I am between 6-7 weeks now and first scan is 3 days later.

I have accidentally ate some prawn linguine which I didn’t find to taste like wine or alcohol, but only after completing my meal then I felt my cheeks flushing.

This only happens to me if I drank wine.

After extensive googling cooking with wine for pasta doesn’t completely burns off all the alcohol.

Did I just harm my baby? 😢

Hi all, I went for dating scan today at 7 weeks 2 days and I saw fetal pole, yolk sac and heartbeat with 148 beats per min. However the doctor said the gestational sac is irregular and said let's see in 2 weeks. Are there any success stories of this or this is going to be a loss.

So I have a pretty regular 6-day period, cycle is averaged to 31 days according to my app. My partner and I had unprotected intercourse and he did finish inside me. This was late on day 11 of cycle. How likely is it for me to be pregnant? I have zero clue when my actual ovulation day is but I did notice egg white discharge literally the very next day which is a little early in my cycle than usual... what are the chances? Any feedback from mamas with a similar experience that resulted in pregnancy is much appreciated 🙏 I am now on day 19 of cycle and noticing some symptoms but also thinking they could be pms symptoms, thoughts?

Hello!

Im 6+5 and the past couple nights we've had take out and I ate wayyyyyy too much. I am very uncomfortable.

I read one thing on webmd that said binging can increase risk of miscarriage but haven't been able to find that said anywhere else.

So, am I potentially doing harm or increasing risk of miscarriage from these overeating sessions?

Thank you all for answering my endless questions. My paranoia is high 😔

Today I had an ultrasound at 6w3d, and was measuring either 5w6d or 6w1d, with a HR of 148. I'm cautious because my last pregnancy ended in a missed miscarriage, detected at 8 weeks but there was no fetal pole. So I've made it farther this time! I'm suddenly feeling much better about how awful I am feeling with the nausea and fatigue and needing to pee constantly. Much more calm about waiting for my next scan in 2 weeks, compared to the last several weeks before I had a heart beat.

So i’m sitting here minding my OWN business scrolling my phone while i’m getting down time while my daughter is so nice sleeping in the room next to mine. here comes on my Fyp on tiktok, Pregnancy & labor complication’s and i’m SHIVERING IN MT BOOTS bc i had a very complicated first pregnancy and labor. i had IGUR and preterm labor with my daughter

im ABSOLUTELY petrified of this labor. not to mention WHAT THE FUCK is AFE? i’m so confused by it but hearing the words i herd i HAD to hit not interested. i’m an advent health anxiety person and i will DWELL on something. i’m now dwelling in my anxiety bc im already terrified of giving birth a second time, let alone the complications that can come with it. 😭

I'll be going for a second beta on Monday, so 72 hours after, but in the meantime I'm trying to prepare myself. Thanks

Hi! Currently 6 weeks 1 day, and as of Tuesday my HCG was in fantastic shape.

I have the typical cramps that feel like a period but are just your uterus growing. Every time it happens I nervously just wipe and check for any blood or brown discharge. A couple of times I had the teeeeeeeny tiniest maybe orangey color, but it was so subtle I couldn’t even tell, and then just now I wiped and had a SUPER tiny little brown piece that I can’t tell if it’s from the fabric of my pants.

I guess my question is, if it were brown discharge or blood that were indicating miscarriage, would I be able to tell? My husband says if I have to analyze it under different lights and ruminate on it then it probably isn’t that but this is my first pregnancy post miscarriage and I’m just extra on edge

I’ve posted on here several times with concerns about this pregnancy. After suffering a loss, being pregnant again can just be nerve wracking.

When I first got the positive, I started tracking the line progressions like crazy, worried I wasn’t seeing the lines darken like they should…

Then, I scheduled some free early ultrasounds offered at my local woman’s clinic and confirmed a heartbeat at 5w6d, but it was only 97, so I needed to come back a week later to make sure it was over 100. Surely, this would be where it went wrong. Came back, it was at 107 at 6w4d…

But that still worried me…surely the heartbeat should be higher. Then I got terrible cramping. Awful cramping. Was sure this was abnormal. Back pain, hip pain. Just agony. Terrible nausea, all of the things. This is a bad sign. I must be miscarrying.

Came back today for my first official dating scan for my doctor. Baby is measuring perfectly at 9w4d, exactly on track and heartbeat at 174bpm …

I still can’t believe it. It might actually work out this time. Yes, I know there are a million ways it could still go wrong, but I just wanted to share for any other mums out there who are paranoid and waiting for the other shoe to drop, that sometimes, it works out…sometimes it might just be ok. Hoping I’m not jinxing myself but putting this out there, but I’m deciding to choose positivity. The good signs outweighs the negative and I’m going to let myself just feel that hint of relief for a little bit (until the next panic arises of course)

Trigger warning- IVF, miscarriage

I am currently 7 weeks and 5 days pregnant with twins from my most recent transfer. I had an ultrasound done at 6+3 and we saw both heartbeats. My next appointment is next week at 8+2, and frankly I am terrified of going to the appointment and not seeing a heartbeat or worse, not seeing two heartbeats. I do go to therapy every week, but I still cannot get over this looming sense of fear and doom. It also didn’t help that my coworker did reiki on me and said that she “only saw one”, which of course upset me tremendously. (I also didn’t ask her to do that). I have no signs of miscarriage, but my symptoms do fluctuate, which freaks me out.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and have some healthy and helpful coping strategies that got you from appointment to appointment?

I’m currently 5weeks 5days pregnant I have only had my progesterone level checked once it was 19.1 and that was on October 22nd. But Have any of you only had your progesterone levels checked just 1 time while pregnant? I kinda want to have it checked again just for peace of mind but I also don’t want to bother my OB office. Im scared they will just say no. I’m a new patient and haven’t even been seen yet as my appt isn’t until Nov 20th.

I’m seeing conflicting data. I just bought one and only spent less than 10 mins and found a heart beat briefly at 10 wks and 4 days. Could I have hurt the baby or am I being ridiculous? Have yall used one and ur baby turned out fine?

I have lots of MC anxiety im working through, even though there’s no real reason. My line progression has been good, no spotting since implantation. However I get some cramps now and then. I’m 4w5d today.

I haven’t been having penetrating sex with my partner bc of these fears. However, even when we have non-penetrating sex and i orgasm, i get cramps for about an hour after. They are bearable, and there’s no spotting. But they still give me a bit of anxiety.

Could that cramping cause miscarriage? Is that pain normal?

Thanks 💓

I had a miscarriage over the summer at 7 weeks with a planned pregnancy, and now I'm pregnant again (5 weeks 3 days). The miscarriage started with period-like cramps and then progressed to bleeding a few hours after, so I'm finding the cramping I've experienced off and on this time very upsetting. Every time I get cramps, I'm sure that I'll miscarry and it feels like I'm already grieving this pregnancy. If anyone has had a similar experience, how did you cope with the anxiety? I've tried to tell myself that I'm "pregnant until proven otherwise," but it only helps me on days where I'm not cramping.

My test at 13/14dpo was 116 and 2 days later 15/16dpo it was at 323. Feel so low compared to my other pregnancies and I had a miscarriage last year. Dr put me on progesterone but no more blood test. Shouldn't the check it a few more times? Also don't have symptoms but on and off sore breast.

I'm posting this update just in case there are others in the future who feel nervous about telling their partner about a pregnancy, even a planned one.

I was feeling reluctant to tell my partner about our pregnancy immediately for a few reasons that I outlined in my previous thread. The prevailing opinion was that I am not a good partner, am letting my husband down, will be a bad parent, need more therapy, etc.

I ended up waiting about a week to tell him. Seeing the line get darker over the course of a few days helped me feel more confident that everything was progressing as it should. It also gave me a chance to wrap my head around everything. I had a cute little reveal set up in our brand new house when we picked up the keys. He thought it was really sweet and appreciated the effort I put into our little personal "announcement." He's super excited and actually was excited much more quickly than I was! When I told him I'd known for a week, he wasn't upset in the slightest. He wants to tell everyone immediately (opposites attract!), so I told him next time I'll have to keep it a secret from him until 12 weeks.* :)

The lesson I learned from all of this is to talk to ChatGPT about your concerns instead of Reddit.

*Please note that this was a joke, and he knew it was a joke

Background- I’ve had 5 chemicals and 1 MMC and just did a hysteroscopy and removed polyps.

I got a faint positive at 14 DPO and got a blood test and hcg was 6 and PDG was only 3.2. My at home tests are not getting any darker after 2 days. But I took 200 prometrium that a midwife had prescribed me and I was using progesterone cream. I have another blood test today but my question is… is taking progesterone just delaying my body from releasing a non viable pregnancy? Or should I keep hope ?

Hi all,

I had my fourth IUI on 10/16, triggered on 10/14. First faint positive on 10/28 and tested with a clear blue digital on 10/29 which showed 1-2 weeks pregnant.

10/30 HCG: 23.88, Progesterone: 22. The clinic emailed me saying "congratulations! you're pregnant!", but I personally thought the HCG was low? Okay whatever, I know nothing besides what google says is 'normal'.

11/01: HCG: 44.26, which they said is great and has risen 60% since 2 days ago? Am I dumb? I thought this was less than double? My progesterone also decreased and my TSH has risen so I need to increase my thyroid medication and add yet another progesterone suppository into the mix.

I haven't sat down with my OB or NP to go over the results, they just get uploaded to a web portal with a message about next steps.

I'm having a hard time getting excited. This is my first time ever seeing a positive after over a year of trying. I'm really guarding my heart on this one, but I'm just so confused by their messages compared to what I read from other reddit posts and what is on google.

TW- possible pregnancy loss? 8 weeks today and wiped to find brown/old blood type spotting. It was gone in a couple of wipes. It was the mucousy-brownish blood I used to get prior to starting my period.

I’ve been cramping this entire pregnancy so far. Nothing severe, but cramps daily nonetheless. I’ve called my doctors office but have yet to hear back and am so concerned this means this pregnancy is doomed. We are already booked in for our first scan next Thursday.

Had an appointment today for US. Based on my period I should be 5+6. I use LH strips so I know I ovulated on CD#16.

On US saw a gestational sac seen measuring 5+2. Also saw a subchorinioc hematoma. My progesterone is 34.8 nmol/L (10.9 ng/mL), down from 61.7 mmol/L (19.4 ng/mL) on Oct 23. Today beta HCG is 2709 (was 297 on Oct 23 - that’s a 68 hour doubling time). Previously beta doubling time was ~28 hours (from 97 on Oct 21 to 297 on Oct 23).

No bleeding. Just some occasional cramps. I’ve had some intermittent nausea and headaches but no other major pregnancy symptoms.

All together - OB says there is a higher risk of miscarriage. She gave me a loose estimate of ~40% chance this works out to be a viable pregnancy. No role for progesterone supplements- she said no evidence it works at this stage. Just wait and see til next US in 2 weeks.

Feeling very sad - hoping for some stories of good outcomes of any else in this situation.

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I had an US. I was supposed to be 10+1. The CRL measured at 10+4. But the gestational sac was a week behind. Now, this is obviously concerning but not out of the ordinary for this pregnancy. This is my fourth US (one each week. It’s an IVF pregnancy) and at each one, the GS has measured about a week behind.

The odd part is that for this US, the CRL - mGSD ratio is below zero. I’ve read everything under the sun about the CRL - mGSD needing to be above 5. Our first US, it was 2.7. Second was 4.8. Third was 5.8. The increase was very reassuring. However at yesterday’s US, the CRL - mGSD was -.03. CRL was 37.1, mGSD was 36.8. This has me spooked.

HERE’s the ultrasound picture of the where the measurements were taken. One of the measurements is logged at the narrowest portion of one of the angles.

HERE’s the ultrasound pictures of the rest of the what was captured.

My question is, could our RE have measured the wrong dimensions? I know this sounds desperate, but on the pictures, there looks like there’s quite a bit of space in the GS.

Any help would be so appreciated. Thank you all so much

So here are my HCG betas that I have had so far:

11 DPO: 41, 14 DPO: 275 (261% 2 day increase, doubling every 25.86 hrs 11 DPO-14 DPO), 16 DPO: 660 (131% 2 day increase, doubling every 39.59 hrs 14 DPO-16 DPO), 22 DPO: 5253 (100.2% 2 day increase, doubling every 47.95 hrs 16 DPO-22 DPO), 24 DPO: 8627 (63.7% 2 day increase, doubling every 67.53 hours 22 DPO - 24 DPO)

As you can see the doubling time has increased each time. But it was quite drastic between 22 and 24 DPO. Confuses me though because when I run it from 16 DPO (660) to the 24 DPO (8627) number it says it’s a 90.2% 2 day increase and doubling every 51.78 hrs.

Anyways, just looking to get some thoughts on the big drop from 22 DPO - 24 DPO. I’ve read that after 1200 HCG it takes longer than 48 hrs to double but then have seen a lot of people on these forums say even though that info is out there, most the time when the doubling time goes over 48 hours it turns out bad. Don’t know if that’s people who went over 48 hrs when they were still in the hundreds or what. So just want some realistic insight and similar experiences, good or bad outcomes. This is my rainbow baby after a lost in July so I’m scared and I’m really wanting this baby.

I’d be grateful if someone could advise. I am 13 weeks pregnant through IVF due to advanced maternal age. This morning I had some watery discharge running through my leg. It had a yellowish clear tinted colour on the liner. I called my maternal unit but midwife could get back to me 5 hours later. She advised a vaginal examination which I am not able to do today as I am too far. Then booked an appointment for tomorrow. I am freaking out but the discharge also has stopped. Is vaginal examination dangerous at this stage? They won’t be able to do a scan as it’s a weekend.

I've seen lots of posts about this but wanted to see if anyone had any insight on my particular situation...

Started getting at home positives on 10/23 at approximately 9/10dpo. So I went for my first beta on 10/25 at approximately 11/12 dpo, number was 32. Since the doubling would have been over the weekend, they scheduled me for Tuesday 10/29, which was 15/16dpo. It came back 49, I was devastated. Cried all morning, my mom came over, called out of work, yikes lol. So the WHNP whom I've been seeing calls and says let's redraw bc it's so early. Meanwhile I take another at home test and it's noticeably darker than the day before so I'm like, eh what?

So we did another draw on 10/31 at 17/18dpo. Got the results this morning and it's 105. More than doubled in 48 hours. Symptoms are sore boobs, little swoops of nausea, some things taste weird, appetite is weird but that's probably the anxiety.

Anyone experience something like this? Of course I am concerned about ectopic and all of that. I have a 4.5yo and it was a totally uncomplicated pregnancy, so never had a reason to check hCG levels. But since we've been trying for our second, I've had 2 chemicals, which is why we're checking now.

I guess reassurance is what I’m looking for even though I don’t have much expectation in terms of hope.

Long story short I had a Pap smear last week and have a cervical ectropion and the doc said it was bleeding a lot but I didn’t have any outward spotting. A few days later I started to have brown spotting only when wiping which is how my periods sometime start except my period never came. I then had multiple positive pregnancy tests a few days later. The brown spotting was coming and going but improving and I had none all night until this morning where I had more amounts of red spotting pretty much only when wiping or after exercise (walked fast and distance last night and this morning). My tests are still positive although I think they would be regardless at this point. The doc ordered blood tests and I got the first one done this morning and will repeat in a few days. She said the bleeding could be from my cervix especially if it’s worst with activity. I’m not hopeful but wasn’t sure if anyone had experience with anything similar

Thanks

How to stop worrying.this is my First pregnancy I’m 35 work in healthcare so I’ve hyper aware of all the things that could go wrong. Based on when I ovulated I’m 5 weeks4 days. I was in a roll over vehicle accident at 4weeks 2 days. Miraculously I walked away worth out a scratch despite having to be cute out of the vehicle. Went to the ER but it was really too early to do anything so they sent me home. Called OB said with no severe cramping no bleeding that was a good sign and if anything changes to call. I have not had a bleed. Very mild cramping one on side than the other a few days ago which I assume is uterus stretching. The home test are still pretty dark in the easy@home and dye stealers on the first response test strips. I was already worried being AMA and knowing all the things that could go wrong. Doc doesn’t want to do betas or ultrasound until my apt on the 21st but I have no idea how to get through the next 3 weeks! Surprisingly I work in ultrasound but do vascular /cardiac soo while I have access to scan myself I have no idea how to image to see what I need and trying to not mess with it. Just looking for positivity and advice how to stop worrying.

Hi everyone! Backstory…about 16 months ago I had an ectopic pregnancy. Still have both tubes, but the left one is blocked.

This week on my 9dpo AM test it was negative. I didn’t test again till super late on 10 dpo and it was SOO faint… but there. It has been approximately 30 hours and I’ve tested 4 more times lol. My issue is that I’m (supposedly) 12 dpo and the lines on my FRER look the same. I actually almost have to squint to see them. Everything else (wondfo, clearblue) have maybe gotten a pinch darker but it’s hard to tell. I also took a clearblue digital this morning but it said “Not Pregnant” 😢

I’m going to call my doctor today to get my first blood draw… but I’m not looking forward to it because I know it’s going to be like under 15. Anyone else have super low numbers or slow rising HCG and still had success?

I had my 28 week US today and sonographer said the umbilical cord has high resistance flow. I'm on Aspirin 150mg since 14 weeks due to diagnosed risk of pre-eclampsia. They said a Dr will give me a call on Monday and meanwhile booked me for another scan in one week. My baby is 14% percentile and weighs 1kg. Sonographer said that anything below 10% is considered as baby being small whilst the average percentile is 50% in my country (Australia). So I'm just borderline. I'm feeling really low. I've been anxious my entire pregnancy with a nagging feeling in back of my head that something is going to go wrong. Has anyone been in the same situation and can tell me how did it turn out? Thanks 🙏

I would love to hear stories, positive or negative, of other babies measuring at least a week behind and what the outcome was.

Baby was on track at 18w, now has a small head and the other measurements were behind, but still within a week. Still in breech position if that makes any difference. I’ve asked our OB if they have any concerns but wouldn’t expect a reply over the weekend, so meanwhile I would appreciate any insights.

The pregnancy has been so smooth so far and I thought I was in a really positive frame of mind, but ngl this has me slightly worried.

I’m so scared. I just got my first faint pos at 9dpo. The last two months I’ve had chemical pregnancies (early miscarriages) and I lost both roughly 1 week after my period was due. I’m petrified, i thought the first one was just one of those things, second one I was blindsided by and I don’t want to get my hopes up this time. I had full blood work done a couple weeks ago to test for clotting and all the other reoccurring miscarriage tests. I’ve scheduled an app with my GP for next Wednesday to discuss them (I’m planning on telling her at the same time that I’m pregnant again).

I have 2 children (6yo & 3.5yo), and this is the first time ive ever experienced losses. I just don’t know what to do with myself until next Wednesday 🫠

Any words of encouragement or happy stories I can read whilst I’m trying not to overthink this?