12 Week Scan Anxiety!

[jessiexo]

Hi all,

So little background of this pregnancy, this is my 3rd pregnancy and I have got 2 beautiful little girls already. We had an early scan at 6 week 3 days due to pain and slight bleeding and all was well, little bean seen with a heartbeat. My fear of this pregnancy is that my symptoms are so different and not that present compared to my daughters. With them I threw up so much I lost so much weight but with this pregnancy I’ve been sick only twice in the 12 weeks, feeling very nauseous and super tired but other than that I’m feeling pretty good!

And this is what scares me, my 12 week scan is on Tuesday and the fear of going there and them saying something is wrong is so high. How do you get over the fear of something being wrong and keeping positive! For once I would rather be throwing up daily than feeling normal 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

Hey, sending hugs. I was really nervous as I found out in my last pregnancy that it was a missed miscarriage and we only found out at the 12 week scan. This time round I was so nervous. The early scan was helpful and all was well but that didn't get rid of the anxiety completely. I too haven't had sickness, only slight nausea so was too worried I should be motored symptomatic. 12 week scan comes around, I told the sonographer what happened last time and they were great and told me straight away things were OK. It was such a magical moment I just laid there watching the screen in awe. I'm 24 weeks tomorrow and the anxiety is still there but I was reassured too at the 20 week scan. I don't think the anxiety will ever go but it's amazing feeling the baby move and I'm just holding on to every positive at the moment. Best of luck with yours, it's such a nerve wracking time. Up the self care and reach out for support if you need it xx

Good luck OP, hope all goes OK with your scan.

I'm on my second pregnancy (both girls) and this pregnancy has been so completely different to my first one. Literally polar opposite. I don't think it means anything bad.

it’s crazy how pregnancies can be so different! My two girls were identical in the first trimester with the sickness side but this time around it’s so different. I don’t know if it’s because my youngest is 19months so maybe my body knows what it’s doing this time where as between my two girls there was a 5 year gap 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just had my first scan and was really anxious, apparently it's very common to feel like that whatever the situation! Do your best to relax and distract, maybe write your worries down in a journal. I found it helpful to remind myself that whatever is happening, is happening, and the scan won't change that. Best of luck to you x