Miscarriage at 5 weeks - first time TTC

[Aftersun123]

Hello - I feel so stupid writing this but I found out this time last week I was pregnant at 5 weeks 4 days - I then began to bleed 5 days later on the Sunday and confirmed on the Monday via internal scan that there was no pregnancy and was handed a leaflet about 'pregnancy of unknown location'. I am trying to think positively that I fell first time trying even though for months before trying it consumed me thinking it would never happen for us but now I just feel completely devastated and worried my body is not capable of carrying a baby. Please can you share some positive stories of healthy pregnancy after early loss as even with all the information I can't help but feel there is something wrong with me.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I think miscarriage of a first pregnancy is quite common, more than later ones.. I know a few people who had a miscarriage first pregnancy but only successful ones after. Its said that it's nature's way of releasing an embryo that isn't healthy/wouldn't survive - it does not mean at all that there's anything the matter with you. Also, in the past chemical pregnancies wouldn't even have been known about a lot of the time as tests don't exist like they do now so you'd just think your period was a bit late, not that makes any difference to you but it shows they could have been quite common in the past also, we just didn't know. I wish you so much luck for the future, another thing reassuring is that you know that you can get pregnant and hopefully the next one will go well xx

Thank you so much for your response it means a lot. I will keep positive ❤️🙏 x