Pregnancy after miscarriage

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Hi I’m just looking for any similar stories and reassurance I suppose.
I’m currently 4/5 weeks pregnant which is very exciting.
In October I miscarried at around 6/7 weeks.
How do you get past the worry of this happening again?
I’m sure lots of people have been through exactly this so looking for some good stories of when things have all worked out and any tips for not overthinking every niggle.

I'd like to say its easy, here is three simple steps.
But through is, it doesn't get easier.
A chemical before dc1 and then I had two miscarriages before dc2, and bled heavily with them too. I also had a mmc in October at 9 weeks (stopped growing at 7)
I think you just have to take it one day at a time and take each day as a milestone
Currently now 10 weeks and seen heartbeat and baby measuring dot on at 9 weeks, I just have to keep telling myself that it's still growing and all is okay and count down the days to the next scan.
Finding hobbies to do, keeping busy. It's even trickier when symptoms like morningsickness suddenly stop too....
We're all in it together though!

I'm in this boat too, and unfortunately it doesn't seem to go away. I'm approaching 21 weeks and still live each day worrying that this won't turn out OK, scared by each symptom. I've not even told my parents about the pregnancy as I can't feel it'll go anywhere. Sorry this isn't much help, I suppose what I'm saying is you're not alone 💕
My best advice would be to take each day at a time.

I'm on my 3rd pregnancy since June. The first two were miscarriages at 10weeks. I had early scans at the rainbow room at my hospital with the second pregnancy and know that this pregnancy was developing slower than expected and never got passed 6 weeks gestation. I suspect the same happened with the first loss two as the passing of the pregnancy was similar in both cases.
I'm now nearly 17 weeks, I've been on progesterone since 8 weeks, a week after I found out I was expecting! I'm not sure how much it's helped as I had already done better than my previous pregnancy!
Keeping busy helps and talking to people. I've spoken to so many women and they've gone through similar.

I had my only miscarriage at 41 and thought I was unlikely to conceive again but I did, quite quickly. When I started getting breakthrough bleeding at 11 weeks, exactly as I had done with the miscarriage, I thought another miscarriage was unavoidable. However, I gave birth to my wonderful DD at 42 (first and only baby). Three things helped. I had an early scan the day after the bleeding started. Seeing the foetus was a joy and a relief. I had a nuchal measuring scan. The obstetrician was fulsome in his praise for the position she was in in the womb. This built my confidence further. My brother, whose wife had had many pregnancy struggles, said a miscarriage clears out the system and paves the way for a viable pregnancy. There may or may not be science to support that - DB was an engineer - but it made sense to me. I think you start letting go of the worry as the pregnancy progresses. Sending positive thoughts your way, OP.

I had one around 6/7 weeks last August. I am now 14 weeks and had similar symptoms to last year and so I was very anxious. We went for a private scan at 6 weeks and thankfully that showed a heartbeat so that certainly helped put my mind at rest. Having said that, I have had my 12 week scan, but I still haven't started telling people as I am anxious. I have low PAPP-A levels which on their own I think aren't a huge concern but it does mean baby might not grow as much - which has given me another cause for worry. We have a family wedding coming up in a month so I am feeling pushed to tell people before I feel comfortable (and the wedding is just before my 20 week scan). So we have booked another private scan for a couple of weeks time and if baby is continuing to grow and is doing well, then we will tell people. I think I will feel better when I can feel baby moving.

Appreciate it's a very anxious time and it's not much comfort, but there really is nothing we can do. Just do the things that make you happy and enjoy to help take your mind off things. Fingers crossed for you. X

It gets a bit better after the 12 week scan. I bought a baby doppler at 11 weeks and use it everyday for reassurance. My life now seems to be just waiting on a scan and then counting down the days till the next scan. And just as I was feeling less anxious I had an unexplained heavy bleed a week and a half ago now still spotting but everything seems fine.

Hey. How are you doing?
I'm in the same boat. I'm 5+1 today and analysing everything / waiting for the first sign it's going to end.
Im waiting for my bloods on Friday. Agonising.

I have been where you are right now. I lost my first pregnancy at around 8/9 weeks in April/May last year, fell pregnant again in the June and I gave birth to our beautiful baby girl 5 weeks ago!

I experienced spotting around 9 weeks with my successful pregnancy and was scanned at EPAC - all was well. I worried a lot until I’d have my 20 week scan, from then I calmed down significantly, started feeling my baby move around and relaxed into my pregnancy. However I still had anxious times in my 2nd and 3rd trimesters, I experienced some more spotting which resulted in a trip to triage (all was well, they couldn’t find where it was coming from but not my cervix so weren’t concerned). I’d had multiple courses of antibiotics throughout my pregnancy for suspected UTIs (really common in pregnancy!) and a pesky wisdom tooth that kept getting infected. I also had a terrible bout of flu at 36/37 weeks pregnant, I was so poorly and had a rapid resting heart rate so was worried for baby. Again was seen in triage, they were more than happy to check her wellbeing and she was fine!

Wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy! You’ll have anxious times but try to enjoy every stage, although perhaps not the pregnancy sickness if you experience it 😂