How are you Rainbow mamas dealing with the anxiousness?

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I'm feeling a lot better this time. Trying to shake the jitters and really enjoy this pregnancy as the others. I'm so scared to announce to my family out of fear of having to take it back again.

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This week is a tough one for me.. When I had my miscarriage, I was 9 weeks when I started bleeding and 9+4 when it passed. I was 9 weeks yesterday. 
So I am trying to keep myself occupied haha.
What is keeping me going is the fact that I am still sick and no appetite and so tired that I had a 2 hour nap on the couch.
We had an ultrasound at 6+5 and saw its heartbeat. So that's good I guess!!

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I miscarried in 2015 at 12 weeks. No bleeding or cramping. Had 2 D&Cs etc. This time around i was shittin frisbees with anxiety.. at 7 weeks saw baby. 9 weeks saw baby. 10 weeks baby got bigger. 11 weeks.. baby flipping around. Im almost 13 weeks.. i bought a home doppler and i have been able to hear my babys heartbeat. I also keep up with forums like this that help me stay calm.. i just heard my little jellybeans heartbeat a few minutes ago.. so i am confident in going into my NT SCAN appt the day after tomorrow.. This baby is stickin so far

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I'm nearing 12 weeks and am still too nervous to announce - like I'll jinx it or something. I felt so invincible last pregnancy - when I started spotting, I didn't think twice about it until I woke up bleeding badly. It was so traumatizing.

Now I'm just nervous about everything. I'm nervous to get excited. I'm nervous when I worry too much. It doesn't help I have anxiety!

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I bought a fetal Doppler! Just listened to my peanut's heartbeat this morning and the relief is just amazing. I had a missed miscarriage in September. Never had any signs of miscarrying at all! The Doppler definitely gives me piece of mind. If you get one, you just have to tell yourself that you may not always be able to find a heartbeat because of position or another harmless reason. For me, the relief completely makes it worth it!

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I didnt announce last pregnancy,  I only told my closest family and friends  and allowed them to tell whoever they wanted... but just not bring it up to me..... This time around I have felt soo nervous  and scared I cant even have sex for fear of spotting  (even though  i know its normal)  I'LL  be 10 weeks tomorrow  (with my appt) but last week..... symptoms  disappeared  so I got  extremely  nervous.  I went to  a 3d ultrasound  place just to hear the heartbeat again.  I was too early to really hear it on the doppler.  This time I'm announcing to parents  wed. And the rest of the family in 2 weeks.

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I'm scared but trying to remain positive. Last time we announced to family at 8 weeks before having an ultrasound or anything and then found out at 11+4 that there wasn't a heartbeat and baby hadn't grown past 6 weeks. We had an early ultrasound about a week ago and this time baby was measuring 7+2 and we saw the flickering heart beat and it was going 147bpm. I'm still scared shitless but we finally told our families and they are beyond thrilled. I have another appointment in 2 weeks where they will try to find the heartbeat with the Doppler (I'll be 10 weeks then) and I'm so scared they won't find it. I have days that I don't even feel pregnant, and then other days where I feel awful. Last night my mom told me I looked like "death warmed over" haha. I'm just trying to get through each day and be happy with the time I've had with my little babe so far.

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I'm feeling pretty good, getting more confident with every day that goes by. Just reach 12 weeks today! But we are waiting for our NIPT genetic screen results this week and I am terrified. I know the odds are that there's nothing wrong, especially since my husband and I are both in our twenties and have no known genetic issues, but I'm just horrified what if something isn't right and we have to lose this one too. But as far as miscarriage worries, every day I get farther from when we miscarried last time and every time I go to the bathroom and there's no blood, I just feel more and more confident that we will meet our baby in august.

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I'm hanging in....I've had 3 miscarriages with the last in sept 2016 at 9-10w (none have lasted past 11w but baby always passed weeks prior). I'm 9w tmrw. I feel different and am gaining (too much) weight weight even tho I'm not eating a whole lot more and am only queasy sometimes, not sleeping well and lower back pain at night only. I am almost 40 and leary about a NT scan and haven't had an US yet as all of my prior didn't make it to a 2nd US. Day by day right now....

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I MC'd at 14 weeks last year. This time around I wasn't really nervous until week 9...now time is going slow. Week 10 finally got here but to get past week 14 seems like forever

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Thank you everyone it helps to know I'm not the only one with similar fears. I'm very hopeful we will all hold our rainbows in August. I can't wait until we can fill those kicks and rolls they are so reassuring. Baby dust👶🏽

How are you Rainbow mamas dealing with the anxiousness?

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