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Pregnant post MC: when did you let yourself accept it might work, relax and start to enjoy it

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MockCroc · 07/12/2011 17:37

I am 11 weeks following a MC last time at 5+5 with my first pregnancy.

I have dealt with all the worry of this one largely by pretending it is not happening. I seem to have subconsciously decided that if I don't accept I am pg or think about it as a process with a baby at the end, it won't hurt so much when it goes wrong. And by "when" I mean "when". I feel like I'm just waiting for the pain and bleeding to start. There is no rational reason for this. I know MC is very common, particularly with first pregnancies. I have also had two scans with this pg and both have been normal (at 5+6 and 8+6). But I can't shake the feeling that, for some reason, I don't deserve this to end well so it won't.

For the first few weeks this didn't bother me and it seemed a sensible way of protecting myself emotionally. Now I am beginning to worry myself. I reach 12 weeks next week and will need to tell some people (DH and I have kept both pg to ourselves so we don't have to deal with any sad happenings publicly) and I can't imagine telling anyone I'm "pregnant", or dealing with them enthuse about the baby because I don't feel like that.

I was wondering whether any of you had felt like this and, if so, when you started to let yourself accept that the pg might work and there might be a baby one day Sad ...? Thoughts or comments appreciated. Thanks xx

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sunshinesue · 09/12/2011 20:07

For me optimistic people have helped SO much. My parents have told me quite confidently nothing will go wrong and they seem to be so sure of it that I can't help but believe them even though I know rationally that there is ALWAYS a chance of things not working out. Staying away from google helps too, you'll always find worst case scenario on the internet. I'll be a mess when I go for my first scan (got the bad news then last time) but other than that it's just one day at a time and every day is a step closer to my baby. Good luck!

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