First pregnancy

[Bethnick2]

Hi everyone, I thought I'd post to you all seen as though I can't announce it to anybody else yet. (Apart from my partner)
I've just found out im pregnant with my first baby after only 2 months of trying. I am 4 weeks and 2 days. So far so good, feeling slightly sick and boobs are killing but apart from that I feel fine. I'm 26 very healthy with no medical issues but I can't help but worry about ectopic pregnancy or miscarrying... I feel as if because I don't really have any symptoms something could be wrong?

Any advise how to stop stressing out and just enjoy it?

Thanks xxx

Allow yourself one hour to obsess about it every day and forbid yourself from thinking about it at any other time.

Don't put pressure on yourself to enjoy it. Some women do but many do not. Either is fine. Personally, I hate pregnancy, but it is a means to an end for me.

Oh, and congratulations btw.

Thank you , I didn't think it would happen straight away. I hope to enjoy it I just worry and overthink all the time :( xx

Congratulations! Try not to worry about miscarriage or ectopic pregnancies, whilst these are more common than most people realise, it's so important to remember that the majority of pregnancies progress as normal.
You'll probably find symptoms ramp up in a couple of weeks, so try to enjoy the early days where you feel mostly OK!!

Thank you, I know I shouldn't Google things but I can't help myself sometimes and there are so many people having ectopic more than I'd ever think. I suppose because it's my first baby I wouldn't have even known x

Congratulations on your pregnancy 😊!

I had my first baby 7 weeks ago and it's an experience. I had barely any symptoms, I had sore boobs but only if I touched them and I'd only be sick if I drank something too quickly when I'd just woken up. Otherwise I generally (apart from odd off day), felt well and not like you'd 'expect' to feel. It's different for everyone so try not to worry, your experience is yours alone.
Also, stay away from Google or clicking onto threads here that have titles which may upset or worry you. You're far more likely to hear worrying stories as that's what people want advice on, rather than other ones. Have a read on what to actually look for, just so you're aware of any warning signs but otherwise, just try and enjoy as it goes so fast!

Hi @Bethnick2 - congratulations! I’m in a similar situation to you! I’m also 26 and we started trying around Christmas time and conceived in Feb, currently 8 weeks +3, we are both FTP. Try not to worry, I know how you are feeling. I haven’t had a massive amount of symptoms. Occasionally feel a bit sick but it never amounts to anything, boobs are fine. Everyone is different I guess. I’m just trying to reassure myself that until someone tells me otherwise everything is fine. Good luck with everything xx

@SparkleUK aww thanks very much I just expected to feel awful like so many people do, I was worried something was wrong. Congratulations how is motherhood? Hope your doing well xx

@sunnygirl123 congratulations to you too. We didn't start until February really I had my coil out in January so I was expecting it to take at least 6 months. That's a good way of thinking until people tell me otherwise everything is ok. It's nice to hear from people in the same boat and the same age. Xx

I'm currently 27 weeks pregnant. During the first trimester I didn't experience any symptoms. Because you're pregnant you instantly expect yourself to feel pregnant with the well known symptoms. I stressed myself out telling myself I wasn't pregnant. When I was. Because I felt no different. The hardest part for me was waiting till my 12 week plan. In future I would do for an early scan around week 8. Just to put your mind at ease. Stay off google it's dangerous. Enjoy and congratulations

Thank you 😊
It's amazing, LO has just started smiling so it makes all the tiredness worthwhile
Hope you have a lovely pregnancy x

@Bethnick2 congratulations 😊
I didn’t know I was pregnant until I was 12 weeks (wasn’t planned, no symptoms), maybe your body is just responding well to pregnancy. I remember that feeling though.

Hope you enjoy it!! I’m a Bethan too! 😄

@Toz13 thanks lovely, I am having a scan in 3 weeks I think so I hope that will put my mind at rest. Enjoy your pregnancy XXX

@Birdy1991 aww Bethan isn't common is it, I don't know many. Thank you x

Firstly congratulations!

I'm exactly at the same point as you and my symptoms seemed worse last week!? We've just got to have faith nothing negative will happen. Sticky baby thoughts only.

Thanks Rachel congratulations to you too, is this your first? X

@Bethnick2 @RachelSmith16 @sunnygirl123

I'm in a similar position as you all are too :) Month 1 of TTC no ovulation & Month 2 of TTC - BFP. FTP and now 4+6.

Was seen at EPU 4 days ago and had a scan and bloods. HCG is 113 and scan is as it should be. My left tummy pain is due to the corpus luteum, the “cyst of pregnancy. It produces the hormone Progesterone and all pregnancies are dependent upon progesterone for the first 10-12 weeks of gestation. My bloods said my Progesterone was 40.5 (which is a very decent amount (10 to 44 ng/mL during the first trimester of pregnancy)

I was worried about Miscarriage etc too but if you look at the statistics it's not as common as it appears on these threads. My OH and I look on them and think everyone has had one, but look at the stats and they aren't that bad.

I don't know where you are in the world but in the UK the rate of known pregnancies (Not chemical/get a BFP) is 25% at 4 weeks; 5% at 8 weeks; 1.7% at 12 weeks and 0.5% at 16 weeks.

More than 80% of miscarriages occur within the first 12 weeks. NHS states that it's 1 in 8 - which is 12.5% of all people that get a BFP.

Hope that helps a little! Oh and Congratulations...

Don't be too afraid to tell people close to you. I have hold a handful, but they are the people I would turn to for support if something were to go wrong and therefore wouldn't be fully reliant on my OH as it would be something for him to process too!

Thank you Hun, I'm in the UK, thanks it reassures me that other people know what I'm talking about. I think we're going to wait to tell anybody until 12 weeks I want to make sure everything is ok before I do. Congratulations to you x