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5 weeks along, can't stop worrying

JmalburgJmalburg member
in August 2016 Moms
I am five weeks along with #2. I had a wonderful pregnancy last time and my daughter is now 17 months. I have never had a miscarriage, that I know of, and I can't stop worrying about it now. Just wondering how others balance being realistic about the possibility of a miscarriage but also being calm and excited to be pregnant?
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Re: 5 weeks along, can't stop worrying

  • Bethyboo26Bethyboo26 member
    This is so hard and I completely understand. I have a 13 month old and have also never had a miscarriage but your fears sound like my own! Something that helps me is knowing that whether I worry or not, it's not going to change the outcome. All I can do is take care of my body today and trust God's in control of this little life.
    Trying to be thankful for each day, although it's easier said than done!
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  • WinchesterGirlWinchesterGirl member
    Do a search on the board of, "odds of not having an early miscarriage". There's a chart and that helps me sometimes. :)
    Rainbow baby Dean is due 2/17/17!
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  • pelorunningmamapelorunningmama member
    This is the chart referenced above: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12617420/chances-of-not-having-an-early-miscarriage/p1

    It helps me a lot too.
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  • alice919alice919 member
    Thank you for sharing that chart! This is my first pregnancy and I am 5 weeks now. Totally nervous about the possibility of a miscarriage but cautiously optimistic that the odds are in my favor :)
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  • MrsAlT68MrsAlT68 member
    For the first 10 or so days after I found out I felt literally paralyzed with fear, we had been trying for over a year, I couldn't comprehend that our dream might finally come true, I felt like I would have a mc, not could. I read the chart and some more on other complications I may have, and I think I just had to work through the fear. It is very normal, just something you don't hear of much because you don't know most people are pregnant when they are 4-7 weeks. Now that I'm past it (still worry just not SO much) I think, even if it happens, at least I was happy, I celebrated this baby. I take comfort in that vs having been scared the whole time.
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  • ChichigoChichigo member
    I'm like Han Solo, never tell me the odds. But I might be bitter since I'm one of the 2% that suffered a miscarriage past 8 weeks.
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    Parent of Baby Boy M, born December 2013 Angels: Miscarriage @ 9 weeks, May 2015, Chemical Pregnancy November 2015



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