Early reassurance scan worries

[mazpie]

I've booked my early reassurance scan for 9 days time (1st May) and despite not being able to wait I'm incredibly nervous.

I should be 6+5 weeks pregnant although i don't think I'm that far, possible just on 6 weeks, so at my scan I'll either be just over 7, or around 8 weeks, so hoping to see a nice strong heartbeat.

I've been pregnant previously but had a termination (mentioned in another post, it wasn't something I wanted, more was forced into) and in that pregnancy I had every single symptom!

This time I've just had lots of cramps and heavy feelings, tiredness and sore boobs. My only worry is that my symptoms come and go a lot and they aren't as consistent as they were last time, I have this overwhelming sense of fear that something is wrong as karma for me having an abortion even though i didn't want to. I keep checking my boobs to see if they're still sore and they only are occasionally.. Whenever I get cramps I worry myself silly and when I dont have them I'm equally as worried that things aren't progressing down there! I just need someone to tell me I'm worrying far too much and everything will be fine!

This is my first pregnancy so no experience of any kind except these past 12 weeks. I had menstrual like cramping from about 9 days after ovulation and got my bfp around then too,so five full days before missing a period. I had cramps off and on throughout first two weeks, and it was exactly like pre menstrual cramps. It was uncanny.

I had a private scan at 6+1. I was prepared by them in advance saying nothin might be visible yet, and they may need to do an internal scan. But there was bean at 6.5 mm with a thumping heartbeat. It was surreal.

However it can take longer for Hb to show, so please don't panic! This really varies. I just wanted you to know the cramps are usually normal unless they are stopping you and making you double over, or they are solely on one side. In which case contact your midwife or EPU.

Thank you focus, to be honest (touch wood) my cramps haven't been too bad at all, yesterday I was slightly worried because it felt like af was about to turn up all day but today it's fine,I just had a really heavy feeling when I've heard is normal. I just read into every little ache and pain far too much!

Yep. Mine was just a tugging, heaviness in lower abdomen, where womb is, just feeling heavy and periodey if you see what I mean. I kept checking for blood and carried SANPRO around because the pulling heaviness and light cramps felt like AF has arrived, but thankfully, she never did.

Every single symptom you are feeling I had exactly the same. My first trimester I was exhausted, had quite bad aching/cramping and very sore boobs. I had to have an early scan at 7 weeks to make sure everything was Ok and they picked up a nice strong heartbeat :) at around 9 weeks my symptoms completely disappeared and then came back a couple of weeks later! I'm now 18 weeks and some days I don't feel pregnant at all, other days I feel very pregnant!