Chances of bad news at 12 week scan??

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Hi,

I have my ‘12 week scan’ in 2 weeks, but I will actually be 13+5 by then. This is my first pregnancy and I feel anxious about everything! I paid for a private scan at 8 weeks and everything was fine but I’m worried that they won’t find a heartbeat at my next scan.
I’ve had practically no symptoms so far, no sickness, no sore boobs, no more tired than usual, this is why I got an early scan because I didn’t feel pregnant at all and wanted to make sure there was actually a baby in there 🤣 I’ve had such an easy pregnancy so far but this just worries me because I feel like something is wrong due to lack of symptoms. I am tempted to pay for another private scan to put my mind at ease, 2 weeks feels like a lifetime to wait 😩

What are the chances of getting bad news at a 12 week scan? I’m so scared after reading about people’s experiences with missed misscarriages. Ive had no issues or bleeding etc, just hope everything is fine 😩

I’ve had 2 pregnancies like you describe and am in my third :) so I understand the anxieties of it even though you’ll be told to count yourself lucky!
If you’ve seen a heartbeat at 8 weeks then the chances of a miscarriage after that is 3%, according to Google.

Bad news is possible. But it’s still more likely to be all fine. Something that helped me was the knowledge that there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to change the outcome at this stage. I was at peace with that.

It's something like 1.7% chance of miscarriage at 12 weeks. Obviously it does happen but it's also highly likely it won't.
Plus symptoms are deceptive at best, many women have no symptoms and have perfectly healthy pregnancies and other like me lose their babies but are very ill for weeks after.
Best thing is to try and calm down (easier said than done, I know) you have 30ish weeks left to go and you will be doing yourself no favours worrying this much.

They measure the nuchal translucency at the 12 week scan and that was when I found out about a severe genetic issue in my last pregnancy. The baby had a heartbeat at early scans and I wasn't at risk of miscarriage (no bleeding or previous miscarriage), but the genetic issue was incompatible with life so we had to terminate. It's a rare condition but if someone is affected, the 12 week scan is often the first they'll be aware of it.