Weeks 3-8, how can I check I'm still pregnant and everything is ok?

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Took numerous tests at 2 weeks due to countless symptoms and I'm pregnant. Today I have felt zero symptoms and I'm paranoid I'm no longer pregnant. I'm going to go for an early scan week 8, but is there anything I can do during weeks 3 and 8 to keep confirming I'm pregnant? I thought I can take a clear blue over the next 2 weeks to check it changes to 2-3 weeks and then 3+ but then what? Also I'm well aware how anxious I am being.

I could have written this. I'm in exactly the same position. It's so hard.

Not a lot really other than more pregnancy tests. At that early stage, a transvaginal scan might be able to pick up something, but I wouldn't know/don't think that private scans offer them.

It's a long 9 months. Whether it's going to go well or not, nothing you can do will change it. So, just be busy. Be really busy and try and not think about it.

I was exactly the same as you op with my second last year. Early on, any day that I didn't have symptoms, I worried. I went for a 6.5 week scan, heartbeat detected which was great. My anxiety got the better of me and I went for a private 8 week scan, somewhere different. Big mistake! The sonographer thought she saw something wrong with dd's stomach/bowel. Of course I went into total panic. She wanted my NHS 12 week scan to be brought forward. Again, my anxiety took over and I ended up somewhere different again for a 10 week scan. This time it was with an ob/gynae and he said all was fine and that the previous sonographer didn't know what she was talking about. My 12 week NHS scan was fine too. But that anxiety set up so much fear in me, it continued throughout the pregnancy. So sometimes, less is more I've learnt.

Ironically with my son, 3 years before, I took just one pregnancy test, then didn't do anything else until the 12 week scan and I have to say, I was a lot happier that time!

Plus, I also learnt, be careful what you wish for. My symptoms were inconsistent at first but from 8/9 weeks - boom! Sickness, excess salvia, constipation, exhaustion, shivers, feeling yuck 24/7!

So try not to worry. Xx

As the dating goes 2 weeks pregnant is the time you ovulate since they date it from your last period. The 3+ weeks on the digital tests are more like 5+ cos of the added 2 weeks. It's so confusing.

In all my pregnancies I didn't get symptoms until week 6 (4 weeks from conception).

As shit as it sounds all you can do is wait. You can keep testing every few days to see if the line get darker (make sure you use the same test or at least the same sensitivity). I also recommend using the cheaper tests from Amazon to avoid bankruptcy. But just stick to the same one. Also, be aware HCG doubles around every 48 hours, so if the test is the same as the day before then compare every other day. But there becomes a point where the lines look same so it's not an exact science and you shouldn't rely on them.

Private scans will see you from 6 weeks (4 weeks after conception) but even then the pregnancy is so so early it could cause more worry by having an scan and being told they cannot see what you are expecting to see.

My last pregnancy I went for a private scan at 6 weeks, I came out all smug like "maybe I won't get the sickness this time round" then a few days later I was throwing up anything which passed my lips. If you are 3 weeks/5 weeks it's so so early. Also, some people get no symptoms at all (how many stories have you heard of people giving birth after a stomach ache or randomly finding out they are already half way through).

Can I ask why you are so anxious? Is this your first pregnancy?

It's such a hard time and I know it's difficult to not be consumed. Are you not noticing symptoms because they are not strong or has your body gone back to feeling 'normal'. My body went from feeling pregnant to almost back to normal overnight, I can't explain it but I just knew something was wrong. I had however, had quite strong symptoms. My doctor was happy to refer me for an ultrasound but I am not in the UK so it might be different. They gave me a scan within 48 hours and I was 6 weeks pregnant at the time.
It might be worth a chat with your gp. Try and keep yourself busy and relaxed, hopefully it will all be fine 😊

I forgot to mention that as soon as my symptoms stopped, I took a test and it was very faint, nothing like my original test that was very strong, almost immediately. However, even test results can vary so its not a definite indication.
No one warns you just how anxiety inducing the first 12 weeks can be!

As the dating goes 2 weeks pregnant is the time you ovulate since they date it from your last period. The 3+ weeks on the digital tests are more like 5+ cos of the added 2 weeks.
Then EPU will date you different from your LMP so it all changes again
I was still doing pregnancy tests up to 16 weeks when I could feel ds moving. I bought 100 dip pack and became totally obsessed
Sending support x

I’ve had multiple miscarriages so I understand how difficult it is not knowing. The anxiety is all consuming. Based purely on my experience:

• don’t waste money on more pregnancy tests. They don’t confirm a viable pregnancy, only that your body is producing hcg or has done so in the last few weeks (it takes a while for levels to drop). So you can have a positive test after a silent miscarriage.
• get a early ultrasound but not before 7 weeks. At 7+ weeks there should be a heartbeat. At 6 weeks, there is usually but not always a heartbeat. At 5 weeks, they can check growth and position but there won’t be a heartbeat and they will tell you to come back at 7+ weeks.

But please remember, things are more likely to ok than not. (Yeah, I know, that doesn’t help at all and you probably want to throw something at me now. I’m sorry.)

Thanks for all the replies. I wasn't aware that even if you have miscarried, you can experience symptoms for a long time. So it seems whether I experience symptoms or not, there is no way of me knowing if my pregnancy is going successfully unless I was to have a scan every single day which is clearly unrealistic. I'm quite an anxious person which is where this stems from. I think I'm just going to have to keep myself extremely busy and await a scan at 8 weeks and hope for the best. I'm jealous of those women who don't even realise they're pregnant until quite far down the line. Knowing I'm pregnant so early makes this an even more tedious process!

Assume it is until told otherwise and await your nhs scan.

All this testing from the day dot, and private scans etc are all a load of tosh and just increase stress at a time you should be avoiding it.

Spend the time with some mindfulness apps, learn to relax and breathe deeply to calm yourself. These are skills you will be glad you have when you are holding your grumpy baby in your arms at three o clock in the morning……..

I had a private scan at 7 weeks after previous MMC. Then another one at 10 weeks. It helped my anxiety, especially as I found out at 7 weeks I was having mcda twins.

At 6 weeks they do a private scan. Check out window to the womb.

I'm feeling the same.

I'm 5 weeks now and had a mmc earlier this year.

With the mmc I had tests getting stronger so even though my body had lost the baby the tests said I was very pregnant- this time I won't keep testing.

Agree with advice from pp, keep busy and book a scan where they also offer vaginal incase they need a closer look.

But you're right these are the worst weeks.

My symptoms suddenly stopped at around 8 weeks and I went on to have a miscarriage. Sadly there's nothing you can to to keep checking. Just periodic scans if you can afford