Anyone Worried About 12 wk Scan??

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xOliversMummyx Platinum member

28/07/2008 at 13:11

Hi All,
I am now 8+6 and due for my dating scan in a few weeks. I am so worried something will be wrong, like they won't be able to find a heartbeat. I started to tell people i am preggers but worried if it is bad news i will have to tell everyone. I know there is nothing i can do to prevent anything going wrong, but i am so worried!!
Anyone else the same?
I am so pleased to be pregnant but i still cant enjoy it all ( especially due to the constant sickeness!)
xx

Angel-Cakes Platinum member

28/07/2008 at 13:21

Hi Emily,

I am the same, I had a scan at 8+3 and everything was ok (we saw the heartbeat) and will be 12 weeks tomorrow and have my scan on Friday, I am so worried somethings wrong, especially as we also told people after the 8 week scan. I know I am probably being silly as I still have sore bbs and have had stretchy pains but it doesn't stop you worrying does it, especially if it's your first?

Big hugs, I'm sure everything is ok xx

mrsS1258

28/07/2008 at 13:28

I feel the same, I have literally just found out I am pregnant, about 4 weeks although my GP has requested an early dating scan as my last period was abnormal (but Im pretty sure that Im still very early as I knew when I ov this month). I too want to enjoy it but dont feel that I can until I know that everything is ok, really worried that Im gonna have an mc or it will just be an empty sac :\( I know that this is the risky period up until 12weeks + which is why Im trying to dampen my excitement (and oh's and our parents!!).

Im sure everything will be fine for you though.

ds 9/4/09, Forever missing a baby boy xxx bump due 14/8/11

xOliversMummyx Platinum member

28/07/2008 at 13:43

Yeah this is my first. I am glad i am not the only one feeling this way. If it was an empty sac would you stil have all the norm pregnancy symptoms like i am? How do you get to have an early scan? I was not offered it on my first visit to midwife.
Thanks for your help!
xxx

fall3n-ang3l Platinum member

28/07/2008 at 14:16

everyone feels like this and iam on my second pregnancy and its not any easier! the only way you get a early scan is if you've had problems in past pregnancies or in pain or bleeding,iam worried on this pregnancy cos ive got no symptoms and i had to have a early scan 2 weeks ago cos i was bleeding and found out iam having twins,everything was ok,saw both heartbeats but iam still worried about my next scan which i will be 14 weeks pregnant which is in 5 weeks,so ive got agers to wait,iam sure everything will be ok,try and relax and enjoy your pregnancy

sarah
xx

MumDonna

28/07/2008 at 14:28

Have had my lo now but when I was due for my first scan I was really worried that it would turn out that I wasnt pregnant to begin with. I think because you have so little advise/help at the Drs its hard to beleive its all real.
Dont worry though it will be fine.

mrsS1258

28/07/2008 at 14:33

The only reason I am getting an early scan is because I could be 8 weeks but more likely 4 due to my last period only lasting a day. My GP was the one who suggested it, she is so lovely and supportive - I feel really lucky. She even said that I can ring and speak to her at anytime if I have any pain, bleeding or even if I just want a chat for reassurance, bless her!!!

ds 9/4/09, Forever missing a baby boy xxx bump due 14/8/11

petuniat

28/07/2008 at 15:23

This is my constant worry too. I booked a private scan at 6 weeks and all was fine. I then read on the internet that 6-8 weeks was a risky time and that once you are 8 weeks and have seen a heartbeat the chance of m/c decreases alot.
Although the scan cost around a ??100 is was worth it to have some reassurance.

Littlep
(7+2)

Lambchop80 Platinum member

28/07/2008 at 16:22

I sympathise. I'm pg with my first and have my first doc's appointment on Wed. I'm hoping for an early scan as I have no idea of dates due to crazy period lengths, but we'll see.

Everytime I think my symptons are calming down I then get worried that i've lost my pg; i've taken (i think) 7 pg tests since I found out almost a week ago ! How crazy is that.

I know I wont relax till after I have the scan and see a healthy bean !

Mummy to 2 beautiful children and one on the way !

Moreton

28/07/2008 at 16:31

I am so worried, one minute I am really excited and planning and the next I am trying to remember that I am only 6 weeks and to just take it slowly. Every night I hope to see an envelope from the hospital with my scan date when I get home and nothing. Every twinge I'm worried that it is normal (although I have stopped being so scared that it's an eptopic pregnancy). Don't think I will relax until I have had my scan although it seems to be between that 6th and 9th week that most people have a mc, so I am just trying to take everything very easy. Even after my first scan I am worried about Downs as I am over 35, but hubby says to just relax and enjoy it!

speccles

28/07/2008 at 17:25

how weird - i've been feeling like that myself. i found out ten days ago and have had no sickness, am not overly tired. sore boobs and a few stretching feelings downstairs are the only symptons.

i regesitered at the doctors today and told the gp did not need to see me but just booked me in with mid wife at 9 weeks for booking appt. thats two and a half weeks ago.

my pg tests have gone blank now so i feel in a strange limbo land where i'm telling close friends i;m pg but starting to doubt it. i just owuld like someone to check me over and say all is well theres a little heart beating away and i'll be happy till week nine but right now i'm just really worried about it.

glad to hear i'm not the only one but it really seems a bit unfair that you are left to wonder like this.

zammo

28/07/2008 at 19:57

Hi all, well like you all I was both worried and excited about my first scan which was today. I am 10weeks now. As we walked into the scan room my hubby and I were v.excited that we were going to see our baby for the first time. I had been dreading that there maybe nothing there.

The sonographer asked how many weeks I was. When my uterus was up on the screen there was a tiny black blob. To my horror i thought my worst fears had come true. Anyway the sonographer told us that I was definately not 10weeks but in very early stages of pregnancy.

I had a trans vagina scan ( where they insert a probe into the vagina to get a better view from below) She confirmed that there is definately a sac with yolk but because a feotus had not yet developed she could not date the pregnancy. She checked everything and said that my ovaries and everything else is all normal. She could not explain why i tested positive in mid June but am only around 6weeks now.

I am due for another scan in 2weeks so i hope there will be developments. I cant figure out why pregnancy tests were positive so early.?

Rach

29/07/2008 at 04:35

I'm petried of the first scan! Neither of us can believe I am actually pregnant, especially as I haven't had any symptoms, and now I've seen other replies about being worried about there being an empty sac, I've managed to convince myself thats what's happening to me!

Was crying all last night to hubby about it, and am spending the morning at work trying to find out about it on the internet but not coming up with anything useful.

Eeek....why do we put otherselves through so much worry?!

xxAJBxx

29/07/2008 at 04:51

You'll be fine hun, I didn't even have a 12 week scan, as I didn't find out I was pregnant tilla round 13 weeks so I missed out on that...so I had to wait even longer to see our LO (20 week scan)....it is so so so amazing though hun, I agree though its very daunting as you always expect the worse but once you come out of the Sonographers room you are so estatic (sp!) and very happy...

Won't be long hun!

Han xx

ButterflyBride123 Platinum member

29/07/2008 at 04:53

Hi, i feel the same!! I'm 8+1 (i think!!) & am very nervous about the scan! I made the mistake of tellin absolutly every1, & wishing I didnt now! I'm sure everything will be fine though!! I've not got a scan date yet, been checking my mail everyday to! Got midwife app 12/8!!! Good Lcuk all!! x

alison_eardley Platinum member

29/07/2008 at 05:14

Hi all,
I think it is such a shame that they don't make early scans standard! The first stage is so difficult, worrying about everything that might go wrong. Although I was talking to a friend of mine, who has two small children, and she commented that actually you start worrying in the early weeks, and it never stops! She said first you worry about MC, then you worry about something going wrong later, then the birth, then the early days, then them falling over or hurting themselves or getting sick...she said that it is basically the beginning of the joys of parenthood! Funnily, that somehow made me feel better!

But I must confess, the way I dealt with being so worried about problems was, like littlep, to book an early scan. We had one at 8+2, and it was such a relief to see everything was looking good. It has relaxed me slightly. I know that for a lot of people, it is an unbelievable extravagance, but if you are able to, I would recommend it. I have relaxed since, and am beginning to be able to enjoy it.

Even with out that, it is worth remembering that 75% (I believe) of pregnancies are absouluty fine, so the odds are in your favour!

Hugs to you all,

Ally xx

xOliversMummyx Platinum member

29/07/2008 at 12:50

Wow i didn't realise so many people were in the same boat! I have also started telling family and friends( some people now know who i didn't want to know!) I guess your right this is the start of all the worrying and we will have it for the rest of our lives!
Can anyone tell me how i go about getting a private scan?

xxxx

petuniat

29/07/2008 at 15:50

I just googled 'Private pregnancy scans in X'. Some hospitals also have early pregnancy units so it maybe worth checking with them as well. x

ange_jella Silver member

02/08/2011 at 12:01

hi i am on my third pregnancy had two children with my ex husband evrything fine but this pregnancy is so different from my other pregnancy my midwife said its probably due to being a different partner. the pregnancy has been really easy so far i had a scan at 9 weeks as i have a thyroid problem 12 week scan tomorrow and my new partner is really excited but i am just worried just in case so worrying completely normal even if you have had children already x

Emlar

02/08/2011 at 15:59

hi

im feeling exactly the same.

very paranoid about it all. im about 6-7 weeks. ive had no vomitting yet, just sick feelings, sore boobs, extreme tiredness, and some cramping/stretching feelings down there.

im also convinced that there will be no heartbeat at the scan and that i'd have had a missed miscarriage.

i still cant believe im pregnant - because we werent even trying, i was on the pill, ive got pcos and i just never thought it would happen so easily for me.

i just really want to get to the 12 weeks mark, have the scan and see things are as they should be.