To share my news???

[FuckMyUterus]

After multiple chemical pregnancies and a MMC on our anniversary last January, I am so excited and incredibly nervous that I'm pregnant again! I'm around 5 weeks and so, so, so nervous! Any tips on coping with the nerves... Will they go away? Or am I likely to be an absolute nervous wreck for the next 35 weeks?!

I don’t have any useful advice but wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congrats!!!! 😁

Your username is very interesting..... congrats

Many congratulations

I had two MMCs - one before DS and one before DD

I’d recommend the central tenet of mindfulness - live in the present and enjoy the moment, think not about the past or the future

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Congratulations! That's lovely news.

I'm sure as the weeks go by you'll feel less nervous but it's pretty normal for these first weeks.

Congratulations.

I lost 4 babies over the past 2 years. 3mmc and one very early loss. It was a heartbreaking time. However 11 days ago I gave birth to my rainbow baby. My nerves and stress were heightened throughout the entire pregnancy. So I have no magic cure for those feelings but I will say that you need to own those feelings. Make sure that when you need reassurance or are having a particularly nervous time you let people know. Every health professional I came into contact with was told my history so even if they thought I was over reacting they knew it was from a place of experience of the worst happening rather than general nerves. Don't let anyone belittle your feelings. Eventually you may relax and enjoy your pregnancy or you may only get that relief once baby is in your arms.

I wish you all the very best for the next few months.

Congratulations and good luck

Thank you all! My username was my reaction to the chemicals and MMC actually, my way of injecting some dark humour that helped me cope I guess

Thank you rhynswynd I don't want to seem like this awful entitled person when I'm asking for YET ANOTHER set of bloods or an early scan etc but it's like verbal diarrhoea, I can't stop!

Congratulations OP! The anxiety will persist (I spent the whole 9 months terrified to go to the toilet in case there was spotting, because that's how previous losses started) but what I learned is that blood tests and repeat scans can't change the outcome, which helped me to calm down and not make myself crazy seeking reassurance all the time.

Congratulations, OP! You're going to have to change that username

Congratulations!! I wish all good things for you

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Congratulations!! Please try to enjoy it

I had miscarriages and then a high risk pregnancy and I can honestly say I didn't relax until baby was in my arms and I felt such an overwhelming relief.
I had regular scanning throughout my pregnancy at least once every fortnight. That was due to other issues but I really think it helped me to relax knowing that I didn't have long to wait until the next scan however I think the relief at each scan was short lived. I would be overjoyed to know everything looked fine but a few hours later I would be panicking again. I also spent lots of time in hospital I had regular heavy bleeds and was dilating from only 26 weeks pregnant and there was multiple times we thought I would deliver very pre term but we made it through we didn't quite make it to full term but we got to 36 weeks and baby didn't need much help after. I hope this helps you to see that it can and does happen for people. I never thought I would ever get another baby (we already had 1) after years of ttc and losses but we made it !
Don't ever feel like you are being demanding either if u have any worries always speak to your midwife. I have nothing but praise for every one involved in getting us through even when I was the most unreasonable demented pregnant woman in the world lol

Oh forgot to add the CONGRATULATIONS

Thanks everyone for your kind replies. I'm struggling through at the moment with thoughts of 'if I'm going to miscarry there is a total of zero ways I can stop it' so trying to make myself believe there's no sense in worrying. Not working brilliantly but at least I'm trying!

Congratulations!

Maybe download the mindfulness app and take some time to lie down and listen to it. Just for a few minutes, it does help me relax. Worth a try surely?

Live in the moment is all you can do.

Congratulations!

In similar circumstances my anxiety about the pregnancy became a problem: I found counselling really helpful in managing this, and also had good prenatal midwife support. Hopefully you’ll be able to manage without anxiety becoming a problem, but if it does help is out there!

Dozer I think I'm just going to have to get into the mindset of what will be will be. My symptoms are progressing really well, almost too well in fact, and now I'm panicking about that! My nipples gave darkened massively, I've gone up a cup size, and I already have a very light linea nigra (sp?). Is it possible that something is wrong and my hcg levels are rising TOO fast? Is that a thing? Or am I being ungrateful and an insufferable hypochondriac?