First scan in 4 days and I am convinced it will not go well

[AprilBaby2025]

I am currently 7 weeks, 4 days pregnant and have my first scan next week at 8 weeks, 1 day. I am certain of my dates.

Unfortunately, I am 100% certain that it won't end well and I am just preparing myself for the worst. I do have anxiety and OCD so I am always certain that I have X health condition. But I have a horrible feeling about this.

The biggest thing is I have basically ZERO symptoms. I don't feel pregnant at all. The only symptom I have is tender boobs (which aren't any worse than pre-period tenderness) and missed period. I have zero nausea, no bloating, no constipation, no headaches, no frequent urination, no strong food aversions. And even the boobs fluctuate in soreness and size everyday.

I am not sure if I have more fatigue. I was always tired before pregnancy and since pregnancy I have stopped drinking coffee. So I am tired, but not that much more tired than pre-pregnancy.

The only possible other symptom is I seem to get hunger pangs more frequently and there are certain foods that I am less interested in that I use to be. They don't gross me out or anything and I will eat them if given to me with no issue, but just have less interest in some foods I use to like (carrots are a big one lol). But this is such a subtle thing.

I know many people say symptoms don't correlate with the health of a pregnancy. But I am a data person and honestly from what I have researched it seems to. It seems like more posts online where people say they don't have symptoms end in a MC compared to the posts where people do have symptoms. I have also read several studies that correlated lack of morning sickness with increased risk of MC (one found a 40% MC rate in people with no nausea!). I am just so sad.

Anyone else in the same position and were 100% convinced it wouldn't end well, but it did? Or you were convinced it wouldn't end well and you were right?

I didn’t even know I was pregnant until about 6.5 weeks - and didn’t even believe I was until I had an early scan at 8.5 weeks as I had no symptoms whatsoever. I didn’t start feeling ‘pregnant’ until about 25 weeks when I started to get an actual bump that looked like I was pregnant and not just putting on weight.

Im now 35+1 and have horrific reflux - almost like payback for the easy ride at the start 🤣

Good luck at the scan - but just know lack of symptoms doesn’t always correlate with bad news

I have three friends who didnt have any symptoms until late in their pregnancies >27weeks. They all escaped morning sickness, nausea, tiredness completely and just said they never felt pregnant.

I had extreme tiredness and nausea in my first and it still ended up as a missed miscarriage. In my second I had the same symptoms, the only difference was I was sick every morning from 7+ weeks and that thankfully resulted in ds.

Good luck with your scan.

My symptoms haven't started till week 9.
I was so convinced that it would go bad at week 7 scan that when I heard good news, I didn't know how to react. They had to ask me if I understood what they were saying and that everything was well because I was so zoned out.

I know that it's hard to focus on the positive and sometimes we protect ourselves from the bad news this way. But try to focus on the fact that no matter how it goes, you will be okay.

Yup. With my second child (3rd pregnancy).

In fact when I told my husband I was pregnant, I also told him not to get too excited as I was sure I was going to miscarry. I was a bit tired and very bloated, but I had absolutely no other pregnancy symptoms. I was convinced there wouldn't be a heartbeat when I asked a colleague of mine to scan at around 8 weeks, then again at the 12 week scan. I was completely wrong, and he's now the best toddler in the world (totally biased).

The few early pregnancy symptoms I did get started at 10 weeks, then hung around for only a week or so. So you may still get them, though it's not unheard of to never get any early symptoms.

I didn't get a single symptom til 16 weeks. Hope all goes well for you at the scan.

I conceived unexpectedly easily for the first time at 40, had zero symptoms apart from missed period.
Perfectly easy pregnancy and birth and healthy DD.

The miscarriage risk was very high given my age (and DH was 45). I was convinced the entire pregnancy and birth that it would go wrong.

People post online generally when things are going wrong so it’s not a great sample size

the only symptom I had with my first pregnancy for the first eight weeks or so was a missed period. After that, nausea until the end!! So things change a lot during pregnancy and while your health anxiety and ocd might be whispering these things to you, I’m sure you know online research isn’t the way to go. You might try either nhs or the book Expecting Better which is based on large set data research and explains why many pregnancy related studies individually aren’t always that great.

Increased intonation wouldn’t happen until the third trimester when you have a 4-9lb kicking your bladder. Approximately a third of pregnancies don’t have morning sickness.

You are tired and your breasts are tender. You have symptoms. Not everyone will have the same set of symptoms and people will get them to different degrees.

Most women are anxious before scans and throughout their pregnancies. Unfortunately there isn’t much you can do. If there is bleeding, you go to EPU and later on bleeding/reduced movements go to triage. It’s just going to be a long 7 months of worrying for you. You still worry when they are here but at least you can see them.

Also if you’re a data person, then you need to be aware of confirmation bias. You are thinking a certain thing, the data you are seeing is confirming it but some of this will be the search terms you are using because you are looking for that information.

It all sounds completely normal. Are you getting help for your anxiety and OCD?

Yes. I am in therapy and my doctor just prescribed me zoloft as it is pregnancy safe.

Hey, I've had no symptoms during my pregnancy so for every scan I have feared the worst! Currently 22 weeks :) x

I had basically no symptoms at all with my son, bar peeing a bit more often and being a bit slower to move at the end of the last trimester. Nothing else.

He’s here and absolutely fine. Nearly 3.

Try and stay positive x

Ah it's so stressful isn't it? I never get symptoms, no sickness at all. Two of my pregnancies resulted in babies, five didn't, but the lack of symptoms meant nothing. It's hard not to worry but try not to, what will be will be.

I didn't have a single pregnancy symptom until 34 weeks. All fine. Bear in mind people are less likely to start a post about lack of symptoms.

With my first child I had absolutely zero symptoms other than a strange aversion to the smell of chicken being cooked. I had no sickness at all and didn't the entire pregnancy. I wasn't so lucky with my second and third pregnancy, was horribly nauseous with both of them!

I know of a few people who didn't suffer from sickness and had hardly any symptoms. On the flip side, I know a couple of other people who were sick as a dog, fatigued, sore boobs etc. that went on to miscarry. Statistically you are much more likely to have a successful pregnancy than not and most miscarriages occur before the 6th week of pregnancy. Try and make peace with the fact that you can't change the outcome, but your chances are better than not.

Remember that you’ll see a biased view online in terms of symptoms. Statistically it’s far more likely to be fine, and in any case, it’s totally out of your control which is a good thing to accept! Even tho you’re sure of your dates, don’t worry if they say you’re a few day’s different, there’s a window for implantation which can change dates and also the measurements at that stage are so tiny, that can cause a date change. Everyone I know had their dates adjusted at 12 week scan.

You're still very early and honestly, great! I only really had fatigue in first trimester, and was only properly nauseous when exposed to bad smells which caused some rather extreme reactions that I think my other half thought I was being dramatic about...!

Not suffering from sickness or intense cravings can be a good thing - it suggests your body has what it needs and is accepting food and digesting it properly, and getting it to baby efficiently, so yay!

Best of luck with your scan, and I hope it gives you some reassurance.