Early pregnancy after miscarriage

[SaturdaySauv]

Hello,
I found out I’m pregnant again on Monday this week. My last pregnancy ended in erpc after diagnosis of a missed miscarriage in April.
I know there are a few pregnancy after miscarriage threads but I’d hoped to chat to women who are also in early pregnancy. I’m trying to be restrained and not test obsessively but it’s been hard. Today I feel particularly fragile and anxious about the same thing happening again. Anyone in the same boat?

Hi. I’m on several threads for this. I had a healthy successful pregnancy, followed by a miscarriage at 11 weeks and a blighted ovum at 9 weeks.

I’m now 7 weeks. Totally negative and obsessed. My symptoms have all gone, not that they were bad to begin with. I’m feeling pretty down.

We’ve just got to keep going and what will be will be. I’m trying to not even see myself as pregnant until I get that healthy scan in a few weeks. Until then just got to keep going.

Do you have people you can talk to? I think my friends and family are sick of hearing my negativity and moaning.

You’re not alone in this. X

I felt like that too in the early weeks of this pregnancy, I think it's hard not to after a loss. I miscarried at 8 weeks in January and got pregnant again in March. I was horribly anxious and not at all excited about the pregnancy until the 12 week scan (and I felt really guilty that I felt nothing for the baby the whole first trimester). I felt a little better after seeing her wriggle about on the 12 week scan and at the 20 week scan, I fell in love, she looked so prefect and so sweet. The anxiety hasn't gone away but it isn't crippling.

Forgot to say, I paid for a private scan at 8 weeks so see a heartbeat, so understand the compulsion to test!

Thank you both! and sorry you’ve been in this horrible position too.
I lost my shit a bit this morning when my DH asked if I was excited. He was meaning well but I just feel so on edge and constantly expecting the positive tests to fade to nothing that I ranted about his lack of sensitivity to how stressful it is when it’s your body going through it.
I caved and bought some Superdrug basic tests today which were loads lighter than the frers I’ve done but they are much less sensitive. But of course it just means I’ve ordered four more frers from Amazon to check for line progression.

I’ll definitely have an early scan. Apart from anything else if I need another erpc I just want it resolved ASAP.

Hi I hope you don't mind me joining this chat. I am in a pretty similar situation. This time last year I found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks, devastatingly it only lasted a further 2 weeks before I miscarried... Now just 3 days ago I took a test after being 3 days late on my period, and it was positive!! It was instantly a very clear dark positive. I waited until the next morning and tested again. Again it instantly came up positive but the line was slightly more faint than the day before. Both tests we the same brand. Now I am getting myself in a panic that I am miscarrying again and that maybe my body just can't keep a pregnancy after 5 weeks! Also last time my breasts were unbelievably sensitive and this time I have very very mild barely existant tenderness! I am so paranoid. Should I test again, is it too early to make a doctors appointment?

Sorry I relaise I sound crazy, I am just so anxious!

Thank you!

Hi Ht,

I wouldn’t worry about the tests being slightly different day to day. There’s so much variability in strength of wee that it’s likely to happen.
I can’t talk though- DH went on an emergency trip to boots yesterday when the Superdrug lines were barely there to get some frers. Thankfully I was temporarily reassured!

You could perhaps go to the Drs and discuss how your feeling or book a private reassurance scan for a couple of weeks time?