Freeking out...

Hi monkeys. Welcome and congratulations. Wow!

I am not sure about the details of what family planning does, but I do know that pregnancy-related visits to your GP are free, so will be able to get a free test there.

Regarding your job, check out the Dept of Labour info on parental leave - it may help you feel more in control of the situation to have more info at hand (i.e. about qualifying for parental leave etc). You don't need to tell your employers for ages - you have plenty of time to seek advice and get used to the idea. I hope you find all the help you need here.

Good luck.

thanks - I just had a look on the dept of labour site, I would be entitled to the paid leave, but not the extended leave.... I earn quite a bit more than my partner, so we had talked about me working and him taking the long leave next year anyway - this would just mean that is really the only option.

You might not be entitled to the extended leave but that doesn't mean your employer won't let you have it. I found out I was pregnant whilst working notice at my old job, bad bad timing...lol, was then on holiday for a few weeks as we had a trip to England already booked so by the time I started my new job I was 9 weeks pregnant, I told them on my first day and they were fine, I got the 14 weeks paid leave and then they just told me to come back when I felt like it pretty much. I never went back fulltime but did work casually for them for a while once my baby was 6 months then resigned when I was pregnant with number 2. If you go see a Dr they will do the maternal blood test and they sometimes redo the pee test but not always cos they just use the same ones that you buy at the supermarket anyway. A mw will do the bloods if you haven't seen a gp so it's not totally necessary to go the dr's. But if you don't know where to start with finding a mw then a trip to the dr's would be good as they can give you a list of mw's in your area and be your LMP until you find a mw. I'm pretty sure FP do pregnancy tests but as someone else said pregnancy related visits to your gp are free anyway, and I don't know if FP would do the bloods for you.

And I would tell your partner too.

I got a 2 pack because the first time the test was a dud so ended up doing 3 !

You can see your gp or just start ringing midwives. I saw my doctor for something unrelated, but they provided me with a list of MWs in the area.

Well just took the 2nd test - and I guess no great surprise that it was the same result. Guess now it's time to wait for my patner to get home to break the news - not quite sure how to do that one

Congratulations monkeys! How did telling your partner go?

Telling the partner went pretty well - when he got home he asked how I was feeling as he knew I had been feeling average for a few days, I told him I wasn't feeling the greatest but at least now I knew why and told him.
He was shocked and asked a couple of times if I was kidding (cos that is something that you would kid about!) but then was really supportive, and of course given how unlikely it was thru the contraception and PCOS he was telling me that he must have great stuff lol - typical male stuff.
He was a little upset that I didn't involve him in the initial test - but as I said to hiim I really didn't expect it at all to be positive, so didn't even cross my mind.
Heading to a dr today to get a blood test - the shock is easing for me now and the excitment is hitting

Hey congrats Monkeys and what a classic male reaction! So happy for you he took it well. It's funny how these things can happen, me and my husband had been "sort of trying" for 6 months (i.e. just risking it) and the month we conceived we only actually BDed once, as I had some other issues going on, so it only takes one time! Might see you in the Feb thread if you're already a few weeks along (me due 7 Feb)

I think visits at the gps only become free once you have a confirmed pregnancy, so some will charge to confirm the pregnancy as well.