Help! (Before I waste all my money!)

[penguin7]

Hi all...I would just like some help and reassurance. Got my BFP on Saturday, calculated from my LMP and I should be 5 weeks on Thursday. This is our first baby and our first time TTC. I rang my GP yesterday who completed a form and referred me to midwife team.

I just still can't quite believe that I am pregnant. I don't 'feel' pregnant and I even did another pregnancy test yesterday morning and I've ordered more tests to arrive this week (hence the thread title)! Why can I not believe it? When will I start to 'feel' it and maybe show some symptoms?

Also, I think reading too much information is causing me to have anxiety already! I'm worrying about a chemical pregnancy, miscarriage and after reading about the combine screening at 12 weeks I'm worried about that. Why am I thinking negative about everything?

I'm 36 years of age and my DP is 36 too. I have been taking Pregnacare Conception since October 2020 and Im now taking Pregnacare Original.

I just want to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby so why do I keep worrying over the worst case scenarios. I'm hating feeling like this. 😢

The worry never stops!
Doing multiple pregnancy tests will not help, they can not determine viability and will still show up positive for weeks after miscarriages. So a waste of money tbh.
I had a private scan in my last pregnancy which confirmed a heartbeat and still list it at 9wk. In most cases a confirmed heartbeat is a very good sign of viability but a small percentage it does not. I'm 10+3wk atm and desperate for my dating scan day, hopefully all will be well and I can relax a bit after that.

All you can do is stop searching, be thankful for every day that passes and celebrate the milestones you hit. Pregnancy is a terrifying time but hopefully you'll get through it with a happy ending. Good luck.

In these early stages its hard when you are so anxious and scared but alot of the time all you can do is wait. This pregnancy didnt have symptoms till 6 or 7 weeks and took a test which came back negative. I took another test a week later and it was positive. When you want a baby so.much its normal to worry. You should get booked in for a private scan for in a week or 2. Hopefully if all is well this will settle you seeing baby on a screen.

I really wouldn’t recommend the pregnancy tests. In a few weeks you may experience the hook effect where the hormone becomes too strong resulting in negative tests which obviously creates so much stress and panic. As pp said positive tests can continue to show after mc so testing isn’t helping.

I booked an early scan at 8 weeks which was so lovely especially as my partner couldn’t come to the 12 week one but was allowed at the private one. Don’t go before 8 weeks though as you may not see much causing more panic.

Easier said then done I know but you are pregnant so try to relax and enjoy it. Congratulations 🥳

Those early days of pregnancy are so stressful.. I was literally counting the days till my 12 week scan.

I didn’t get any symptoms until week 9 when I got a bit nauseous, and some women don’t get any symptoms at all... so don’t worry if you don’t get any.

Best of luck!