Paranoid something will go wrong

[Lifesforlivingandloving]

Hi all
I'm currently 5+3 and am still so shocked that I'm pregnant and delighted but im just so worried and scared something will go wrong
The wait to see the midwife or have a scan is just awful
I am thinking of booking an early scan but then I worry if it doesn't pick up w heartbeat as it's too early then It will start a whole host of other worries
Anyone else having these worries?
I haven't had any bad symptoms ( thank god ) just some light cramping and nausea comes and goes x

Worries are perfectly natural but seriously, and I mean this kindly, chill! This is just the start and there is so much more opportunity for worrying to come. In my last pregnancy I had major stresses going on and that in itself brought on pains. You don't want to get to that stage. Get yourself some daily meditation app perhaps, or do something else to take your mind off it like going out and seeing friends, as besides looking after yourself physically and mentally there's not a lot you can do.

I could've written this myself. I'm 7 weeks tomorrow and have booked an early scan for Sunday which in one sense I need to put my mind at rest but in the other I'm terrified there'll be nothing there! I've not had any major pains or anything either. I've had cramps yesterday and today but I'm 99% sure that's stomach related and not pregnancy.

It's perfect natural to feel like this so please don't think it's anything abnormal. Early scans are a personal choice. I suffer with anxiety in pregnancy fir various reasons and the more scans I had it made it worse. I didn't find the early scan reassuring it just made me panic until the next one but everyone is different. The first 12 weeks are odd. You don't have confirmation other than a test and somehow it just doesn't feel real. My advice would be keep busy. I planned something each weekend even if it was just going for a coffee with friends or anything to look forward to. Pregnancy is a long road but it will fly by at the same time. Things in life can go wrong but more pregnancies go right than wrong. Try to keep positive xxx

Thank you for the replies ladies x
Yes I think I need to keep busy and just take each day as it comes
Xxx

it's hard to do hun but you will get there. I usually plan something after each scan or appointment to! For example my 20 week scan this time I am going to my favourite place to eat afterwards somehow it makes me less nervous when I have something else to think about too!

I had a reassurance scan at 10 weeks and they won't look for the heartbeat, btw (at least not where I am). But they did show baby and see it moving and measure it's size to see if it was as expected.

I felt exactly the same at that stage and still do at 16 weeks. Whilst it's likely everything will be ok, it is hard not to think that way. You just look after yourself and hope for the best, fingers crossed for you.