How to shake off that feeling?

[Lottiepxx]

Hey.
I'm 4 weeks pregnant due on tomorrow. Found out at 12dpo. Well it has sunk in that I'm pregnant, but now I'm feeling that anxiety feeling about if anything bad is going to happen. I know its early days and of course anything could happen. But its keeping me from wanting to do normal things. Obviously you cant see the baby, I cant keep peeing on tests and the only symptoms I have is tender breasts and tiredness which is also a symptom of pms. How did everyone find the 6 week wait before having a scan? I would love to feel normal and just embrace it, but each day I wake up I feel that horrible hole in my stomach of what is the worst happens? Is the baby still in there? Is the baby ok? I know I sound silly but I just cant help worrying. Any advice would be greatly appreciated tia xx

I was exactly the same when I found out I was pregnant!
I didn't even believe it until my scan where naturally I felt anxious haha and I didn't want to look at the screen as I didn't think there would be anything there!

Fast forward to now and I'm now nearly 33 weeks with a healthy little boy and can't wait for his arrival.

Like you I didn't have many symptoms so of course it's a worry. The only thing I can say is it's natural to feel like that and try not to worry. If you don't have any bleeding etc then chances are you're fine! You'll have your booking appointment soon too where the midwife will take bloods and do a urine sample so if there is anything wrong she will say then.

Try to enjoy it as much as you can - especially having little symptoms! Because it does get harder haha trust me 😂😂

Hope all goes well!xx

@Lottiepxx I'm the same, fretting over everything and convinced something is going to go (or already has gone) wrong. I just keep trying to remind myself of some good advice someone once gave me - tell yourself "I'm pregnant today" and try to enjoy that feeling without fretting about the future. I know if this pregnancy does end early, I will wish that I had enjoyed it more when I had the chance. And if it doesn't end early, great, I haven't made myself stressed over nothing!

Completely get you. With all of my pregnancies, after the initial euphoria at the positive test, I just felt constant anxiety that something would go wrong, and literally felt terrified when I went to the loo that I’d see blood (even though that in itself isn’t always an issue!). I’ve always had early scans around 8 weeks to help me get through it, as 4 weeks to 12 weeks always seemed so long. It’s a horrible feeling as it’s so out of your control. It does get a lot better when you see a heartbeat though!

Still like it now at 17 weeks!

Third pregnancy and I still feel that way . I have my nhs dating dating scan this week and feeling beyond anxious.

If you can afford a private scan then I highly recommend it . It helped ease some of my anxiety ( temporarily). I had one at 7 weeks and 10 weeks this pregnancy and it kept me ( more) sane .

@RoseGoldEagle I'm 19 weeks and I still look at the tissue every time I go to the toilet half expecting to see blood 😔 Can't wait to be able to go for a wee stress-free!

bluemoon2468 Yes I know what you mean, I’m 17 weeks and that still hasn’t completely gone away for me either. I remember after having my first baby, many months later when my periods came back, I had this awful panic when I saw I was bleeding and it took me a minute to calm myself down and think- no it’s fine, you’re not pregnant, you don’t have to worry about seeing blood now!