third time lucky?????

No advice as i am a fellow nut case, i guess i just try to rationalise my nerves. After each scan i just think thats another week down.

I hope you are able to enjoy some of your pregnancy and hopefully after you pass the time of your last losses things will get easier.

I hope everything works out for you! I have no advice either..i was a nervous wreck till 12 week scan esp with some spotting..but i got through it..it sucks for some of us we dont get to enjoy the early part of pregnancy!:(

Yup I worried right up until I had the little bugger in my arms!!!!! In fact i was slightly removed the whole pregnancy as I just couldnt let myself get hurt again.

I had serial scans and still couldnt look at the screen at 38 weeks until I was told all was good even though I could feel him kicking the sonographer LOL.

My point, its normal and I am hoping this little bean is a sticky one! I have everything crossed for you!!!!

Yay for it being confirmed!
I get the whole not wanting the early scan thing, waited for 7+ weeks myself. I wouldn't want to go any earlier - it would just freak me out too much. At first I thought I'd wait for at least 8-9 weeks but found I couldn't hold out that long.

I found having a mountain of HCGs done good - at least I was able to see the numbers going up and would know as soon as something wasn't ticking along as it should.

Hugs hun - its a rough time for you - excited about the pregnancy but trying to protect yourself just in case.
Sticky vibes being sent your way!!

like the idea of weekly hcgs instead of scans - will def be suggesting that to the doctor.

we're going to Raro on the 28th Aug for a friends wedding. Be about 7 weeks by then so hoping 7 days of R&R and sunshine helps junior stick around.

Hi Sasha, I so know what you mean. I have my 13 week scan tomorrow and last night had dreadful nightmares about it. I think once you experience a scan after missed m/c you are never the same. I am a basket case at the moment.

It's certainly not the happy, shiny time you think it's going to be...

Good luck girls

I am in the same boat as you. I have had two miscarriages this year, both at 6 weeks. The doctor says they are not connected in any way (which seems a bit strange to me since they both happened at exactly 6 weeks). I have one healthy 2 year old son. I found out on friday that I am pregnant again. Tomorrow I will be 5 weeks, so only 1 week to go till the dreaded 6 week point. This time round I haven't allowed myself to get excited at all. The apst 2 times I worked out the due date, started thinking about names etc, but this time I'm really detached. It's almost as if I've already decided it won't work out.
My doctor is no help at all. He won't let me have any blood tests or an early scan because he doesn't see the point. He thinks those things will just give me false hope & iot could still all go pear-shaped. I think I'd feel better if I could see hcg levels going up & a heart beat, but he won't budge.
Anyway, no you're not being silly-you're just guarding yourself from the disappointment if it doesn't work out. I can understand that.
Fingers crossed it really is third time lucky for us!

Odettenz - your GP sounds very insensitive - I think I would be considering changing to someone else. I mean you probably wouldn't have a scan until 7 weeks but he should let you have HCGs, esp given your history!
Hugs hun!

Yeah definitely time to change GPs. I wasn't going to go back to him when I found out I was pregnant this time but I thought I should just for continuity's sake. If I need a referral to the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic if things go wrong again I thought it might be easier if I had only seen one doctor for all three MCs.

Anyway, I rang my midwife this morning & she said the GP is being an idiot & she is going to post me a form for an early scan right away. She said probably best to wait for next friday to do the scan just in case my dates are a bit wrong. I should be 7 weeks next fri (if I make it there)

Anyway, don't know why my GP is being such an insensitive jerk. I'll have to find a new one...maybe a woman.

Keep fingers crossed everyone. I think I'm sicker this time than I was the past 2 times, which is a good sign....I hope.

karenm wrote: Had a blood test on weds which confirmed pregnancy but because of previous m/c's my doc has ordered serial HCG tests and I have an appointment to see her next week. I really hope she doesn't want me to have an early scan because I just don't want to go there. I know from previous experience that seeing a heartbeat is no guarantee the little one will stick (last m/c saw heartbeat at 6 wks, baby died at 7wks) so I'd rather wait until we're at least 8 weeks before the first scan. Probably sounds a bit like I'm sticking my head in the sand but i figure what ever will be will be and having an early scan isn't going to change the outcome.

I got my next BFP the very next cycle and i thought i would wait until 8 weeks as it seemed like "most" MCs happen around the 6-7week mark and after people had had scans so they didnt find out until sometimes their 12 week scan.....so that was my theory and it worked for me......i honestly knew this one was gonna stick, and i also knew my last one wasnt going to........and this one i used a total of 25 preg tests to help ease my mind (they were cheap internet ones i bought in bulk so wasnt so bad) but its what helped me get through until my 12 week scan.
Good luck and hope this one is a sticky bean for you!!!!