Paranoid

mchmadre

is anyone else paranoid about miscarriage? Every weird discomfort or pain I am scared.

ChristyM87

I think every expectant mom has those fears. I worry it too, but remind myself that I am having no symptoms and every week I am closer to my little one developing a heart beat and then entering the second trimester. At both milestones there is a drop off in miscarriages and by the second trimester it is only 1%

KellyinHB

Yep, I have an active PgAL mind.  I keep reminding myself that I am pregnant today, and all signs point to being a healthy baby.  Once I saw the heartbeat, that helped a bunch.  My doctor told me that my mc risk dropped to like 5% with that milestone. 

mchmadre

Thanks guys. I'm 4 weeks and have my first prenatal appointment next Friday on the 5th so hopefully everything goes normal.

erpiccy

Yes, and I am hoping its totally normal. I had my u/s about 2.5 weeks ago and had been feeling some symptoms. Today, I should be measuring 9 weeks according to my u/s but I haven't really had symptoms recently. I know I should be happy to be feeling better, but it gives me such unease and I keep wondering if something has gone wrong.

My doctor said at our last appointment, "Congrats, now you can tell your family at Thanksgiving since everything looks good." I should feel confident that he felt we could tell our families this soon (without my even asking), but I am definitely still nervous.

MrsC0409

You're hoping it's normal to be paranoid?! Of course it is! No matter what you're history is you're always afraid of having to experience the pain of a loss. I'm very lucky... we've gotten pregnant on the first try twice and I've never had a loss (I hope that doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. I am NOT bragging. I know I'm extremely lucky and I feel for anyone who has had a loss), but I still worry every time I go to the bathroom or feel anything weird. The nerves won't calm down until you go into labor... then it's a whole new set of nerves! And once that's over... a whole new set of nerves about raising your child correctly! And then nerves about them coming home every night... and going off to college...it never ends!

mchmadre

Yeah I have a 6 year old so I'm trying to remember how I felt then but I'm having no luck. It was so long ago. I'm glad you feel the same way every pain or weird feeling I get paranoid. But even more so that 2 weeks ago I bled for 3 days which was odd but then a week later I took a test and it was positive. And just to be sure I have taken one for the past week almost every day and it's still positive so just ultra worried and I really hope my doctor says everything is normal next week

nmz728

I'm a worrier by nature, so yes - now that I'm pregnant, I am worrying about miscarriage! I just keep telling myself that I feel healthy and everything seems to be normal! And there isn't much I can do until my first doctors appointment anyways! I will be 7.5 weeks at my first appt, so hopefully I can get a good idea of where I'm at! And then it'll only be a few more weeks until my first u/s!! Just trying to keep busy to distract my mind and wait for the little milestones!!

crector421

Totally paranoid since I'm on my second bout of bleeding:/

jessiemalcore

I am 5 and a half weeks right now, had a m/c in 2010. I have my first ultrasound tomorrow and am a little nervous because my last hcg result didn't double like it should have so they wanted to get me in sooner. Not sure what that means but I am paranoid but I also tell myself as long as I have no bleeding and cramping, all is good. I also keep telling myself everything will be ok, everything happens for a reason

jenwalker1978

Yes.  I had a miscarriage last year and this is my first pregnancy since then.  Every thing I feel, every cramp etc I am panicked.