Different pregnancy symptoms this time

[MummyZuma]

ladies,

I'm just over 6 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby and having such awful anxiety with this. I have been feeling sick here and there but nothing like it was the last time as that time was constant nausea and food aversions. I don't know why but I can't help but feel as though something is going to go wrong with this pregnancy. I've been feeling really low and can't spend quality time with my little one either as I feel like I'm in a constant state of anxiety/feeling really low. Maybe it is hormones as well... just looking for some support and advice from you lovely mummies. Have any of you found your pregnancies to be different and was everything OK at the end? How did you manage getting through the 1st trimester with a toddler to look after? I know this sounds awful but even though I'm excited about a baby on the way I just can't feel like a happy pregnant mum at the moment

We are identical. I'm 6+3 and feel exactly the same as you. I was so sick with my son but only vaguely nauseated in the morning with this one. I've also started getting some brown spotting so that's not helped my anxiety either x__x

I'm not sure what to suggest other than giving you a feeling of solidarity that you're not alone.

I did find yesterday that giving my son extra hugs and trying to really focus my mind on playing with him helped a bit.

It sounds like we are! I'm 6 weeks and 4 days today. Thank you for your message of solidarity, I appreciate it so very much. I haven't told anyone about my pregnancy yet other than my mum so it's harder when you have no one to talk to

Don't worry about the brown spotting unless you are also getting cramps then I would advise you to contact GP for peace of mind/reassurance Please don't worry though ( I know it's easier said than done)

How old is your son by the way? Mine is 1 years old

My son is fifteen months :) He’s just learnt to walk this week which has been lots of fun to watch!

And yes we’ll call the EPU on Monday if it’s still going. Unfortunately there’s not much else we can do at the weekend though x_x

Aww how cute! I love the beginner walk they do, be prepared to constantly run around after him now. My son is almost 13 months old and is walking but its driving me nuts at the moment he just wants to roam around.

If you need someone to chat to or start to feel stressed feel free to message me. Hopefully everything will be ok x

Thanks, that’s very kind 😊 Weirdly I feel far less anxious now something is actually happening, almost vindicated 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s strange. Annoyingly I got my 12 week scan letter in the post today and was just starting to think more positively about everything 🤦🏻‍♀️

Are you still brown spotting? I was going to suggest an early pregnancy scan but you probably won't be able to sort that this weekend. Let's see what happens on Monday at the doctors, but I'm hoping that it's all OK and have all my fingers crossed for you . Brown spotting can be alarming but it's also common in early pregnancy x

Yeah it’s still there unfortunately. It goes away for a few hours then comes back. The EPU have agreed to scan me on Tuesday when I’ll be 7 weeks so fingers crossed the spotting stops and I see a healthy little bean with a heartbeat then.

Keep positive and yes, my fingers are crossed too that little bean is showing a strong heartbeat. Do let me know how you get on, I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday. I can completely understand how anxiety ridden this can be though, especially in the first weeks x

I will do :) The nausea has started to properly kick in last night and today so that’s promising :)

Yay!!! That's a positive!! Bet you didn't think you would be so happy to be feeling sick 😄

Best of luck today hon.

My first pregnancy with my daughter was very very different to this one, I am 13+6 and have had constant sickness and food aversions from around 6 weeks. With my daughter I barely had morning sickness at all and had a healthy pregnancy and baby.

As difficult as the anxiety can be to deal with, every pregnancy really is different!

Thank you very much, that's reassuring to hear but hope you are feeling better now. You are already past the 1st trimester yay!

Forgot to update here. It didn't go well. The bleed is nothing to do with the pregnancy but we found a new problem in that it's measuring over a week behind. Anything more than a week is impossible. Unfortunately I just have to wait for it all to come away. I stupidly didn't ask for drugs to make it happen quicker as she seemed to act like the measurements were ok for six weeks when a quick Google will tell you that they're not.

Oh no! I'm so so sorry to hear that. If you want to talk feel free to contact me on here I can imagine what difficult time it must be for you. Sometimes things happen that are beyond our control because of fate and know that nothing you could have done would have changed the outcome. Take some time out for yourself and if you need to talk you know where I am. All the best hon xx