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can my test and scan be wrong?

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lisa2104 · 19/10/2012 08:49

Please help me. I am 19 weeks pregnant. My last period was on 6/6 and I did a test on 14/7 that said I was 2-3 weeks gone. I had a scan on 30/8 that said I was 12 weeks and 1 day. Me and my fiance had sex most dat from 23/6-30/6 . I went out on 6/7 and got very drunk. I had a conversation with my boss in a side corridor of a bar but there would have been people coming and going. I think we had an argument and I may have said something flirty to him. But he called me a taxi and threw me in it. The problem is I keep worrying that I could've had sex with my boss and got pregnant by him or the taxi driver who took me home and I don't remember. I'm going out of my mind with worry and so scared I won't know who my baby's dad is as I have no idea who the taxi driver was. I can't eat or sleep I'm not bonding with my bump and my fiancé is finding if hard because I'm crying and worrying about this day and night. I feel like killing myself. This started because I have irregular periods and was checking to see if the scan could be a bit out but it has spiralled out of control. Help me!

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lisa2104 · 23/10/2012 10:55

I spoke to my ex boss and asked him what happened. He said I tried to kiss him but instantly tried to take it back so he put me in a taxi before I could embarrass myself any more!

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FrustratedSycamoreBonks · 23/10/2012 14:01

Do you feel better now knowing this lisa? I hope it can put your mind at rest.

Lougle · 23/10/2012 14:08

lisa, if this is a genuine thread, I sincerely hope you can get some help before the baby is born. Your thinking seems very chaotic to me.

MainlyMaynie · 23/10/2012 14:20

Have you heard anything about your psych referral?

RedTurtle · 23/10/2012 14:27

Lisa - if you type OCD UK into google then it will take you to a website you may find very useful. The stereotypical ideas about OCD are that people who have it are only obsessed with germs & cleanliness.

This is not true. OCD is sometimes described as "the doubting disease" because people who suffer from it can get stuck in a loop of questioning and doubting. This is often totally unrelated to cleaning are can cover a wide variety of subjects.. The subject could be something like "What if I ran someone over in my car earlier today & didn't notice?". However unlikely it may seem to others, it can be terrifying for the sufferer because in their own mind, there is a very real possibity rhat this could have happened.

What you have written so far sounds very typical of someone who is suffering from this. Constantly asking questions to get reassurance is fairly typical, but the reassurance does not last for long because the "what if?" questions return and no amount of reassurance or 'checking' can ever be enough.

Obviously, you need to see a professional to discuss this but the website would be a good place to start gathering information.

Good luck, I hope you get some help with your anxiety so you can enjoy your pregnancy x

lisa2104 · 23/10/2012 18:17

I think I do yes but at least I am recognising this. See once I rang him I felt better and still do but then I felt embarrassed so sent him a quick text to say thanks and this is just pregnancy hormones that I thought it was only what he'd said happened and that I would now leave it just didn't want him to think I usually do this. He hasn't replied and I'm not going to text him again a) because it would be silly and b) because I don't need to and I know it is linked to the anxiety. I asked him, he told me I've let him know its not like me and I want to leave it.

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Superabound · 24/10/2012 00:49

I do feel really sorry for you lisa, I had similar anxieties in my first pg, dp and I were in a long distance relationship, and I was young and a bit of twat when drunk (there were a couple of very drunken nights, it was xmas/ny).

I convinced myself that the HIV test they give you would come back +, to the point of almost hyperventilating before midwife appointments, I also convinced myself that I had shagged a randomer when drunk and my baby would come out a different colour Hmm.

Despite knowing (with hindsight) that I had felt that familiar twang of ovulation pain the same day that dp and I went to a gig, got roaringly drunk and forgot the condom.

Good for you (if this is real) for verbalising your worries, I did the whole torturing myself in private thing.

All turned out fine btw, I didn't have HIV or hepatitis or whatever, dd came out looking well, like dd really. She does look a lot like my subsequent children though, so I'm sure dp is the dad.

Hopefully you get the help you need to control your anxieties, a worry loop is not a fun place to be, it can also easily lead to (or be a symptom of and/pnd).

Keep talking, you are much braver than me.

Good luck, I'm sure you can get through this and really enjoy your little one Smile.

lisa2104 · 24/10/2012 13:01

Thanks for sharing, I can't believe u went through that on your own. I feel horrendous though for even sharing it with my partner but j know it isn't really true and its just my brain thinking bad stuff about myself. I feel a bit better now I got my ex boss side but although I had a feeling I'd tried to kiss him I can't exactly remember it so I admit this has freaked me out. If I don't remember that is there something else I don't remember but I have to believe him and I know I didn't anyway. I know I can't deny everyone telling me I couldn't have conceived that night and I had a lucky escape and have to move on with DP and our baby and every time I feel him or her it reminds me but sometimes I just want to die as I think the most awful things and think others must think this about me. I also worry my boss thinks bad of me and thinks I must've thought baby was his but I told him before I was already pregnant so I have to put it to the back of my mind and not care

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lisa2104 · 25/10/2012 19:11

I have booked an appt with a private counsellor and I also think what's happened is with me finding out I was pregnant just after I quit my job am being worried about that mixed in with being terrified about having a baby I have transferred it on to this.

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FrustratedSycamoreBonks · 25/10/2012 20:15

I'm glad you've got an appointment lisa and I hope you don't have too long to wait.

lisa2104 · 25/10/2012 20:49

U were right though Frustrated. I didn't really gain anything from asking him although he did confirm what I thought but I feel embarrassed now. However it's done so that's where I am. I'm sure this is all ridiculous xxx

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FrustratedSycamoreBonks · 25/10/2012 21:10

Don't worry about feeling embarassed. You don't have to see him again.
Your counsellor should be able to help you to work things out. And feel calm about your pregnancy.

lisa2104 · 26/10/2012 07:36

One thing that's bugging memos although I had a feeling I had tried it on with him is I don't remember it as a picture in my mind. If I don't remember it is it possible more happened and I don't remember.

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lisa2104 · 26/10/2012 07:37

Not memos- me is!

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bamboostalks · 26/10/2012 13:29

Have you seen your counsellor today? Hope things are better for you.

lisa2104 · 26/10/2012 13:38

Seeing them on Monday. I think there is no way keeping worrying and going over it is going to change anything. I said the next day I thought I had come on to him and that was what he said. I don't really remember the whole thing just talking to him but its silly to think I could've done something physical and not remembered so I am going to have to try my best to put it out of my mind. Baby is still fiances and I've never really had any doubts. I think I'm just scared of being a mum in a strange new city where I don't know anyone and feel embarrassed for getting drunk and making a fool of myself!

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lisa2104 · 26/10/2012 13:40

Thanks for asking btw

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bamboostalks · 26/10/2012 13:59

Good stuff. You sound very positive today. Glad you rationalising events now. Just enjoy you pregnancy. Why don't you join an antenatal group NCT etc and you'll meet lots of friends that way.

lisa2104 · 26/10/2012 16:55

Well like I said what he said backs up what I thought and I can't keep worrying about it. If he said something else happened I wouldn't believe it because I can see it and me not remembering it. Can u?
I have joined NCT but not been to anything yet as I've been working and I'm really nervous about it.

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lisa2104 · 29/11/2012 11:57

Just wanted to say that I have started counselling now and realise how utterly ridiculous this sounded. I have never felt so embarrassed but I know I wasn't myself. Thanks for all your comments though. U were all part of my lifeline at my lowest point!

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