Nerves before 8 week scan

[Harryhart]

I'm 8 weeks pregnant and going for a private scan tomorrow as we'll be on holiday for 8 weeks from Monday.

This is my first pregnancy so I've been having all sorts of nerves and anxieties over lack of symptoms.

I've definitely felt some, but sometimes I wonder if I'm willing to feel them then actually feeling them? Nausea has been mild and fatigue comes and goes, some mild stomach cramps. That's about it really.

I guess I'm looking for a bit of reassurance. I know statistically everything is probably ok but I'm scared the scan tomorrow will show nothing. I know it's a pretty neurotic.

Anyone in or been in a similar situation?

Hello Harry congratulations :-)

My symptoms came and went and you get paranoid with every little feeling ( I think other ladies on here have been the same)

I had a scan at 7.5 ish weeks and it was hugely re-assuring and exiting too as we were able to hear a heartbeat.

When is your scan? Good luck and ENJOY! x

i feel exactly the same way, harry, not many symptoms at all really and i'm starting to wonder if i dreamt the 15+ tests i've taken. good luck tomorrow, i'm sure it will make it all seem more real : )

hi Harry! congratulations!
I am in exactly the same boat as you. going from my lmp I'm around 8 weeks but my cycles are very irregular so I'm maybe nearer 6 or 7 weeks. I'm going for a private scan on Saturday to find out for sure. not had any symptoms but have taken numerous pregnancy tests with all with strong positives.
good luck!

There is no reassurance, other than most people have normal and pretty uneventful pregnancies.

But yes, to are right to be aware that scans are, fundamentally, medical procedures looking for abnormalities. And for some, anomalies are found.

I hope that doesn't happen to you - and the odds are very much in your favour that it won't.

But you can always post here in Pregnancy if you do find you need help on any PG matter - even on the tough ones, there is a remarkable range of experience and good advice.

And if you want to just chat about he your PG is going, have you found the MN Antenatal Clubs forum and joined the thread for your due date?

Hi Harry, firstly congratulations!
Secondly, I could have written your post a few weeks ago!
I felt exactly the way you have described, and was extra nervous as this is an IVF pregnancy with lots more potential complications. I had an early scan at 7w6d and got myself in such a panic about it I was in tears when I arrived at the clinic. I was in such a state I could barely breathe and had no reason whatsoever to feel like that. Luckily all was ok and as expected, and I left feeling on top of the world and reassured.
I don't have too much advice other than just try to wait it out until your scan and I think it's quite normal to feel that way.
Best of luck!

Thanks all, it is reassuring to know how I'm feeling is not unusual!

I totally get how you are feeling. im 6 weeks and not had any symptoms except slightly sore boobs! I keep reading and how tired emotional and nauseous I should be but im just not!! took a ton of tests to 'check' I'm still pregnant! !!

I hope everything goes well :)

I know how you feel. I have a scan at 6+1 on Friday (standard at my IVF clinic). I've been here before after an earlier IVF cycle and the scan was not good news so I am full of dread about this one. In some ways I would like to leave it to 7-8 weeks so there would be chances of seeing more, but I just have to know how things are going. It doesn't help that the IVF support drugs can stop you bleeding if something has gone wrong. In short, I am a bag of nerves about Friday! It's taken us 3 years to get this far and I turn 38 this month, so I feel like there is so much riding on this.

Hey I could have written that post exactly a year ago- I had a private scan at what turned out to be 7+4 and saw my little bean for the first time. Like you I had questionable symptoms at that point (all went downhill soon after though)... Anyway a year on I have a beautiful nearly 5 month old. Best of luck