9w3d sudden feeling of fear

[Carebear99]

Hi everyone. I'm 39, unexpectedly pregnant after ttc since 2001 when my daughter was born. I've got pcos, endometriosis and I'm overweight bmi 35.

I've had a few early scans and I've convinced myself everything that there will be no heartbeat. The latest scan was last Saturday at 8w5d and the heartbeat was 167bpm. We even saw movements and the baby turned round on the scan.

I've woken up today in total fear. My symptoms have kind of gone, they have been on and off for a while. I've lost weight so it's hard to tell of my boobs are bigger (I've lost 7kg since start January not actively but nausea mainly).

I feel like I'm going mad, convincing myself of the worst

Hey, I'm almost 17 weeks and between conception and 15 weeks, I was convinced of the same thing. I'm really sorry you're going through this as it's so tough. Finances play a huge part here... But the only way I got through the anxiety really was to have regular private scans. I started with 2 a week and then moved to weekly from 10 weeks - now fortnightly. It gets better the bigger the baby gets. At 9 weeks I lost all symptoms and a lot of women I know on a thread said 9-10 weeks was when the symptoms tailed off xxx

Hi I am nearly 15 weeks. My symptoms tailed off around 10 weeks and then came back at 12 weeks. I am still sick every morning at the moment and my boobs are so sore. Some peoples symptoms go completely around that time so try not to worry (easier said than done I know) x

I had this too. My dating scan was on Monday and the relief was immense. The feeling of doom is still there a bit, but much less than it was.

Firstly, congratulations on your pregnancy

As others have expressed, you are not alone and lots of pregnant women experience worry/anxiety/fear especially in the early stages.

I am overweight and pg (lost a small amount of weight in 1st tri) and didn't notice much change in boobs other than on and off nipple sensitivity the first few weeks. I also briefly stopped feeling nauseous and thought I may no longer be pregnant but all was fine. My suspicion is that the doomy worried feeling is a symptom of pregnancy and a sign all is well.

Good luck OP. I don't have any advice particularly as I suspect you will have to wait it out until these feelings pass.

Thank you so so much everyone. I am feeling emotional today, which is the first day I've felt like this. I've got a scan and the nipt next Monday at 10w1d (iona as less fetal fraction needed).