7weeks pregnant and really anxious

[TTC2023bb2]

I’m 7 weeks pregnant, this is an ivf pregnancy, we had a successful fresh embryo transfer where I had bfp from 5days post transfer, so happy but terrified something will go wrong. We had an early scan last week and everything was as it should be, heartbeat wasn’t fully visible yet but I was only just 6 weeks when we had the scan, the yolk sac and fetal pole were measured at 6 weeks exactly.

I’ve had spotting on and off since I got my bfp which was only light pink when I wiped but today it was red, again it’s only spotting and only when I wiped, I’ve not had any blood on my pantyliner or underwear, no cramping.

managed to arrange a private scan for this afternoon and we’re at the clinic tomorrow, they’ve moved our appointment so we can be seen by the doctor to try and find out what’s causing the bleeding.

ive read so many threads where there’s been a mix of everything ok, others not and can see that this is very common but I’m an anxious person already and with this being an ivf pregnancy my anxiety is through the roof. My husband, little girl and work keep me busy but today has really thrown me.

I didn’t spot but I did have really bad anxiety in first trimester. It’s an ivf pregnancy too and I understand that feeling that something is just going to go wrong. Hopefully your scan goes well and you can start to enjoy your pregnancy.

Thanks for replying @ACR7 i hope everything is going well with your pregnancy.
It really is an anxious time, I feel already that this is going to be a long 9 months 🙈

scan today was ok, baby has a heartbeat and is measuring 6w4d but the sonographer said it could just be the position baby is in while taking measurements and our ivf clinic aren’t worried about the measurements. I might have a haematoma that’s causing the bleeding, it hasn’t got any heavier but has been on and off all day and the panic floods in every time I wipe and there’s blood but hopefully when I see our clinic I can get a bit more reassurance.

I’m just worried now that we get discharged from our ivf clinic tomorrow and i still don’t have a midwife appointment, our clinic have offered to write to our gp that I need regular follow up and scans until the haematoma has resolved, if we need to we can pay for scans but they’re £75-£80 each and I’ve had 2 already 🙈

Oh I’m pleased it went well! I’m 25weeks and 6 days. I still have little moments of worry but it has gotten so much easier to relax. I think the 12 week scan was the turning point. I had by booking appointment with midwife at about 10weeks. To be honest you don’t get a great deal out of the midwife appointments but maybe that’s just me. You’ll feel better when the bleeding stops. I only had bleeding once, weirdly it was after 12 week scan but it was brown and I think the pressing down had dislodges some old blood. Still scary though when you see it.

I didn’t want to read and run! I don’t have any advice but can completely understand how you’re feeling. I am 5 weeks today after our FET transfer (of our only embryo) and I am quickly becoming a basket case. My google/reddit searches are absolutely wild. Our scan is on the 21st March so literally counting down the minutes.

Just be kind to yourself. This is honestly the most nerve wrecking time and especially after fertility treatment.

You got this mama x

Thanks ladies for the encouraging comments, starting to feel better after our reassurance scan and we had our viability scan at our ivf clinic and they were happy with what they saw, all the measurements they took were what they should be, baby is sitting right at the top of my uterus and is curled up so wasn’t the easiest of measurements to take but there’s a strong heartbeat 💗

first midwife appointment isn’t until 31st March and I’ll be almost 14 weeks when we have our dating scan, we’re not telling family until we get to 12 weeks but I’ve booked a private scan so we can be assured that everything is going well before we share our news.

My anxiety is still really high but it’s getting better with every day that passes and we get closer to each milestone 🙏🏻

@TTC2023bb2 hi op, hope all is well. How did you get on in the end?