My friend lost her first baby last year, she was nearly 12 weeks I think, when she finally miscarried, but a scan at around 8 weeks had shown a slow heartbeat and by the next scan the baby had died .
She is now pregnant again, 10 weeks, and is understandably finding it hard to relax and enjoy the pregnancy, or to let herself feel that things might be fine this time. She had a scan at 8 weeks which showed the baby was growing well and the heartbeat was strong, all looked great. I have read that given the scan her chances of miscarriage drop. I've told her that, but is there anything else that I can say to help her worry less? I realise she will probably worry to some degree until much later in the pregnancy, but as she spent years thinking she was infertile, it is sad that she is worrying rather than being able to enjoy the pregnancy.
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Reassuring a friend after a miscarriage.
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hellymelly · 10/10/2012 12:31
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