Scared to be excited

I didn’t relax until those first scans xx

I felt exactly the same as I tried for years. I had two miscarriages before 12 weeks years ago and then went 7 years without even a positive result.

I haven’t got any advice for you as I’m still yet to relax and enjoy the pregnancy. I told close family and friends only. And only this Monday following my 28 week scan did I share the news publicly on social media.

You just have to take one day/week at a time. Try and have hope and not become stressed as that will not help the baby. Spottng is normal at 6 weeks. In fact I spotted for the first 3 months. It gets easier once you get past 16 weeks as then any concerns they will scan you or do heart rate checks at hospital if you need.

Take plenty of time to rest and don’t push your body too far. Call in sick to work is you have morning(all day) sickness. I told my manager at work early (9 week I think) as there were manual aspects of my job I wanted to stop and I wanted to explain why I kept being off or late with sickness.

Make you and baby number 1 priority. Say no to things. Keep stress levels down.

Turns out I did have some advice lol.

Also i get how hard it can be especially when you feel like it’s too soon to tell your support network so if you ever want to reach out and vent please feel free xx

Good luck xx