Booked a private scan but having to go alone

[toastyy]

I booked a private scan for today but have to go alone as my husband is out of town working. I’m 10w4d and just haven’t been feeling pregnant for a while. My only real symptom I’ve had since they all subsided weeks ago is waking up in the morning and sometimes dry heaving. That’s been it.

I went back to work this week after furlough for many months and my anxiety has increased and all I do is worry.

I’m really scared. I’ve barely slept and terrified I’ll go in to bad news myself. I have had an early scan at 6w and saw a heartbeat butI just can’t get over this bad feeling.

Bless you, I went through similar (in terms of not feeling pregnant)

In my first pregnancy I was so poorly, from the minute I woke up until the minute I went to bed, it was truly awful.

In this pregnancy, I had very very little sickness or any other symptoms at all! I booked an early scan and she was in there very happy and healthy. You may just be a lucky one who doesn’t suffer too much! X

@Staffymumma Yeah, this is my first pregnancy so I’m very concerned.

Hi @toastyy

I've been in a very similar situation - ivf pregnancy (first pregnancy too) so had a scan at 7 weeks which confirmed heartbeat etc. I measured a bit behind then and convinced myself it meant bad news, especially as my symptoms have been minimal aside from tiredness. My anxiety levels have been through the roof since the positive test!

I booked a private scan at 10 weeks as couldn't bear the thought of waiting until the nhs scan with that anxiety, I was petrified and had a good cry beforehand but all was well. I then got stressed again, though not quite as badly, before my 12 week scan. It's an anxious time and it's natural to worry as it matters so much to you.

Honestly, the odds are in your favour. It can be hard to believe that, especially as there is so much talk now about pregnancy lost, mmc etc - as there should be - and it's easy to focus on all the things that could go wrong. Whilst bad things do happen, the likelihood is all will be well for you. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that all goes smoothly and hope you are feeling calmer after your scan later! Xx

It always a worrying when a scans coming up incase something is wrong but try not to let it eat at you. Many women who have had a loss or something go wrong continue to have symptoms for weeks after so don’t put too much focus on whether or not you have symptoms.

@toastyy how did it go? Hope all well x

I was in this exact position with my first pregnancy. I hope your scan went well xx

Scan went very well, thanks everyone! I ended up being a few days ahead which was nice.

The sonographer said she would take a minute to find anything so don’t panic. I said okay but I’m not going to look because I’ll know when something big is wrong, I’ve looked too much into it. Maybe 5 seconds later she said “I think you’ll want to look now because your baby is waving at you”. I burst into tears. Feel so relieved.