....

It's always hard though in social situations when someone like me who used to drink a fair bit now doesn't drink much...most of my friends know why though.

In saying all of that though I think a lot of people drink and conceive perfectly health babies so I wouldn't worry too much if I was you

next thing lol
may last period started on the 29th jan
took my last pill on the 30th
period ended on the 2nd feb

and then this morning I woke up to blood (not alot) arghhh seems way to early for my next period. Is it normal to have very early periods after to get off the pill.
I was thinking that maybe the pill was still lingering around my body and now maybe all traces of pill might be gone and so therefore my body thinks hmmm period time????
Im just guessing anyone else have any other ideas?

2 a day is all i wanna have at the most and even then not everyday.
the last 4-5 days I feel so off alchol competely and when i do have a sip i feel real sick and just wanna throw up, kinda sucked coz i have just got back from a friends wedding

lol yeh I was convienced that i was pregs, i had sooo many symptoms and now that i have my period again after only just having one.

I tried sooo hard not to get my hopes up coz it does take a while to concieve, but yesterday when i saw blood i was sooo bummed (still am)

how do you not get your hopes up? I tried my hardest and i thought i was doing fine, coz i dont think i can handle the monthly let down more than just this once

i felt soo guilty as i worked out id been drinking while pregnant. I confessed this to my midwife and she said if it was before your period was due chances of it doing harm are small. Because your body would have rejected it if it wasn't viable and you would have had a period like normal. I didn't explain that very well sorry. It reasured me alot. and my bubs was born healthy as anything plus one or two drinks won't do anything. If you were going out on the p*** each night it would be a different story. Good luck hun

the last 5-6 days i haven't been drinking, for some reason i have gone completely off it and if i take a sip i actually feel real sick and vomit. i have no idea y having a drink is making me feel so sick, i dont even like the smell of it anymore

when i went to a wedding in the weekend with alot of heavy drinkers it was a lil hard coz we aren't telling anyone that we are trying and they kept looking sideways at me as if they thought the reason i wasn't drinking was coz im knocked up like 3 other girls there. So i had a small half glass to shut them up and stop them from thinking but felt sooo sick afterwards and for the rest of the night