How do you relax?

Ladies I need help! I’m driving myself crazy! I’m currently 5+3 with strong pregnancy tests now after being put on progesterone and crazy sore breasts and nausea……. BUT this is my 5 pregnancy after 4 consecutive loses and I’m well aware the progesterone will be causing my symptoms and potentially masking another loss! I’m not booked until the 18th March for a viability scan and I’m going out my mind! I’m a serial tester after my first loss anyway and it’s from testing I knew something was wrong for 2 of the 4 pregnancies! My first was the furthest I got at 11 weeks when I miscarried but our baby had stopped growing at 6 weeks with bleeding starting at nearly 9 weeks so it was a long horrible sad process of having hope snatched away at every opportunity! I want to believe that this is it for me and hubby and we will finally get to see a heartbeat at the scan but I just can’t shake the anxiety and the worry 😢 Any advice, support or guidance?

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In the same boat :( So sorry about your losses. I am 4w 5d after 2 losses and it’s so hard to relax. Everything makes me anxious or I freak out that I’ve done something I shouldn’t have. My scan is March 25th and it feels like a lifetime away. I’ve been trying to distract myself with things I enjoy. Do you have any hobbies you can pick up? I enjoy projects around the house so I’ve picked up extra of those right now to keep my brain busy. We’ve also started walking each evening which has helped with anxiety (a little). Anything to distract my thoughts. Fingers crossed for you that this is the one!!

@Kelly thank you so much for replying and I’m so sorry for your losses as well! Congratulations on your new journey and my fingers are crossed for us both! It’s a lifetime away and each day feels like it’s dragging! I play pool competitively and I have a match on Sunday and I’m away next weekend for it so I’m hoping that will bring a much needed distraction! It’s just so hard, I feel like pregnancy after a loss is so lonely in the early stages, you have that brief moment of excitement when you see those too lines and it’s quickly met by the fear of the previous journeys we’ve known! Work isn’t busy either at the moment so my days feel so long and it feels like longer than 2 weeks since I saw those two lines xx

Honestly, you never fully relax. Especially with a missed miscarriage. It’s gets easier at certain milestones but it’s always in the back on your mind. For me, I had 6 losses before now and I found having scans every couple of weeks helped. I’m now 16 weeks and trying to scale it back now to maybe monthly but I won’t beat myself up if I can’t. I also keep saying, the symptoms are here. No cramping, no bleeding and doing self care. I cannot do anymore and nothing will change the outcome. I will worry when I need to worry as worrying now won’t help. This is just what I do and may work for you.

@Nat thank you very much for replying and for your advice! And congratulations xxxx

Hugs, that tough. I'm taking my prenatal vitamins and praying. But yeah, it tough when there is so much outside of your control. 💕

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