8.5 weeks and worried

[plantsareglorious]

Trigger warning for talk of miscarriage and molar preg.

I had a horrendous miscarriage and haemorrhage a while back at 12 weeks pregnant. Luckily I fell pregnant a few months after. Unfortunately that turned into a molar pregnancy and had been one of the worst experiences of my life.
After that I had many chemicals and just gave up. Stopped tracking, stopped planning sex, missed a period negative test. Had a bleed 2 weeks later, not heavy enough for a period, too much for implantation.

I just thought my body was broken and I was peri. Missed another period and turns out I am pregnant. I've missed the first few weeks of worry which I'm grateful for but I'm so worried my baby has already gone inside me, that I'll get to the scan and it will again be bad news.

I'm so worried. I have terrible morning sickness and full on pregnancy symptoms. I thought this would reassure me but now I'm convincing myself it's the return of my molar as my stomach is showing already.

Just waiting for a call back from GP as London charring cross have requested early scan and I'll get my bloods done.

I know im so lucky to be pregnant, it's so hard with the anxiety and fear every time I go to the loo.

First of all, congratulations!

All you can do is try to see the sickness as a positive sign and wait and see. I'm afraid your history means that you will never truly relax until your little one is safe in your arms and then it's a whole lot of different worries!

My friend was as big at 8 weeks as I was at 18 weeks, it's just how some women are so don't worry about showing early.

Just wanted to wish you the best of luck, sorry I haven't got anything more helpful to say xx

Hi OP, I didn't want to read and run and wanted to give some reassurance as I have also had a molar pregnancy.

I had my molar in 2009, found out early on as HCG levels were through the roof and turned out to be a complete molar pregnancy which I had removed through D&C and HCG levels monitored.

We started trying again around 6 months later and I fell pregnant pretty quickly. The anxiety following the positive test was unbearable because I was so sure the same thing would happen again but at an early scan at 7 weeks we saw the flutter of our daughters heartbeat and the pregnancy progressed successfully.

I am now 28 weeks with our son, again, a healthy pregnancy.

Remember that molar pregnancies are rare!! Although the chance of having a subsequent molar slightly increases the odds are still very much in your favour to have a "normal" pregnancy following.

sending you all the luck xx

Oh you poor thing! That is a very valid worry and I'm not surprised you're panicking it might happen again (our brains are not kind to us once we have experienced trauma). that being said, there's no reason to not expect a healthy pregnancy this time round!

Could you contact your EPU, explain your history and beg for an early scan to put your mind at rest? Exaggerate if you have to, not that your circumstances should even need exaggeration!

Please keep us updated and good luck! X

Thank you so much everyone, I really do appreciate the time taken to respond and reassure. I spoke to my GP today who has booked me in for an early scan and bloods tomorrow 🙏🏻 I'm so nervous but I will update

OP, after 1 molar pregnancy, the risk of it happening again is 1-2%. Read that as 98% chance you will not have another molar. Good luck tomorrow.

How did you get on at your scan op?

Hey there, thanks for asking. Not great tbh.

They found a yolk and sac but lots of cystic areas. Head sonographer was called in. Did vaginal, no heart beat.
She said, she wasn't worried, it could be my dates are wrong and I'm only 4/6 weeks and the cystic areas could vanish. Rescan in 7 days.

However EPU department and gynae think it's a partial molar as blood HCG 22,000. I have to go to surgical assessment unit tomorrow for more bloods and maybe fluids.
Sonographer said it may be ok
Gynae said it's most likely not ok.

I'm so confused.

I originally thought I was 8.5 weeks as last MP was 25 April. I had another random bleed 2 weeks after that. Too light for period, too heavy for imp.
Thought nothing of it. Missed may's period, assumed I was peri and was fed up. Missed Junes period and got a positive test on the 9th of June. On this basis sonographer thought I'd got my dates wrong and I was much earlier.

I'm m worried it's just stopped growing at 5 weeks. Not stopped crying all day. Hospital are really scaring me.

@plantsareglorious I know this was 3 years ago, I just wanted to know what happened. Was the pregnancy successful? Have you had a successful one since?
I ask because I am 4 weeks pregnant. I has a partial molar at the end of last year and a miscarriage just before that. Similarly to you, the nerves and anxiety are overwhelming me right now. I am so scared of a miscarriage or another molar pregnancy.

Jessica xx

unfortunately it did turn out to be another molar pregnancy. I was then looked after by the MA or Tommy’s (cant remember ) I had regular scans and was given high progesterone suppositories as well as folic acid. I don’t know what changed for me physically (nothing most likely as no one knows what causes molar) but I had a successful pregnancy and now have a nearly 2 yo. I never thought I would have my baby, but I did. Thinking of you X