8 weeks pregnant and feeling better, but worried

[conilaurene]

I'm 8 weeks pregnant...my 7th pregnancy, but with 5 ending in miscarriages, I am very apprehensive about this one.  I've been feeling the "all day yuckies" since around the 6th week, but in the past 2 days a lot of that has subsided.  It worries me b/c with a couple my pregnancy losses, it was when I began to feel better that they discovered no heart beat, etc.  there was a good heart beat at 6 weeks, which was reassuring, but I'm worried.  Have another ultrasound next week to check things out.  Anyone else had symptoms disappear early, but things continued on okay??

[adgal]

Isn't it funny to hear ourselves wishing for morning sickness, sore breasts and the like?  But we do, and it is reassuring.  One of the things that got me through my last pregnancy was I made a conscious decision to celebrate every single day.  I just tried to take it one day at a time, and be happy about that.  Sadly we cannot control the outcome, and it is terrifying when we have experience one or several losses.  Heck, it is terrifying for women who haven't had a loss at all. And "don't worry" is impossible.  All we can do is move forward.  Also, keep remembering that every single day things go well our odds improve.  At a healthy heartbeat, the odds of a loss drop fairly dramatically.  At 8 weeks, then 10 weeks they drop again.  And once we are through that first trimester, the go down to something like 1%. Stay strong ladies, if I can have a successful pregnancy at 40 after 5 losses, you all can too!!!!  Keep posting, it helps to get it out!!

[Loveday511]

I have been experiencing the same exact thing!!!  I am currently 9wks and the past week my symptoms have gotten much lighter almost to nothing.  I was worried too and I just had my 1st OB appt. on Tuesday and I asked him after he did my u/s if it was ok that my symptoms kept fading.  He just looked at me and said "you saw the u/s and saw how well the baby is doing and the great h/b right"?  He said it is completely normal to have your symptoms drop off a bit @ 8wks because your HCG levels have reached their peak around this time & it is completely normal.  Of course we still worry though.....it is just in our nature especially if we have gone through loss.  Just try to hang in there......hold onto the moment you saw the baby and the wonderful flicker of the h/b....that seems to help me.  

[pgplanner]

My experience so far is that my nausea comes and goes depending on when I've eaten, what I've eaten, or if there are some smells that come into play.   I know I get nauseated when I am hungry and need to eat something.  For me, the nausea comes and goes.   Hope that is comforting.  

[Alexis2358]

Thank you so much, you have such a calming reassuring way about you.    My panic attack is over, this morning about 1:00 a.m. I awoke with a TERRIBLE tummy ache.  Had to grit my teeth to keep from hurling.    It lasted about 2 hours, then went from terrible to "just yucky tummy there".    When I got up this morning, I was dry heaving as I walked down the hall, so....whew, so far so good.    I know it probably means nothing, but its so scary to have nothing to make you feel pregnant.    If nothing else, the nausea is like my little security blanket.    Its so strange though, that a day and a half can go by with no symptoms at all and then BAM they come back with a vengence.    Well one more day down, I hope the nausea stays though :)

[adgal]

Thats scary I know, but doesn't mean anything really.  As I got more confident that my pregnancy was in fact going the distance, I began to refer to those days as "my day's off".  The symptoms make us feel reassured, but honestly, don't mean much.  However, peace of mind is everything, so I am glad your going in to get checked out. You will feel so much better afterward!!

[Alexis2358]

I am worried about the exact same thing.   Its so good to hear that symptoms can disappear and everything can still be okay.   I'm frantically typing out messages to all my medhelp friends right now.   I am currently 5 weeks 4 days.   I've had 2 m/c's in the past year and I thougt this one was finally doing well.    My beta numbers were awesome right off the bat, in fact so good that my RE was thinking might be twins.   I had nausea and sore npls for the past 2 weeks and I thought for sure everything would be awesome.   Now today, the sensitivity is almost all gone in the npls and I'm really not sick at all.   I am worried to death that its all slipping away from me again.    My first u/s wasn't scheduled until September 8, but I think I may have to request an early one just to either reassure myself or confirm my worst fears.

[conilaurene]

Thanks for the encouragement.  It is nice to hear from others who "understand" what you are feeling.  Although my husband is supportive, he just does not always "get" how I feel or what thoughts are spinning around in my head!

[chrissymom]

hey hun, I am sorry to hear about your losses and I really hope that everything goes really good for you this time. Also, yes I have had my very early symptoms disappear and have carried the pregnancy on, try not to worry, it is bad for you and the bay, good luck and al lthe best to you in this pregnancy and your life :)

[adgal]

I also had multiple miscarriages.  5 in total in a fairly short period of time.  In all honesty I never noticed any common factor...sometimes my symptoms were still strong when we discovered there was no heartbeat, other times I had none at all.  With my 6th pregnancy I too was extremely apprehensive and tended to read something negative into everything...I don't think you can help it when you have been through so much.  In this case my symptoms came and went..sometimes dissapearing altogether for days at a time...and of course I was putting in frantic calls to my OB.  But every ultrasound showed my baby was doing fine.  He is now a healthy happy 7 month old.  

I wanted to share this with you as I do understand your fear.  But symptoms, or lack there of are not any real indicator of anything.  You have seen a heartbeat...after a healthy heartbeat is detected your chance of loss drops dramatically.  Hang in there and keep believing all is well.  I know that's hard when you been through so much...but right now there is every reason to believe all is well.  Take care, and let us know how you are doing!!

[sania19]

dont worry all this is normal in early pregnancy , morning sickness comes and goes, dont lose hope . All the best