6 weeks pregnant with mild symptoms

[Bee_86]

I am 6+3 weeks pregnant and I just really need to get this out of my head. I am getting more and more anxious about the scan on Wednesday. I just wish it was sooner. It’s meant to be today! But of course the clinic is closed. Rationally, I know this works out best because it gives the baby a chance to grow.

I’m so scared. I really hope my baby is healthy and growing.

Nausea still has not hit in full force, but my boobs are always painful now instead of coming and going.

But generally I do feel like my symptoms are mild and that scares me. I won’t lie, I have googled and this seems quite common at my stage of pregnancy. But it still worries me.

How on earth do I get through the next few days?!

Praying my baby is ok 🤍✨💫

[Leii9]

Hi, Don't pay too much attention to symptoms, i had them coming and going all the way through to 11/12 weeks with almost no nausea.

I'm now 18 weeks.

Best of luck for the scan 😊

[Bee_86 in reply to Leii9]

Thank you so much. It’s so helpful to hear other people’s experiences.

[Christianbaby]

Mild symptoms don't really mean you aren't pregnant or you are. I didn't have nausea until I was well into my 3rd month. Hope everything goes well. xx

[HollyT7]

With my second, my symptoms seemed to go then I hit a particular day and then had morning sickness throughout. It’s a horrible time waiting for your scan, consciously try to replace the negative thought that pops up with an affirmation of the fact you are pregnant and your babe is getting comfy x

[Bee_86 in reply to HollyT7]

Great idea I will do that. I hold my tummy and talk to my baby a lot. Xx

[Honey328]

Hello, if you have pain your boobs every day, that's really good . Don't worry baby will be fine and it's better for you later than sooner to see the baby and see the heartbeat and not freaking out that it's gonna be too early to see something on the scan.

[Bee_86 in reply to Honey328]

I absolutely agree re having a later scan. But the wait is hard. Will try to keep myself busy, not think too negatively, and keep talking to baby. Thank you xx

[Honey328 in reply to Bee_86]

Keep yourself mama busy. Give baby time to grow up for those couple daysYou are pregnant so now it's time to relax.

[Kate-92]

I completely understand your worry, we had our scan last Friday at 7 wks and baby was measuring 6wks 6days so the hospital were happy & we saw a super strong heartbeat. Up until that point I was an absolute nervous wreck & even now I am still just as worried even though I have had the reassurance. I have had really sore boobs but they have been less sore over the last couple days which really worried me, I spoke to the clinic and they said this is normal. Symptoms will come and go and change in intensity. My friend barely had any symptoms and has a healthy 1 yr old.

Every pregnancy is different and when you google it sends you into a spin. Try not too, and try to keep yourself occupied - I would do well to take my own advice ! Lots of luck x

[Bee_86 in reply to Kate-92]

Thanks so much for your reassurance. Have you had any other symptoms leading up to your scan? Any nausea? I’ve barely had any and when I have it’s been very subtle and only really when I’m hungry or have just eaten something I didn’t enjoy.

[Kate-92]

Sore boobs have been my strongest symptom, but they could be worse because of the progesterone I am taking. Outside of that I’ve had some mild cramping, lower back / hip ache & a tiny bit of nausea. I would try not to worry too much that your symptoms are subtle - that could just be your body & how you react to pregnancy though I know it’s easy to say and harder to do.

I have booked in for another scan in between the one last week & my 12 wk just for additional reassurance. I keep thinking should I feel more than I do, but I think that’s just natural at this early stage x

[Bee_86 in reply to Kate-92]

I’m on progesterone too. Oddly the breast pain disappeared two days before my BFP and came back a week later. So I can’t tell if that is progesterone or pregnancy! It’s definitely different to the pain I had before so hopefully pregnancy. Has also been getting worse/more consistent. I now have it 24/7, but sometimes it’s less sometimes more.

I’m going to stop worrying! It’s not going to do me a good if I keep this up until the scan. I’m just going to turn my thoughts around and talk to baby all the time. It helps me so much, doing that.

Also, the day that my hcg more than doubled, I was pretty symptomless that day, so I guess the lack of symptoms do really mean nothing.

Thank you so much for your support. It is so appreciated ♥️

[Kate-92]

See you can reason but it’s so hard when the doubts creep in isn’t it ! Worrying & googling & constantly overthinking really isn’t doing us any favours - I just had a split second of ‘everything’s going to be okay I can feel it’ and it felt so good so I am going to just practice saying this to myself rather than causing more stress x 💞 x

[Bee_86 in reply to Kate-92]

I’m going to do the same. Thank you 💖

[Kate-92 in reply to Bee_86]

I hope all goes well with your scan tomorrow 💞

[Bee_86 in reply to Kate-92]

Thank you so much. So lovely of you to remember. I’m a wreck. How are you doing? Xx

[Kate-92 in reply to Bee_86]

I am okay, I had a bit of a melt down today as keep finding myself on threads reading far too much ! I am 8wks 4days today and my next scan (private) is the 13th ! Probably should have picked a different date 😖 I honestly don’t know how people find out they’re pregnant then wait until 12 wks ! This is much harder than the injections / egg retrieval - I am on pins all the time xx

[RedFox23]

Hi Bee, I’m not far ahead of you and also panicked before my viability scan. I almost booked an extra scan a few days before because my nerves couldn’t handle it! I went on to book a slot a few times but told myself I needed to wait as long as possible so I would hopefully see the heartbeat. It was torture.

My symptoms seemed to vanish on the day of the scan and I was expecting to hear bad news from the Dr! Luckily everything was completely fine and now the nausea and sickness is in full swing and I’m wishing I’d made the most of being symptom free!

Wishing you all the best for Weds x

[Bee_86 in reply to RedFox23]

Thank you so much for your words. I feel so reassured xxx

[Materialbarbie]

try not to worry, with my first I was sick from 6 weeks but my second it came around 7/8 weeks and fully knocked me off my feet. But I worried so much about it. Try to keep calm and good luck for your scan! Xxxx

[Yellowlove]

Ah, I had exactly the same symptoms (or lack of) around that time. Boob pain came and went but not much else. My nausea kicked in around 7 weeks and the food aversions. Everything was fine and I’m now 14.5 weeks x.

[Flutterbby]

Its OK I had next to nothing for this one and my first. Only sore boobs. Worked every day never feeling sick,had one day off and went into labour. First was a girl, and I suspect another girl this one, as again strongly averted to meat.

[Flutterbby in reply to Flutterbby]

12.5 weeks x

[RACMumm]

I have just had my final IVF miracle baby after having a boy, twin boys and this time a girl. I have never had symptoms of any kind in any of my pregnancies. My boobs didn’t hurt until much further on with the boys and oddly not at all with my little girl. I felt sick once when brushing my teeth with the twins and aside from mild cravings and heartburn (much later, after week 20) I had nothing to indicate I was pregnant apart from the lack of monthly periods. I panicked too. Each and every time

But I’ve been blessed with 4 perfect IVF miracles and I now count myself extremely lucky that I didn’t have to cope with daily sickness or sore boobs and was able to pretty much carry on as normal throughout my pregnancies. Did you find you had a lot of side effects with the medications you took during the IVF? had none so perhaps that is a gauge as to whether or not you will have strong pregnancy symptoms. For now, congratulations and I hope the anxiety reduces. You’re pregnant and you will get to see your baby very soon. Like said above, I found the reassurance of a scan was short lived and I would start to feel anxious again soon after but rest assured, once you can hear the heartbeat with a Doppler and your bump starts to grow, you may start to feel more reassured then. I struggled with the first few months and I think most mamas do. Enjoy your scan and seeing that heartbeat. It’s magical!

[Twinbelgium in reply to RACMumm]

Beautiful story. With your twins, are you saying you didn’t have all those “extreme symptoms” too? When did you know you were having twins? Thanks

[RACMumm in reply to Twinbelgium]

Hi Twinbelgium. No, I didn't have any extreme symptoms at all. I was very fortunate. Aside from a larger bump I really did not have any different experience than I did with my singleton. My fourth and most recent pregnancy was by far the easiest and smoothest pregnancy of all 3 and I was over 40 and more than 11 years since my twin pregnancy. I was surprised and so happy to have had such great health throughout ❤️

[Beacon78]

Congratulations on your pregnancy. I never had any symptoms when I was pregnant and now have a healthy 11 month old baby boy. I understand your anxiety though. I was exactly the same and our little boy must be the most scanned baby ever. I had private scans quite frequently because of my history and anxiety. I wish you the best of luck. X