When to relax and enjoy?

Question

Hey moms and moms-to-be. I just found out we are expecting a day before my period was due- so we are super early. My preliminary excitement and research led me to a terrifying stat of 25% chance of miscarriage in the first trimester. I’m usually a very anxious person, but i do feel somewhat calm and just happy. But it almost feels irresponsible to be so care-free. 
Just wondering when it all set in for you, and when you felt like you could just enjoy the journey?

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For me, I felt really confident in this pregnancy even before knowing I was pregnant. I don't know how to explain it other than I KNEW everything was fine. With that said, I still had nerves. I think it's a totally normal reaction! We want to know baby is ok. And its probably safe to say 100% of Mama's go thru this. I think my nerves (at least 95%) calmed when I had my 20 week scan. I still get nervous from time to time but it's about things that are out of my control. So I try my best to control what I can and not focus too much on the things I can't. Best bit of advice, DONT GOOGLE. If you are ever concerned about something, then reach out to your doc. They will know what is best to do about any given situation

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To be honest there is always something to worry about. Just try to enjoy it if you can. Chances are everything will be fine but unfortunately miscarriages do happen. The chance of miscarriage drops dramatically after 12 weeks if the NT scan looks normal. Personally after the 20 week anatomy scan I relaxed a lot more but then things got a little stressful  in the final weeks. Congrats :) x

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Getting into the 2nd trimester, so week 14. Of course a week later I started bleeding so that brought on another month or so of worrying. Unfortunately things can always go wrong so if you can start odd not worrying you're in great shape since worrying doesnt help.

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I didn't feel truly relaxed until I started feeling movement (17 weeks) then it all set it at my gender scan. Which I had at exactly 20 weeks. Before that it was mostly nerves.

When to relax and enjoy?

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