Weight anxiety

Hi all I’m new on here. Just looking for a place to vent I guess and share concerns.

Pregnant with baby number 3. It was a surprise but they are very much loved already!

I have my first scan on Monday. My anxiety is through the roof about if baby is okay.

One thing that is really stressing me out though is my weight. I’m about 4 stone heavier now than I was with my last baby due to a thyroid condition created by my last pregnancy and I’m freaking out. I’ve never been a skinny girl and it’s never bothered me. But all these intrusive thoughts keep creeping into my head. Like will they even be able to scan the baby through my belly?! Is my weight harming the baby?! I know I’ve got a bump now but my mum pouch from my last 2 csections is hanging from the bottom of it and I hate myself for how I feel about it.

Am I being ridiculous? Does anyone else out there have these thoughts?

Thanks

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Definitely understand where you are coming from.

I'm about 2 and a half stone heavier than I was with my first and I was starting to lose the weight when I fell pregnant (we were trying). I'm now 15 weeks pregnant and feel massive but it's like the bump at the top and the my stomach hanging over due to my past c section I feel super self conscious all the time and worry about my health this time round compared to my first pregnancy and how that will be impacting the baby.

I've already had my scan and baby was good and I've got my 20 week scan in just under 5 weeks and I can't wait to make sure everything is ok with baby.

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Thank you for responding. It’s nice to know I’m not alone. I was also on a fitness kick when I fell pregnant this time. I’d even joined a gym to start professing my work outs but that’s all gone out the window with how sick I’ve been since week 6 and it’s just got progressively worse. I’m hoping to continue light exercise when it eventually disappears. I’m hoping that will help curb these thoughts abit

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Hello! I'm also dealing with a thyroid condition and have always been up and down with my weight. I feel like I've ballooned over the last three months, and I'm getting lots of awful thoughts about it - not helped by the fact that we are still waiting on an NHS scan to start telling friends and colleagues. So you are definitely not alone.

I wish I had some advice, but I really liked what Sylvia said ❤️

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I was so sick from week 6 until last week to point I couldn't even go to work but thankfully it seems go of eased off. I've been taking me son out in his pram and trying to walk a lot more which I think has been helping me.

I'm sure everything will be fine and once babies are here we can start getting ourselves back on track with where we want to be 😊

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