Hi all
Just looking for some reassurance please to help stop me from spiralling. I have a history of anxiety and catastrophising and have been managing it for years with therapy. Our journey to get pregnant wasn’t easy, and once we discovered we were finally pregnant then my anxiety elevated but I was managing it well. In the build up to the 20 week scan I was worried but had been feeling kicks so I was starting to feel a little reassured and even a little excited - but definitely ready to get the scan over and done with so I could have that reassurance that the baby was ok. I had my 20 week scan on Thursday - the baby was being very stubborn so they couldn’t get all the measurements. The sonographer said all looked good but she couldn’t get a complete scan of the brain due to how low the babies head was. But she did show us the brain on the scan. I came out of the scan feeling ok, but then in the follow up with the midwife there was a whole list of things they wanted to re-check: brain, upper spine, lips and eyes. Rationally I know that’s basically the neck up and that makes sense as the baby’s head was so low but I’m so scared I’ll go back and there will be issues. On top of that we were told the babies femurs were measuring just above the 3rd percentile (all other measurements look good) and so we need another scan for those with a consultant. And on top of that, I also have low Papp-A so need a scan on my placenta to check blood flow too. All these scans happening in the next two weeks and whilst I know it’s 3 separate things, I just feel like I can’t relax about it and feel terrified it’s all going to go wrong.