Terrible Things I Did Before I Knew I Was Pregnant...

sarah.scholz

My first month of pregnancy before I found out I was pregnant:

-ran a triathalon, lost 15 pounds, drank like a fish (on vacation in Hawaii), got x-rays, participated in Mixed Martial Arts, & went hiking during a flash flood.

I had to laugh when I found out I was pregnant because it was too ridiculous to contemplate all the "no-no's" I had committed.  For all the tongue-cluckers out there, everything is fine now.  I'm 9 weeks along and all U/S's have been good so far. 

Needless to say, the drinking and the martial arts have stopped, and I won't be competing in my next triathalon for a looong time! :O)

What's the silliest/bone-headiest thing you did before you were aware you were pregnant?

sfmom2B

ha! with my first, I went went on a bender catching up with old friends in my hometown - it was a weekend of booze. Found out the Monday after...whoops. all was well of course.

 This time, I was on business travel and had a long layover in Dubai - I went sandboarding (and bit it multiple times), crazy off-roading in the sand dunes, where I seriously thought we were going to roll the SVU over and then went ski'ing. What's funny is the driver of for the dune bashing asked several times if anyone was pregnant and it didn't even cross my mind, sure we had been trying for several months, but there was no way I was pregnant in my mind.  Um, 36 hours or so later apparently I was. 

 

Hi725

I ate massive amounts of sushi and drank 2, yes 2, large bottles of Nigori sake. I came home more than buzzed, peed on a stick and went "Oh. Oh, sh*t"

megs52881

The day before I found out I had a "treat yo self" with my sister and best friend.  I had a dip with feta in it, a ridiculous amount of brie, and I drank a bottle of wine.  

thespauldins

I was a dirty stinky smoker! I had cut back to only smoking a couple of cigarettes a day, but I was definitely having one here and there until the day I saw the BFP then I stopped immediately. And I was probably drinking too much beer. And the occasional goopy cheese.

joe&kayla

I drank...  A lot of beer.  From LMP to the day I found out I was pregnant (4 weeks), I was in a wedding (big drinking weekend), took a trip to Philly with the hubby (big drinking weekend), and played tippy cup at my sister's garage party.  Granted this was over a 4 week period, but I still cringe when I think about it.  :S

apardy131

I found out in week 6... I usually had a drink or two on weeknights with H. I was trying to think about how much I had been drinking when the positive appeared on the stick. I don't think it was too much, but geesh. I don't think I did much else. I did just read that you should not go in the hot tub and I was using our hot tub like twice a week in the last month. Oops

OUKatie

Nothing really. I was just so busy with work that the only thing I did was drink 2 glasses of wine 5 days after we actually conceived (but before I knew I was pregnant). Technically I was 3 weeks along but the baby isn't even attached at that point so NBD.

Don't worry, it happens to lots of people! I normally would have had several drinks more but I was swamped at work so just no time.

mrussello

I had jaw surgery during week 3. I alternated pain meds and Benedryl for 3 weeks, sometimes both during week nights when I couldn't sleep. So the night before I found out, I had been drinking and took my meds. Woke up at the crack of dawn and felt weird, so I peed on a stick and thought, HOLY CRAP! All is well. I double checked with the doctor!

writerinNYC

The worst thing I did was eat a turkey sandwich. I stopped drinking and lowered my coffee in take to 6 ounces when TTC, but I didn't give up on cold cuts until I got my BFP. 

LauraGrayNCSU

I found out I was pregnant with DD one night after margaritas for lunch , then bree and lots of wine for dinner with a girlfriend! Later that night I started thinking about when I was supposed to start...about ten sticks later I woke DH up with a handful of positive sticks!

Cozfijibride

Accidentally, (yes ACCIDENTALLY) took 180mg (9pills) prednisone.

bumpuser1509193

I have you all beat! less than 24 hours before I got my +, I was x-raying way too many patients even if i wasn't pregnant! And earlier that week I had administered Chemo to a dog. and those are just the big ones!!!  forget about all the dirty cats i manhandled, and the anesthesia gasses! the joys of being a vet tech!!!

zyas

I think the worst thing I did was just eat some feta cheese (oh and a few eggs sunny side up). I don't smoke and I'm not a big drinker so I think the last time I even had a drink was several months ago. 

sarahnwill

My first pregnancy  I had an emergency appendectomy (with the xrays, and abdominal CTs that go along with it).  Puking, anesthesia, and tons and tons and tons of pain meds.  Unfortunately that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage 7 weeks later.   

This pregnancy I was determined to do everything right, and hopefully not have any organs rebel against me.  *knock on wood*.  Thus far, so far so good.   

nmvaladanzouj

The week before I found out that I was pregnant with my son, I drank the most amount of alcohol that I've ever had, which wasn't really much. I had some Jack Daniel's Down Home Punch, some Smirnoff Vodka, and Smirnoff mixed drinks. I didn't even drink enough to get buzzed because it gave me a stomachache, and I thought that I had a hangover the next day. But I later found out that it was because I was 3 weeks pregnant. I still ate sushi while I was pregnant, even after I knew, because I craved it and because I ate it sparingly enough for it not to cause any problems anyway.