Pregnancy after loss -have no symptoms and scared

[Hopingforrainbow2025]

Hi,
I wanted to ask if anyone had no symptoms with a pregnancy after loss and this turned out well?
Currently 5-6 weeks and feel like this will end up with a loss because no symptoms this time. I fell pregnant one cycle after a 10 weeks loss (my second MC).
Im wondering if lack of symptoms could be normal because my body has recently been pregnant (so would have stretched / has higher hormones etc)
please share any stories you may have

Update for anyone on this thread. Had scan today and was 6 weeks 4 and that’s what it measured and heartbeat seen. Feels like just the first hurdle as I have always seen heart beats early before but still this is a relief at this stage! Starting progrestrone now x

@Tillow4ever I think the guidelines are if you are bleeding you can be seen so I just gave up and went private to be honest. It was such a good appointment having someone take my history and show interest in why this is happening.

Congratulations! I’m pleased you could get a private scan and have seen the heartbeat. Best of luck with your pregnancy x

@curliegirlie I know and others look at me like I’m so ‘morbid’ because I will say well I’m pregnant for now, but who knows what happens tomorrow. I just think people don’t know how to handle grief or what to say so they won’t accept that for us we are always thinking what if

@Tillow4ever thank you. I know it’s super early but at least it’s ruled out some other issues because it’s all in the right place and it’s proven now / on my records so I have some support

I speak in similar language! "If this one works out", "if I have maternity leave"....it's always "if" and never "when" because you just don't know and don't trust anything anymore!

@Hopingforrainbow2025congratulations did you have any bleeding?

Same here! I had 2 healthy pregnancies. Then we spent a lot of time deciding to have a third and I ended up losing it at 13 weeks to patau syndrome. Now I’m 6 weeks pregnant but doesn’t feel like I really am.

I'm glad you have got through the first hurdle! Best of luck with the next 6 weeks and then the rest of the pregnancy!

Day by day, week by week you get through! X

@peanutForever no, never had bleeding. If I did I could have had NHS support. But went private to know it’s viable.
I feel like my body never gives me signs as first lost as silent miscarriage, second I only bled on the day and it all started within 8 hours so so quick.

@Superscientist Thank you x

@RT1620 I think it’s our brains trying to protect us from hurt. I know with second pregnancy I didn’t even test until period was late because I had convinced myself it wasn’t true. I think I always build up walls around me in hopes it hurts less when it doesn’t work out for me x
sorry to hear about your loss at 13 weeks. They thought my baby had Patau based on the scan but then they tested and it was turners x

With my second loss it took a few weeks for the bleeding to start and I think it was the same with my first loss as I passed the pregnancies in similar ways.
I was having scans at the epu the second time so I knew it wasn't likely to be a viable pregnancy, with the first loss I just started spotting one evening and the next day I passed the pregnancy and a scan the next showed no sign of pregnancy. It was all out of the blue as I still had loads of symptoms. It took a while to get my head around it all. It did give me a distrust in my body. Early scans with the second loss did help as I could process the end of the pregnancy before it officially ended.

I was 7.5 weeks this time when I tested! I hadn't had a period since my last miscarriage, I was going through redundancy and didn't want to go through that and early pregnancy anxieties at the same time! Even some didn't think I'd be that far along but very relieved when the scan the next week showed 8 +3 and knew we had already passed the first hurdle helped my anxieties

Sorry for your loss too. How far gone were you? It’s such a shock isn’t it. It gave us some closure when we got the diagnosis though x

@RT1620 With first loss the baby died jhst 4 days before 12 weeks and that was turners. So I agree with the closure part - it was better to know why and when.
second loss at 10 weeks and no testing done so that has been causing me to always wonder why. I’ve found it harder not knowing gender and how, why.

@Superscientist It does feel like it would be better to skip the first phase it’s so nerve wrecking but this time I stupidly tested early at 10dpo so every day has felt like a week since I’ve known.
im glad you were able to get a scan and also confirm things were progressing well.
I think I’m most scared of 8-12 weeks because every time I’ve had a scan before then it’s been great then something happens x

@Superscientist It’s so cruel when your body continues giving those symptoms and you think all is okay. First time for me it was MMC and I’m glad I had surgery as can’t imagine waiting more weeks. Second time mine was so quick like you said with one of yours. I went to work on Easter Sunday and had cramps then bleeding by 2pm and passed by midnight. I always thought I would get days of notice and thats why it’s scary in new pregnancies as it’s when that might happen, where will I be etc.

@Hopingforrainbow2025 it was nice to get that clarity quite early on, I don't think either of the pregnancies I lost got to 8 weeks gestation even though it was 10 weeks when I miscarried.
With the second I had early scans the first at 7.5 weeks but it was only showing at almost 6 weeks with a hint of a heartbeat, the next scan two weeks later showed 6 weeks but no heartbeat. I was being seen in the rainbow room at the epu so was transferred back to the epu to have the loss confirmed a week later but started bleeding the night before the last scan. Both times I had spotting for 12-24h then a few hours of very heavy bleeding. Both pregnancies felt very similar and passed in the same way. The second loss oddly helped me process the first as I had that snap shot into the very slow progression of the pregnancy there was just obviously something a miss which meant they couldn't grow as they should.
The relief to see a baby at 8 weeks set it up from the start that hopefully this one would be different to the previous two. I knew that it still might not make the distance but it felt more like a fresh pregnancy and less of a repeat of the previous ones if that makes sense.

It's such a trying time on your emotions! I was made redundant the day I found I was expecting this time and I have had less distractions which has been mixed!

@Superscientist I know what you mean about having an idea of what is happening can help to prepare and process. I feel like that’s why I would always do early scans because for me I’d rather know sooner that there is an issue / not developing well then have that feeling again of going into a dating skin and being in shock.

sorry to hear about the redudancy! Stress is the last thing you need right now x

That's exactly how I felt about early scans too. Even though I hated and dreaded the experience, I wanted to know as soon as possible if something was wrong. I'm now at 14 weeks and thankfully have an additional scan at 16 weeks otherwise I have no clue how I would make it to 20 weeks, and how horrible it must be to get bad news at the 20 week scan.