The 2 month worry period

[Kellyandherbump]

I'm at 14 weeks and not long had my 12 weeks scan. Does anyone else worry slightly during this waiting time to the 20 weeks scan? I find because I'm not showing massively, don't yet feel movements and all the early symptoms have subsided ... often leaves me wondering at times if I'm even still pregnant and are things going ok in there lol. I'm conscious of not wishing time to pass more quickly and enjoying the process but it really is all a waiting game isn't it

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Yes, I worry. More at that time than any other, but for really good reasons.

How are you otherwise, OP? Do you have any particular reason for your worry at the moment?

I wish I could tell you the worry went away but at nearly 18 years and counting since my first pregnancy, it hasn’t yet.

I remember this from last time, now in the first trimester again. You spend the first two months wishing you were at 12 weeks to be able to relax then start worrying because you have no symptoms! It’s not even like I then relaxed at 20 weeks because by then I was either worrying about lack of movements or that the baby was going to come way early 🙈 It really never ends! You’ll look back on this nice straightforward 2 months though and wish you’d made the most of it so do try and relax as much as you can. You could go for a private scan at 16 weeks to give you a shorter term thing to aim for?

Absolutely! When I was pregnant with DS I found this period the hardest. We decided to go for a gender scan at 16 weeks (privately) to break up the wait and have something to look forward to! X

Hey OP, yes I totally had this worry in my current and last pregnancy. I had a miscarriage in my first pregnancy, found out at 12 week scan so I was very on edge when I got pregnant with my daughter a few months later. I thought I would feel fine after the 12 week scan but the worry continued. I booked a 16 week private scan to break up the waiting and I did the same this time around. It’s just nice to have some reassurance, especially if you’re anxious. I think it’s really normal to worry at this stage of pregnancy, but it will get easier. Once you start feeling movements you have a very easy way of knowing baby is ok. You’ll be at that stage before you know it x

Yes, I agree. I’m 16 weeks. I had horrible nausea until a couple of weeks ago, but that has now decreased. I’m glad of that but it does make me worry. I can feel very slight movements occasionally but it’s not regular enough to count on. So yes, I do find myself getting stressed and wanting reassurance.