Would you skip this cycle after an engorged tick bite?

[LovingAquaLemur]

Hi everyone. I'm looking for some urgent perspective. I’m 40 (will be 41 in September) and we are actively trying to conceive. I will be ovulating this week, but I found a tick attached to me this morning. It was tiny, but it was completely engorged, meaning it has likely been feeding on me for at least 24–48 hours. I don't know exactly how long it was there. At my age, I feel an immense amount of pressure not to waste a single precious cycle. However, knowing an engorged tick carries a higher risk of Lyme disease transmission, I am concerned about what could happen if I manage to catch this week and then get sick.

I think I could take amoxicillin if I did get Lyme, but I'm worried that Lyme symptoms and early pregnancy symptoms could be hard to tell apart, and worried about the effects on a baby.

We are in a high risk area near Exmoor and my partner was recently treated for Lyme.

The nurse at my GP surgery said to skip this cycle to be safe but it feels so hard to do that when it could be totally fine and I'm getting older every month!

Would you skip this cycle to see if symptoms develop, or would you press ahead anyway given the age factor? Has anyone navigated a high-risk tick bite while trying to conceive? Thanks so much.

I'm not familiar with Lyme disease, but if a GP nurse had told me to skip I would. I know it's hard but would take the professional advice personally. Depends on your risk tolerance and what the effect on the fetus would actually be.

You’ve already had advice from your GP, is there a reason you’re not following it? My child recently had a tick bite and was treated with antibiotics, are you sure you don’t need treatment?

I contracted Lyme following a tick bite: when I presented with flu symptoms and the bullseye rash I was given Doxycycline immediately. When the case was confirmed with a blood test, the antibiotics were Doxycycline again and I had a very long treatment period, 3 weeks in fact.
Lyme can be awful and the gp took it very, very seriously. I would wait until you are clear.

Are you in a high risk area of Lyme? The answer to this would inform my decision.

You have had medical advice telling you it would be better to miss out a cycle, why would you ignore this and ask a group of non qualified strangers over the internet ?