7 weeks pregnant with miracle baby- symptoms less noticeable

[Makmum33]

Hello all!

So a bit of background on our story. I’m 37 wirh endometriosis. I have a teenage son with my ex hubby and my current partner and I have been trying for 6 years. We gave up all the timed conception, threw out all the usual conception stuff and resigned ourselves to never having a baby of our own.

Last week the unimaginable happened. A positive pregnancy test- completely out the blue and completely unexpected. I hadn’t tracked my periods for some time but guessed I was 6 weeks. I had some one sided pain and was taken for a scan. I’m actually 7 weeks and baby has a healthy heartbeat. I couldn’t be more thrilled!
We had moved house the week before into a temporary flat from a larger house, we have bought a new build not ready until October. The flat was making me feel physically unwell and I didn’t know why. Now I do
With my first 13 years ago I had real bad smell aversion like this time around, major food aversion, lots of cm, and 24 hours nausea. I had a lot of these symptoms as well as gender breasts this time around but no CM at all. But I feel my breasts are less tender and my nausea reduced. I’m not sure if I’m just more aware of them and not focussing on them as much but I can’t help but feel it might be a bad sign that my pregnancy symptoms are dissipating.

Has anyone else experienced this? I keep reading about missed miscarriage and paranoid this is what’s happening to me.
After so long trying I kind of feel this is a one time deal, especially given my age.

Any reassurance or similar experiences welcome! Xx

Hi, I’m currently 22 weeks and allll my symptoms except congestion had disappeared by week 8.
I had sore boobs to start and fatigue.
By my 12 week scan I was convinced there wouldn’t be anything to see but there they were all doing well.

I had a miscarriage last year so was super worried. But this pregnancy has been easier than I expected symptom wise. No nausea, sickness, smooth sailing.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy

That’s really reassuring to hear! Thanks for sharing, I’m just so nervous for this to work out. As we all are!
Good luck with your pregnancy too

I found in the early weeks my symptoms came and went a bit, then really kicked into towards the end of week 8... week 9 onwards was awful and ended up having to have time off work for a bit as was so so sick. Its slowly starting to ease now and is back to some days there's nothing other days there's a bit.. but it's nothing like it was. I'm week 14 now. Xx

Thank you for this. I think I’m going to be worried and anxious right up until baby is here. I’ve booked in a private scan for tomorrow, I would rather know either way. It’s heartbreaking all this worry.
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy ☺️ X

Congratulations on your miracle pregnancy 😊 I've had 7 pregnancies - 2 children and 5 early losses and with every single one my symptoms have eased towards the end of first trimester and I've been incredibly anxious about it. In my experience, strong symptoms / lack of symptoms / fading symptoms has never been a good indicator of how my pregnancy is going to turn out.

I do know it's such a stressful time though, so I hope your next scan comes around quickly and it's good news for you.

Thank you, I’m so sorry to hear about how many losses you have had. That must be incredibly difficult. I’m glad to hear you have 2 healthy children after all your heart break.
Thanks for your support, private scan booked tomorrow. X

Good luck for the scan tomorrow OP and huge congratulations. Like PP I'm just over 8 weeks and have noticed a massive drop in sickness and tiredness etc. This is my second and I do remember similar tailing off around this time.

Due to a health condition I've had an early scan so am reassured that the reduced symptoms are just part of the first trimester.

Try not to worry too much!

@Makmum33

Thank you, I’m so sorry to hear about how many losses you have had. That must be incredibly difficult. I’m glad to hear you have 2 healthy children after all your heart break. Thanks for your support, private scan booked tomorrow. X

Hi lovely wishing you all the best for your scan tomorrow!! I have a scan tomorrow I should be 7 weeks on Thursday!! Last week I had a scan and I have a sac and a yolk sac but no embryo yet 😢 like you I haven't had many symptoms well not like I had 12 years ago with my son so I'm worried too! Although the last two days I do seem to have notice more nausea. But I just feel all over the place with worry we've been trying to conceive for 3 years. We even had ivf in March and had 5 embryos frozen and then by some miracle we have conceived naturally and now I'm worried sick!!

What time is your scan ??

Hi there, my goodness I’m glad someone feels the same. It’s such a worry! Scan is at 5pm tomorrow.
Do you have another one booked in? X

@Makmum33

Hi there, my goodness I’m glad someone feels the same. It’s such a worry! Scan is at 5pm tomorrow. Do you have another one booked in? X

Hi yes I am booked in at 9.30 tomorrow I'm praying they will see and embryo and heartbeat I think if they don't it's bad news! Really should see a heartbeat by 6 weeks.

Hopefully you should be fine you've already seen a heartbeat and baby! Keep positive how many weeks will you be tomorrow xx

I’m keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for you. Especially after all the IVF and difficulty getting pregnant. It’s been the same for us, except we couldn’t afford private IVF and didn’t qualify for it on the NHS. I can totally understand how you are feeling and how worried you will be. I’m there too.

I should be about 7 weeks. I know I’m silly panicking about it just because my symptoms have eased up. Maybe I’m just lucky? All I can think is it’s a missed miscarriage. Surely I can’t be that lucky to fall pregnant after all this time and it all work out fine. I don’t think I’m the person who gets that amount of luck!
Hopefully by dinner time tomorrow we will both be nice and relaxed and wondering why we were all panicked. Xx

I had sore boobs that felt quite hard, for about a week or two. That’s it; not a single other symptom throughout my entire pregnancy, no sickness/nausea, no cravings, no aches or pain out of the ordinary. I felt.. good. I had energy most of the time, didn’t feel overly exhausted (I always complain I’m tired but wasn’t unusually so while pregnant either)

I had a healthy(ish) 4lbs 13oz little girl (did have IUGR but that’s an unrelated issue)

Don’t worry; the way I see it.. you only hear of people with all these weird/wonderful/awful pregnancy symptoms because people oooh and ahhh at the word and wonderful, no one bats an eyelid at ‘yeah I’m ok’, but will at ‘I have the worst sickness, my feet are swollen, my boobs have fallen off’

In other words, the drama of symptoms is why you hear about that more than the ones who have nothing to tel :)

Side note; not in anyway saying anyone pregnant with symptoms is being dramatic! Don’t want people to read it like that. I just mean there’s more actual ‘drama’ in symptoms.. because it’s out of the ordinary!

Hi Mabel. You have a good point there! The only real thing that’s stuck is my smell aversion. It was really bad with my first pregnancy too, hopefully tomorrow brings good news and I can relax a little.
Feels pretty bad paying £70 to possibly be told the worst of news, but I would rather know either way. X

Hi I really hope we both have good news tomorrow!! 🤞🤞 fingers crossed for us both. We both sound in pretty similar situations. As this will be my first child with my new husband to be. How old are you if you don't mind me asking ? And where are you from ?I'm 34 going to find it strange starting all over again but I really can't wait to. Let's keep positive for tomorrow xx

Yeah we really do! I’m 37 now and live just outside Glasgow. What about yourself?

It’s always scary starting again isn’t it? But it will be so worth it when it finally all comes good. How old is your first child?
My hubby and I split up when my son was 3. I’ve been with my fiancé now for 9 years and trying for 6. We used all the ovulation kits, the Pre-seed, stood on my head after sex - you name it!!! Then suddenly out the blue 2 years after giving up this wee miracle popped up. I kind of feel this is a one time shot, especially if it takes me 6 years at a time to get pregnant!
I know this sounds like the last thing we should be worrying about, but we just put a deposit down on a new build house after selling and moving into this flat for a few months. We will need to pull out the house as we can’t afford it anymore now I’m pregnant ( gladly though for a baby!) and we have until Friday to decide either way. We lose 8.5k if we do pull out though.
I’m just worrying myself that we hope for the best with the baby and then something goes wrong, and we lose not only our baby but what was to be our forever home. It would just feel like a right nasty punch to the gut that double wammy. Talk about timing eh? I’m sure the stress isn’t helping me at all!
X

I'm in Birmingham my son is 12 now!! I had an ectopic and miscarriage with my previous husband. Then my new husband to be we've been together 5 years trying for 3!!

Oh wow you have so much going on just to add to your stress. If I was you I'd continue to go for the dream house You would have done it anyway and might have ended up pregnant in a couple of months what would you have done then ?? But obviously only you know what is right!! I'm just a go for it person 😂 doesn't always end up the best but most of the time it does 🤞 at least tomorrow you will know either way. Have you had any bleeding or anything to think something has changed ? Xx

I probably should 🤣 That way we thought it would just be the 3 of us and it was fine, but with 4 might be pushing it £ wise now we will possibly have nursery fees on top of a hefty mortgage 🤣
For ne my scan last week was perfect, I was so relieved. But since then I’ve started to lose all my pregnancy symptoms. The fatigue, the tender breasts, the smell aversions all seem ‘ less’. And while I know it’s normal for these things to come and go they seem more ‘gone’ than anything. Still having mild cramping and back pain. It just seems like a dream all this and I’m a worrier anyway- I keep thinking the bubble is going to burst.
So will you be 6-7 weeks tomorrow then? Is it an NHS or private scan? Xx

I know what you mean I would be like you and worrying about that too. I'm the same a massive worrier I can't even get excited as I just presume something will go wrong! I should be 6 weeks 4 days tomorrow. I may be off by a few days because I think I may have ovulated later but nothing major. Yes it's a private scan with the clinic I had ivf with! Also the midwife (nhs) rang me and she wants to see me Wednesday morning! I just can't commit to that until
I've seen the scan tomorrow!! I hope we both can sleep well tonight!! I'm taking my son out in a bit so that will keep me busy. Xx

Oh my god the private scan place just called to cancel tomorrow, but they can see me at 7 tonight. I’m broken out in a cold sweat!!!

I understand what you mean, not wanting to commit to anything until you know. It almost feels like pretending everything is ok when you are worried it’s not. I’m sure we will both be fine! Wish me luck and I will update layer tonight xx

Omg !!! That's even better one less day of being anxious and worried!! Good luck lovely I have all the faith it's going to be fine. Please let me know how you get on I'll message you back as soon as I can! Will they do an internal scan xxx

Just had my scan- baby is doing well and has a healthy heartbeat! I’m so relieved, I was a mascara mess in there!!!
I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you that tomorrow goes well, let me know once you have had your scan xx

That is fantastic news I'm so happy for you. I know I've only just spoken to you today but I was really hoping all was okay and kept checking my phone for your update ❤️

Hope you have a lovely nights sleep knowing your babys heart beat us happily beating away in there.

I'll let you know how I get on I'm 50/50 from what I've been reading xx

That’s so so kind of you to say! We can keep in touch and keep each other going ☺️
Try not worry too much before tomorrow (but I know how I felt with well intending people saying you will be fine) Anything can happen in a week and it might have been just too soon to see anything before.
It was an internal scan I had, not the most comfortable but gave me such relief to see that wee flicker on the screen.

Please let me know how you get on, I’m keeping everything crossed that you get the best of news. 🥰 xx

Hope you got on ok Kirst2015 xxx