to feel really nervous somethings gonna go wrong?

[summerdreams]

found out i was pregnant last week and im 6 weeks ive been to gp and confirmed and im now waiting for hospital to get intouch, but feel really anxious got no pregnancy symtoms had a pregnancy years ago at a young age that ended in mc but i mean 7 years ago and was horrendous im so anxious keep checking that im not bleeding and cant see it carrying on?

do you think its anxiety or intuition worried any one else feel like this but have good endings

It's only natural to feel that way, hope ur ok

thanks amy246 just worried its intuition rather than anxiety

Im 7+1 following a MMC in Oct and I feel the same. I think its just that we know the heartache of MC and so we are more nervous. Congratulations!

congratulations cybercat lets hope all goesd well for both

congratulations on your pregnancy! I felt and sometimes do feel that something might happen. try and maybe distract yourself? or if you feel it's affecting your life then go to your gp for some counselling?
Big hugs though!

Summer - congratulations first! :)

What you are feeling is very, very common psychological reactions to pregnancy after miscarriage. Many people who have not had loss then pregnancy cannot imagine the sense of dread - and such behaviours such as "knicker checking" (running to the toilet to check no blood in knickers), bosom-poking (to check for tenderness) and agonising over whether you're feeling sick enough. Many - indeed most- women pregnant after miscarriage do some or all of these things. The vast, vast majority of those women do not have another loss. I remember reading the Jon Cohen book "Coming to term" and recognising everything in the chapter about worries.

My advice would be not to 'repress' these feelings or think they'll make something bad happen. But if you find they are getting you down or you're obsessing, do speak to your GP or midwife. There are various things they can put in place from a reassuring chat to an extra scan to a helpline or counselling.

If you go to the miscarriage association forums for 'pregnant after' or the pregnant after miscarriage thread on this board you will find lots of empathy, advice and 'yeah I can relate' moments. Personally I've found that the best form of stress relief! Well that, an extra scan and a couple of mad dashes to the loo to be sick recently. :)

What a great post from squizita. That's exactly what I wanted to say but couldn't have written as well as squizita did. I too am pregnant after a mc. I am now 10 + 4. I had a scan last week and all was well but I worry constantly. I think it is perfectly natural after you've had a mc. It's sad because it would be nice to only feel happy and excited but I can't imagine anyone feeling that way if they've experienced the trauma of things going wrong once.

In answer to your question about whether its anxiety or intuition. I 100% think its anxiety. Perfectly normal, natural and understandable anxiety. You just have to be kind to yourself/ maybe find a sympathetic ear and try to distract yourself.

I am 11 weeks tomorrow, will be first baby (hopefully) after 6 failed pregnancies.
I saw my lil pea and heartbeat at 6weeks and I'm still Knicks checking, boob poking and not believing lol I havnt had any actual sickness just nausea I'm really hoping I get my letter soon with a scan date which will help me massively! Can't be much longer now x

The anxiety is normal I'm afraid. I have never had a miscarriage but through every pregnancy, I have been terrified of losing the baby. There is no reasoning behind it other than knowing that some people sadly do lose their baby. I have 4 healthy babies and each pregnancy was the same.

So very, very normal. Once you see the second line, you will never be the same again - there will always be somebody to worry about from now on!

I worried just as much in my first pregnancy which ended in loss as I did in all of my subsequent ones whether they turned out fine or not. I understand what you mean about the intuition but honestly with my losses until I had a scan nothing felt any different deep down. I was sure I was going to lose all my pregnancies (this is my seventh, three losses) at some point.. swore blind!

The first trimester is extra hard I do feel because unlike later on where you have movement for reassurance, unless you go for daily scans you just have to take a leap of faith. And for many of us that is not an easy thing to do at all.. not to mention the feeling of loss of control.

Squizita has some good suggestions - I've got the book she mentions (it's a good one) and raised money for the Miscarriage Association in the past as they are such a good charity.

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Today you are pregnant

thankyou all so much feel very reasured

Hey summer glad to find some more early ladies stressing like me.

I also found out I was pg last weekend after trying for 18 months plus and ended up having ivf.

Currently stressing as I don't really have any symptoms, very tired and a few strange twinges but that's about it.

Bunny symptoms vary wildly. I was very worried for the same reason BUT having heard from these boards many successful pregnancies aren't that symptomatic and some very symptomatic ones early on don't work out. Twinges and tired are good!

DD was born last week after 4 mc's and 4cp's (also have a ds, 6). I was convinced the whole way through the pregnancy that something would go wrong, as was dh, and we didn't dare believe that all would be okay.
DD is here, and perfect and we are so very relieved. Just be aware however that the anxiety might not disappear whenever your lo arrives, I still feel anxious but am hoping it will fade in time.
Good luck, and here's wishing you a happy and uneventful pregnancy! (Btw positive thinking, or at least trying to think positively really helped me during pregnancy, even though the anxiety was still there)

I am just over four weeks and panicking just to miscarrying my last pregnancy. I had no symptoms then and no symptoms now :-/

But on the other hand that is quite common in successful pregnancies too!