Torturing myself........................

[MissCKitty]

Hi lovely ladies, having a bit of a whinge cos am feeling a bit down and could do with some reassurance. Am 12 weeks tomorrow, had a scan after a mc scare at 6 weeks with a good heartbeat and then my booking in scan at 8+3, which showed bean had grown well and all was looking good and there was again a strong heartbeat. However I am now stressing out cos I am due a nuchal scan within two weeks and I'm panicking that things have gone wrong in the interim. I know I'm being totally paranoid and v silly but I can't help it. My hormones have gone on a full on rampage over the last week or so and its making me really anxious. What is the likelihood of a mmc after a heartbeat at 8 weeks? Does this paranoia ever go?

Small I'd say. Obviously, can't promise anything but I'm sure everything's fine. And feeling this way is totally natural. Paranoia comes with the territory and it's not silly at all. Paranoia fades for the most part but comes and goes at will. It's will, not yours...

Very low - less than 10% - chance of not going to term after seeing hb at 8 weeks.
For me scans don't really help because even if the baby was fine while I was in there I worried again from the very next day!
Things got better for me after 13 weeks, and then after the 20 week scan, and became worry-free once I was 24 weeks and the baby was legally viable.

It is almost certainly the case that in about 30 weeks you will have a lovely baby. Congratulations!

Step away from google!! Google is not your friend. I was the most paranoid person ever and was convinced that I'd go to the 12 week scan and be told that I was crazy and it was all in my head. Am sure everything is fine!

I second Picklesarnie! We all know bad things happen, but they happen to a very small % of people. The chances of mmc/mc after a heartbeat at 8 weeks is around 2%, that's really small and really unlucky if it happens. Unfortunately paranoia is part of the package!

I'm exactly the same. I had spotting so had a scan at 8+1 (they put me forward to 8+3), good heartbeat, in the right place etc. However I continued to spot for a week after before it stopped.

I have my 12 wk scan on Tuesday and I'm totally bricking it that something terrible has happened, despite the fact that I still feel sick, have sore boobs and I can feel my uterus changing. It's driving me mad, I have REFUSED to buy anything to do with babies, even magazines! I just want next week to be over and everything to be ok.

You have summed up exactly how I feel at the moment!! I had a mmc in january and am now 9 weeks pregnant with twins. Had an early scan at 8+4 which showed two good heartbeats and I was spot on with my own dates yet I still think something has happened since then and its all gone horribly wrong. Doesn't help that my mum miscarried twins twice and with one of those pregnancies she must have been quite far along as it was twin boys she lost. I was feeling really sick until a few days and now thats almost gone, i know morning sickness does come and go but it still worries you when its not there.

Good to read what other people have said about chances of a miscarriage after seeing a heartbeat at 8 weeks though, makes me feel slightly better, roll on the next 3 weeks until 12 week scan.

Hormones have ALOT to answer for...

Ladies, thanx for your answers and reassurance. Konw am being a little silly and I am sooooo blaming hormones. Just waiting on the dates for my nuchal scan and when thats done I'm sure I'll be happier.
Rocklover I too am having nothing to do with any mags, books etc and not even contemplating buying anything til after my 20 weeks scan. Just in case.........

It's a nightmare isn't it MissCKitty? I was nothing like this with dd as I was so ill (in hospital with sickness), so I was pretty sure all was ok. So this is all new to me.