I hate the week before a scan.

[bky]

Even the week before my last MW appt at 16 weeks was stressful.
I can feel movement but I feel like I'm deluding myself. It's not as much as it was a few days ago (when it was hyper) so I feel like I'm imagining it and always have been.
Such a change from last week when my hormones were making me feel super content and relaxed.

It's so hard to trust my body. Makes me feel like a control freak.

Just venting.

 

[tiredlady]

hey bky! i know exactly how you feel! i have my 12 weeks can this friday and i've been feeling so anxious about it. i had my last scan at 10 weeks and everything was great, apart from blood in the womb, they don't think that's too much of a problem though.

it all just feels so immense, think i'm 10% excited and 90% scared and feel so sad that i'm not more excited, keep telling myself after this hurdle it will be ok but so far i havne't felt better. feel worried because it's such an important scan, the big one where you find out about abnormalities etc... just seems so huge. plus other worries, is baby still there??!!

i did the worst thing and borrowed my friends doppler, wish she hadn't given it to me. baby is probably too small and moves around too much so sometimes i hear something and sometimes i dont' and just worry like mad. think i found it today so told myself to be more positive, worrying gets you no where.

anyways, i'm venting to! hope you're feeling a little better after your one!!!
love
rachel
x

 

[bky]

This is really stupid...
but one of the things I've been doing to comfort myself since around week 12 is measure around my middle. Now, I've had regular expansion measuring across my belly button of 1-2 cm per week (one week it was 4cm!). I only measure once a week at the same time every week. This week, I shrunk. Only by 1cm, but with my scan coming up on Monday I'm just upset. How dumb is that?
Hey, maybe it means I lost some weight. Just dumb for me to hold on to something random to make me feel better I guess.
I keep thinking I'm not really feeling kicks too, that I'm just wishing so hard that I'm interpreting stuff as movement.
Argh. Just a small rant. Sorry.

 

[lauralora]

babe i was exactly the same, the emotions your going through are completly normal .. i was a total nervous wreck the week before and found it so hard to accept everything was ok, i think the odds are on are side, its really uncommon for something to be wrong remember that i posted in the second tri the day before my scan saying my bump had gone flatter and softer and that i wasnt feeling movement, and i didnt, not for 2 days before i had my scan. and i stil only feel light movment, nothing regular yet!

xx