Anyone else scared?

I am 16 weeks today.

So far the only symptoms I have had or currently have are sore breasts, and a little discomfort (what I think is pressure soreness) when I go to pee in the morning.

I am a larger lady and therefore do not feel like I am showing yet, although others are telling me they are noticing that I am changing shape.

The lack of symptoms have always worried me, all the way along since I found out, but now I worry that my baby is not growing and some of the posts on this site have worried me even more.

Like the fact that some women have gone for their scans at 12 weeks or earlier and found that the baby had died, no heartbeat, but that they did not experience any pain whatsoever nor any bleeding. I had a bleed at 7 weeks which was determined to be a threatened miscarriage at the time. Since then, I have had no bleeding, but I am still wondering why the baby hasn't shown any signs of movement that I can feel.

I am due to have a scan at 19 weeks on 15 April, which for me is important to establish that all is well with my bubs as well as find out the sex of our child. At 12 weeks I had NT scan as well as blood tests. NT scan came back normal at 1.3, but my blood tests came back with a 1 in 26 chance of having a Down Syndrome child. OH and I have decided not to do Amnio or CVS (both of which carry a high risk for MC) and decided that no matter what we are keeping the baby. I therefore feel very anxious that I don't have any definite symptoms (apart from the obvious that I have no periods) and am extremely fearful that my pressure pain when I pee is a sign there is something wrong, or the lack of other signs. OH and I both really want this baby.

Anyway, I have gone on too long really. What will happen will happen.
 
Hi everyone. I'm new to this thread. I am 38 years old and almost 5 weeks pregnant. I had 2 miscarriages before (2010, blighted ovum and 2012 Trisomy 13). Here we are with try #3. Dr. is checking my HCG levels every 4 days to make sure it's going up. VERY scared and trying to keep a level head about it all. It's hard to get excited this early on. I wish you all the best of luck!
 
I'm scared sometimes but I contribute it to the fact that I suffer Panic Disorder. So I try to pass things off as unreasonable fears. As for the fear of genetic disorders based on my age, I don't seem to fear that much at all. There is no history of genetic issues in either side of baby's family and husband and I are quite healthy.

In the USA, they gave me the talk and the options and I declined. So they offered me a blood test that checks for genetic disorders and also verifies gender. It's called NIPD (non-invasive prenatal diagnostic) that checks for several genetic disorders. Non-invasive my butt, she bruised me with a butterfly needle!!! The way it works is that it detects cells from the baby that have journeyed out into the mother's system.
That I took. I get the results in 6-9 days now. But I'm not fretting. I believe my baby is perfect! I plan to be pregnant again VERY soon, so I have to believe that my baby is perfect and that the next one will be too. I'm 35 and I am starting my family, not simply having a baby.

Stay positive!! Sometimes mind over matter really counts. :hugs:
 
I am not currently pregnant, but have been TTC since a reversal in October 2011. After 1 MC and 2 CP I am almost scared of seeing a positive pregnancy test. You always hear all the horror stories. That is one comforting thing about being on this site. You hear many success stories, and it might be from selective reading, but I have not read about a genetic issue in an over 35 mom with a full term baby.
 
I am freaking out! I am 39 and had BO in Dec 2011, got fsh results of 21 in April 2012, thought for some reason I could not get pregnant and accidentally did in June 2012, which end right away as BO again. Since then we have been trying to prevent. We had chnaged our minds about adding another at this stage figuring we had simply lost our window. Then a few weeks ago we had a big oops and here I am at 4+3.... I can call the doc as soon as I finish this post to see if they will monitor my blood this week, my old doctor never did that with the second BO I had. I feel like I can have some peace of mind if my HCG is doubling the right way since they never seemed to get higher than a few hundred when I had the BO's... i am terrified of another BO, I am terrified that my eggs isn't healthy and that instead of BO I will have a later stage miscarriage, and I am terrified about my health and labor, and I am terrified that the baby will be perfectly healthy but that DH who has had a severe increase in arthritis since a few years ago when we actually were TTC will drop the baby. :dohh:
 
I guess based on my LMP I am more like 4+2 and my HCG is 1,262.... which is very strong! I am trying not to get too excited until I go back and see the rate increase. I see my new doc who I already LOVE :haha: tomorrow and he will check me out and do another HCG and another at the end of the week. :happydance:
 
I guess based on my LMP I am more like 4+2 and my HCG is 1,262.... which is very strong! I am trying not to get too excited until I go back and see the rate increase. I see my new doc who I already LOVE :haha: tomorrow and he will check me out and do another HCG and another at the end of the week. :happydance:

Good luck TicToc, sounds like you may have a sticky bean in you. Don't be too scared, things will be fine, the more you worry the more it's likely to go pear shaped. Take it easy and keep in touch.
 
congrats, i noticed you are from the Uk, I am also from the Uk and it scares me to have the amino test I am 44, so this will be the first time i will have to go for tests. worried scared.. did you have the blood tests first before amino?
 
Yes my first tri was a nightmare. Then I've had to have an amnio and now know everything is fine so now I worry about early birth etc. I'm 40 and honestly it's been an easy pregnancy so far. Good luck xx

Congrats Lady H, i am also from uk and 44 years old ecpecting.. did you have the blood tests first for amino and was they low to why you went for the amino as I am soooo scared and worried about when i get to the stage i will might have to have tests.. only at 6 weeks at present and feeling so tired and sick.
 
Hi ladies! I'm glad to have found this section as the first trimester one is all full of horror stories which I don't need at the moment. I'm 37 and DH is 44 and we got pregnant from ivf/ICSI due to a failed vas reversal. We basically decided that this was our last try and they transferred two embryos as it was a low chance of both to stick. Surprise surprise :)

We've decided against any cub or amnio as we wouldn't try to terminate one possibly affected fetus anyway as that would risk an healthy one. So we're just crossing our fingers that both of them are fine. Still a bit nervous though but I'm sure that's normal.

My hubby and I live in two different countries as I'm studying in one and he's the provider with job in another. Although he can still work a lot from home which means he's over at my place at a week or two at a time. Then away for two etc.
im glad we have excellent nurseries here which are mostly tax financed.

So glad to make your acquaintance ladies!
 
Hello ladies I am 36 and have recently found out I am expecting twins! I had an early scan on 1st May which revealed there was two babies and I have another on 15th where I am desperately hoping to see two heartbeats! xXx
 
Hello ladies I am 36 and have recently found out I am expecting twins! I had an early scan on 1st May which revealed there was two babies and I have another on 15th where I am desperately hoping to see two heartbeats! xXx

Hi Nikki, welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your twins, double the excitement. Do twins run in your family, or is this a pleasant surprise? Were they conceived naturally? Good luck with your next scan.:cloud9:
 
Happy mothers day and mothers to be day to all.
 
Hello ladies I am 36 and have recently found out I am expecting twins! I had an early scan on 1st May which revealed there was two babies and I have another on 15th where I am desperately hoping to see two heartbeats! xXx

Hi Nikki, welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your twins, double the excitement. Do twins run in your family, or is this a pleasant surprise? Were they conceived naturally? Good luck with your next scan.:cloud9:

Thank you! Since we found out we have had both sides of the family say there has been twins before distantly. Not many cases where both survived tho sadly :( Hope we break the cycle there for sure!
Conceived naturally, I have read that your chances go up with age, maybe that was a contributing factor? 3 sleeps until the next scan, need to see those two little hearts flickering away! xXx
 
Hi Nikki

The chances of twins in later age is proven to go up when you get older yes. Sending you :dust:for luck, only two more days before you get to see your little ones on the screen again.

I'm having a morphology scan on the 22nd this month, it will be a long time on the table (45 minutes) which made me feel really sick and nearly vomited in the carpark afterwards, but at least I might be able to find out if I really have anything to worry about with my little girl, as the last time I had one of these scans done it was done too early and the scan revealed an echo focus in her heart. This is very common in babies, but because I have a high chance of having a down syndrome child, it is considered to be a soft marker. Either way, my partner and I do not want to do any invasive tests and I am just hopeful that everything will be fine.
 
Hi Nikki

The chances of twins in later age is proven to go up when you get older yes. Sending you :dust:for luck, only two more days before you get to see your little ones on the screen again.

I'm having a morphology scan on the 22nd this month, it will be a long time on the table (45 minutes) which made me feel really sick and nearly vomited in the carpark afterwards, but at least I might be able to find out if I really have anything to worry about with my little girl, as the last time I had one of these scans done it was done too early and the scan revealed an echo focus in her heart. This is very common in babies, but because I have a high chance of having a down syndrome child, it is considered to be a soft marker. Either way, my partner and I do not want to do any invasive tests and I am just hopeful that everything will be fine.

Thank you so much!
I will be sending love and positive thoughts to you for 22nd, I'll be checking back to see how you got on. xXx
 

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