Rochelle27 I was exactly the same as you, I am now 7+2 and still can’t really believe it.
Re being scared, I completely understand but you just have to think positive. I know there are risks before 12 weeks but you just have to remember that if the chance of MC is 20-25% then that actually means you have 75-80% chance of having a healthy pregnancy!
I kept getting fears becuase lots of my friends have had a difficult time and my mum would say to me “but that’s not you” You do have to remember that what happened to your friend/family/colleague is not exactly what your journey will be like.
I think it’s great that these things are more widely talked about and therefore help and support is much more widely available, but I have to say I think it has struck a fear amongst pregnant women, particularly 1st time pregnant women. For example I can’t bring myself to click on a post titled “X weeks and bleeding”. It just scares me too much. Maybe I am naive to block it out but I just want to remain positive and as long as I have no obvious concerns then I will continue to hope and pray that my pregnancy is progressing as it should.
I also bought a pack of cheapie pregnancy tests from Amazon, strip tests that were about £4 for a pack of 30 so I could continue to test, just for the reassurance of seeing that dark line, but I’m not going to test anymore as I read that after a certain amount of weeks you’re producing a level of HCG that the test can’t detect, so it could show negative, which would totally freak me out, so I’m not going to test anymore.
I also booked an early scan for 8 weeks, so I’m really excited for that. I was tempted to book it earlier but at 8 weeks you should be able to see heartbeat etc and it’s expensive so I wanted there to be a decent amount of stuff to see - not just a fuzzy little blob.
I also write down all my symptoms in the notes folder on my phone, whenever I get a bit fretful I like to look back at them and it reassures me that something is actually happening in there. Ie i’ll write (8am felt nauseaous on drive to work, 10am lots of twinges and pinging in uterus), just things like that.
Hope this helps and remember just STAY POSITIVE. Try to be excited not scared xx