Ok so I'm starting to panic!!!!

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Ok so I'm starting to panic!!!!
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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 6:13am
Ok so I think I'm about 5 weeks today but I'm not scheduled to see my doctor until next Wed.
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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 7:23am
I had very few symptoms in my first trimester, and none at all until almost 7 weeks. No puking, a little breast tenderness, some mild yucky stomach feelings, and some tiredness. The symptoms I did have came and went and came and went. I'd feel lousy for days and then for a few days, I'd feel perfectly normal, and then they'd come back again, until they went away completely around 12 or 13 weeks. I had AT LEAST 6 panicky episodes where I was convinced it was all over, because I felt nothing for days and days, and it always turned out to be okay.

Now, here I am full-term at 37 weeks, so I guess I'm living proof that you can have sporadic or no symptoms and still be just fine.

Every woman and every pregnancy is different, and chances are you're absolutely fine. Seriously, though, there's no reason to sit around and worry. If you're upset or anxious, CALL the doctor. Don't worry about calling too much-- that's what they're there for. Maybe they can get you in earlier or do a blood draw or something to reassure you.

Good luck- I'll be thinking of you.

Llyra

37 wks, 2 days

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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 7:28am
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 8:37am

Hi Julia:

Laurie, wife to Dennis, Mommy to Amanda & Michelle Kathryn arrived 2/11/05

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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 9:24am
Good morning sunshine! I am sooo happy to see you here!

My symptoms came and went...and of course the moment my boobs stopped hurting I would freak (and poke them until sore *blush*), if I didn't throw up-not just nausea, but actually heaving, I was freaking out. The symptoms come and go...for a normal pregnant woman, this is a blessing, I am sure, but once you have been marked by loss, it will make you batty.

I would call just for reassurance. That is why we have ob's, to take care of us, treat us, whether it is just fears or what. ((((HUGS))))


Always,

Chrissy and Cole edd 11/20

 

 

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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 9:31am

Hi Julia!


I think I had the same panic attack every couple of days in my first few weeks of this pregnancy.

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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 11:11am
Julia-

I only had symptoms about every 3rd or 4th day. I know it sounds strange-but I would feel fine for a few days & then they'd kick me on my a$$ again. I loved the 2 good days-but also appreciated the bad ones just because they kept me confident in the fact that I was pg. But the first couple of times I felt ok I was really stressed too. For me about the only symptom that has lasted throughout everything has been the constipation. Yippie! If you'd relax better go ahead & call your doc-but I think you're probably just fine.

Belly rubs!

-Laura

#1 EDD 2/6

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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 11:18am
Thanks ladies, that does make me feel better!
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Wed, 08-18-2004 - 2:38pm
My bet is that you and your munchkin are going to be just fine. Unfortunately for us, the symptoms of miscarriage are similar to symptoms that can be experienced in a healthy pregnancy, so there really is no way of knowing that something is wrong (even though we have all felt like we SHOULD have known). In my miscarried baby I spotted for a couple of days around 5 weeks and then felt fine for a pregnant woman, the nausea kept telling me that everything was fine. But they failed to find a heartbeat at 8 weeks and I miscarried naturally at 12. This time around I bled for 7 weeks (that's right, a month and a half), had sudden cessation of symptoms just like you (my lack of symptoms lasted over a week) and cramping. And yet my HCG was rising and they've seen the heartbeat in an ultrasound twice. Which pregnancy would you have picked for the one that would be lost, the one where I spotted for a couple of days but kept my symptoms or the one where I lost symptoms and then was bleeding and cramping for a month and a half? Am I still freaked out? Yes, but now I know that what looks like a threatened miscarriage could just be a pregnancy that won't cooperate with my mental state by acting normal. It is totally scary and nothing takes away that fear entirely, but you are going to be great, and I just know that your HCG numbers will be rising. A H+H pregnancy to you.
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Thu, 08-19-2004 - 12:39pm

Julia - I posted this message on the TTCAM board in the Grad section a few months ago - but I wanted to copy it again so you could read it.

Melanie

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Thu, 08-19-2004 - 3:00pm
I kept a daily journal of my symptoms early on and yes they came and went. I prayed for morning sickness and got a double helping, but even that came and went. I was so miserably sick I was angry, but as soon as I got a moments relief, I panicked. Take those good days and enjoy every second. I'm now 22 weeks pregnant with a perfectly healthy baby girl. At about 13 weeks I just got this aweful feeling that something was wrong. It was a Saturday night and I knew if I stayed at home I would worry all weekend, so I took myself to the emergency room and spent half the night just to hear the heart beat. Her heart was beating strong and everything was fine- and I'm glad I went. If you're worried, go find out. They can already pick up the baby's heartbeat on the sonogram, so ask. The worst they can say is no, but in my case my doctor knows that we lost a baby at the beginning of the year and they are glad to ease my worries.

The first trimester is the hardest to walk through and it's completely normal to be worried of every ache and pain or lack of. You aren't crazy, you are perfectly normal.

My DH thought I was a nut too- they don't understand.


((((HUGS))))

Theresa

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