5 1/2 - 6 Weeks and symptoms are quickly fading. Is this normal?

[Collins82]

Hi Ladies. I feel like I have gone completely crazy, anxiety and stress are through the roof, and looking for some positive insights, and thoughts.
I was pregnant back in 2021, but unfortunately, I lost the pregnancy around 7 weeks.

I am now 42 years old and just under 6 weeks pregnant today. I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks ago as we were due to start IVF this month, waiting for my period, and it never came. It's a positive we can conceive naturally, but now I am symptom-spotting and continue to track my BBT.
I had an early scan yesterday to check on the pregnancy at 5 weeks+5. Baby is in the right place and we could see the yolk sac, but no fetal pole or embryo. The gestational sac is measuring a 'mean' of 6.6mm. Everything I google says we should have been able to see a fetal pole on the scan.

When I found out I was pregnant, my breasts were larger, sore, and quite tender, and have remained that way. I woke up this morning, and that seems to have disappeared. As weird as this sounds in these early days, I no longer feel pregnant. My temps dropped this morning from 36.54c to 36.10c and my RPR took a tumble too. Are these all signs that a miscarriage is coming? Has anyone else gone through this and the pregnancy progressed normally?

I have another scan in 2 weeks to assess the viability, which feels like a lifetime away. I have had a negative experience with my previous pregnancy, which is affecting my thinking about this pregnancy, and I am extremely worried I am going to lose this pregnancy too :(

Hi OP,

Sorry you are going through such a stressful time, I am currently 14 weeks pregnant with my second and will be 42 when she is due so understand the added stresses once you get over 40.

I think it is quite normal to not see a fetal pole or embryo before 6 weeks, I was told it's normally between 6 and 7 weeks and that every day can make a huge difference at that stage. It's a waiting game unfortunately as you won't actually get any answers until your follow up scan in a couple of weeks.

The symptoms thing, that's totally normal. They come and go regularly through the first trimester and that has no bearing on if it's a viable pregnancy or not.

I know it's such an anxious and worrying time but fingers crossed it's good news at the next scan. You just have to try and keep yourself busy to make the time pass a bit quicker but I know it's easier said than done.
Unfortunately there's nothing you can actually 'do' to change what will be.

@Collins82 I don’t really have any advice to give but reading your story I just connected with it. I am 5 weeks + 6 today (the same as you!) and it’s so hard not to overthink everything. Any symptoms or lack of, I automatically think it’s bad, but like @sel2223 said, unfortunately it’s out of our hands. Try to stay positive, go for a walk, eat well, and look after yourself. You’re the most important thing right now 💓

@sel2223 Thank-you for taking the time to reply. It means a lot. I wasn't too worried about being pregnant in my 40's, just having a bad past experience is playing havoc with my brain and my emotions. I'm comparing this pregnancy to the last. ☹️
I am awful at waiting, and have no patience in these circumstances. My husband is the opposite and keeps telling me it will all be okay (which doesn't help)

Google is not my best friend 😂 Maybe I need to stop asking it every little thing!

Congratulations on your little one. 😍 Wishing you a healthy pregnancy. Xx

@Kaybee1989 looks like we're in the same boat. I have a nurse I speak to at the hospital who has been really kind and supportive.

Fingers crossed for us and you're right. Completely out of our hands. Today Nala (our 10 month old staffy) and i decided to take a day off. Lots of snuggles on the sofa. Sometimes a day off is just needed and she gives the best hugs and kisses 😍 x

@Collins82 Awww… sounds like the perfect day! 🥰

It sounds like you are measuring your temperature on your skin (wrist?) because it’s quite low for pregnancy. If I were you, I would really stop doing this. It’s very inaccurate and has little to do with your actual BBT, it’s also much more affected by external temperature than BBT measured the old fashioned way. It will fluctuate more and can only add to your anxiety. I have a Polar watch that measures temperature on my wrist and I just stopped wearing it at night because the fluctuations drove me crazy.

Fingers crossed!

With DS I was exhausted weeks 2-6 and after that pretty asymptomatic of being pregnant for a while. Most of the time my two pregnancies (especially my first) were very low on any symptoms, honestly I was sometimes surprised to look down and see the bump!

Just wanted to add - previously BBT drops (measured with a BBT thermometer in my mouth, same time every morning) correctly predicted several miscarriages for me. The drops were quite big (think 37.2 to 36.50). At the beginning of this pregnancy I stopped charting BBT but kept wearing my fitness watch and from weeks 4 to 8 it showed me several huge drops that sent my anxiety through the roof. I’m now 15+2 weeks and only wear my watch during the day!