How to stop worrying in the 1st trimester???

[MrsHuxtable]

Grrrrr, I'm 27 and exactly 6 weeks pregnant today (at least that's what the due date calculator says) and I can't stop driving myself crazy worrying about losing this baby.

First, I was convinced it was going to end in a chemical pregnancy. Silly me tested early... And ever since that risk is over, I keep doing research about the risk of miscarriage in the 1st trimester. I need to stop worrying but I can't.

Please tell me, how does anyone cope with the wait til that first scan???
How can I put my mind at rest a little bit?

Sorry, I'm going to repeat what the others have said about not going away

First pregnancy I was the same all the way through and I promised myself that this time I would be far more relaxed.

Yeah. I'm 14weeks and still panicking. I would deffo have an early private scan though if you can afford it. There's often deals on Groupon for our 'local' scanning place (Leeds, if you're near us, have a google of Meet Your Baby) and I had an early scan for both DD and this pregnancy.

I've booked a private scan for Friday evening, just for some reassurance. I will be 8+6 then, my friend commented on the worrying in and said "welcome to the rest of your pregnancy" my other friend said "welcome to the rest of your life" says it all really

Like someone else said,everytime we reach a mile stone we are going to feel relaxed for all of five minutes, then start worrying again.

Just have my fingers and toes crossed for Friday now, hoping that this week will go quickly, not helped by symptoms coming and going... Was super emotional towards the end of last week and my boobs hurt so much, and now that's subsided again, guessing that hormones will be up and down

Not sure if anyone still reads/comments on this thread, but I may have found it by googling :S I'm just so worried this is going to end like the last (mmc) and my oh say's that if this one goes the same way then he doesn't want to try again for a long while. I have PCOS so I'm at even higher risk of MC anyway, tbh I'm kind of expecting it to go wrong, then if it does it wont make the bottom of my world drop from under me again and if it goes ok then I can be pleasantly surprised. I'm just so scared, I want this baby more than anything! I don't think I could take it if I lost another one. Anyone with PCOS here that maybe could help put my mind at rest?

Oh my god I am so pleased it is not just me driving myself crazy with worry. It took 2 years to concieve and I'm 6 weeks pregnant now, paralysed with fear it is going to go wrong and I would struggle to get pregnant again! I have also convinced myself it is ectopic. Although I have no symptoms of this so I hope I'm just being neurotic! Off to the doctors this week for my first appointment and to beg for an early scan.
I agree with the other posts though that the worrying will never stop and if we let it take over then it will mar the happiness of pregnancy.
I know myself well enough to know I will still be worrying right up to the birth, then cot death fear etc will kick in, so I think the only solution is to try and keep healthy/busy and focus on the fact that most pregnancies are absolutley fine.
So glad I'm not on my own!!

OP I am constantly worried. 11 weeks today and had an early scan at 8 weeks so in my head I know the chance of miscarrying now is slim, but the worry is still there. I'm 40 so now am worried about chromosonal abnormalities and still birth.

The worry doesn't go (this is my third pregnancy, second child)

However, someone once said to me that 'the most common things happen most commonly'. The most common thing to happen when you fall pregnant is to have a healthy baby at the end of it. The VAST majority of pregnancies end with a healthy baby and that is something I try to cling on to.

I am 9 weeks pregnant now, its my second pregnancy as I miss carried my first one. I found out I was pregnant in 5th week and I was worried sick at first just waiting for something to happen. That not good.

I since stopped chasing internet for explanations of bad symptoms and started to listen to my body, and believe me you will know when something is wrong.

I asked for early scan with my GP and had it at 6 weeks- very early but I could already see a strong heart beat and that put my mind at rest.

I do have occasional dark thought thinking what if I miscarry but to be honest you have no control over that and worrying will only makes things worse.

Leave it to the nature, keep positive and everything will be just fine. If you feel something is not right go straight to your GP not internet!

Sorry to say but worrying is just part of your life now! I worried right through pregnancy and now that he's here I worry about SIDS instead. I think you just get used to it!