Just found out!

[Ashleigh13]

Morning all.

I cant believe im posting this. I am sad that i am feeling more sick, anxious and scared than happy but im hoping that will pass.

I was diagnosed with endometirosis last April and had a lap and hysteroscopy in May. I was put in the menopause from April with my last injection in October.

I have been heavily encouraged to start trying to conceive by consultants and gps. I had a normal period following the menopause and then missed my next this was normal. I then went on the pill and days later was bed bound by a bleed this was at the start of January. I was told to come off the pill for a week and then either go back on or try something else. I didnt know what to do and was unsure how many more hormones i could cope with. My husband and i decided to not actively start to try but see what would happen. I have an period/ovulation tracker on my phone and was interested to see if it was correct so grabbed a couple of the cheapy poundland ovulation sticks and nothing all negative! I assumed this was due to left over hormones from the menopause treatment they had said it could take up to 12 months to fully leave the system. I worked out ny cycle being 45 days between the two bleeds i did have so tried the ovulation tests a week after predicted ovulation and got strong positives for 4 days in a row which from reading about LH surges i couldn't understand. After another positive ovulation test last night i took a pregnancy test i had, another poundland buy and no line i popped it in the bin an hour or so later i popped back to the loo and saw it sticking out the bin with a faint line! I patiently waited/sat in bed panicked and sleepless all night and took another test at 5 this morning which provided a visible pink line.

I was concerned that the anti anxiety medication i am taking could cause false positives and from what i read online still am however the Dr has assured me that would not be the case.

I have been taking diazepam and sertraline does anyone else know if this could cause a false postive. I have run to Tesco this morning and a clearblue is saying 'Pregnant 1-2 weeks' is it really true! I dont know this is crazy sorry for the rambling im spiralling. x

[roxannacar]

Unlikely for those meds to cause a false positive. Some hormonal meds might but even then that's rare.

I think you need to try and calm down and decide what you want to do about the pregnancy.

If you keep baby I would strongly advise to come off the diazepam so you probably want to liase with your gp to wean it off, depending on how long you have been in these.

[Ashleigh13 in reply to roxannacar]

Thank you. I am trapped in the house with only my thoughts for company so am going to pop to the drs and grab a 'maternity pack' i will be keeping the baby so just working out the next steps now. Thanks again.

[LilyAnne]

Fingers crossed for you. If you think that not very long ago women couldn’t do pregnancy tests themselves, and the pregnancy wouldn’t be confirmed until the woman had definite signs. Perhaps try not to do another test and do things instead that you enjoy that will relax you. Book to see the GP to discuss weaning off the diazepam if that’s the medical advice. I think Sertraline is considered OK in pregnancy as it’s low risk and coming off it could make the mum’s mental health worse, GP can discuss pros and cons with you. As you’re on that medication I would strongly recommend trying Natal Hypnotherapy which is relaxation specifically for pregnancy and birth. All the best.

[Ashleigh13 in reply to LilyAnne]

Thank you all of this is such helpful information will be looking into the hypnotherapy. x

[Starlight_ftm]

Exciting well done to you all

[Ashleigh13 in reply to Starlight_ftm]

Thank you!

[Hidden]

A positive is a positive so congratulations! All the best with your pregnancy x

[Ashleigh13 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you 😁😁😁 x

[LPR17]

Congratulations!xxx

[Ashleigh13 in reply to LPR17]

Thank you 😁 x

[Major2116]

Congratulations hun!

I'm on sertraline after suffering with anxiety and depression from losing 2 babies. I'm now 32+6 with our rainbow boy. I was so anxious with taking sertraline as I didn't want anything to happen to our baby. The doctors told me it's actually one of the best ones to be on when pregnant and won't harm the baby. No medication goes into the breast milk either. It certainly won't cause a false test hun.

A few GP's have told me about a website called Bump. They use it to check medications with pregnant women as it tells you all about different medication and the effects they may or may not have purely for pregnancy. This is the link in case you want to check anything...

medicinesinpregnancy.org/

It's unlikely your meds will cause a false positive. I have everything crossed for You! Xx

[Ashleigh13]

Thats fantastic thank you for the link. I have done a few more tests. I think it might have been my fear/shock yesterday that left me refusing to believe it. After spending 6 months in the menopause last year and other ops etc it was such a crappy year i cant believe 2018 has given me this gift. Yesterday was 7 years to the day that i lost my first and only other pregnancy maybe its a sign. 😁😁

Your so close now wow not long to go i hope everything goes as smoothly as possible for you. Xxx