Early pregnancy
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@Ruth how many weeks was you when tou had your private scan? X
Last time 9, this time 7 and 9 (probably shouldn't have gone at 7 tbh as the place I went to only had abdominal and we could only see sacs, didn't hear heart beat that time). I think if you have vaginal you can normally see more and hear heartbeat at 7 weeks but also remember dates aren't always accurate too (we can't be 100% sure when we ovulated) so if your not as far along as you think sometimes you see less too and that can make some people more worried! Hope that makes sense. 😊 Message me and I'll show you the image/video.
Congratulations! I was a wreck in my pregnancy and it was so hard. Did something happen to make you more anxious this time? Did you have issues with your first or recovery ? A couple sessions therapy to unpack that may help. Try to reduce stress in your life and ask partner to help. I was worried because I had fertility issues and thought I'd never have a baby so I was in the epu a lot if I had any blood and they gave me a lot of reassurance. I would like to hope that if I had a 2nd I could draw strength from the knowledge that my body has produced a healthy baby before. Try to draw strength from that too, sounds like your first is doing ok so you did great!
During my pregnancy (she is my first) I wasn’t too anxious until I got to about 8 weeks and then suddenly I felt so worried especially sometimes when you go down a “rabbit hole” of other peoples posts etc that I HAD to book a scan and see it for myself…I went to Window to the womb and had one done vaginally and it was so clear and you can see pics and videos that you can buy and have on the app x
I hated the wait for 12 week scan so always went for private, if you can afford to do that it does put your mind at ease a little x