https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 14:14:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619764 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:03:43 +0000 blackbird 619764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619606 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:18:13 +0000 sslm 619606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: I'm so sorry :( I've been where you are, let me know if you'd like to chat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619488 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:48:35 +0000 dagret 619488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: oh no, I'm so sorry for your loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619462 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:14:29 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 619462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! I think it's impossible to stop worrying after infertility issues. But after the first tri hopefully it will calm down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619244 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:44:47 +0000 mamimami 619244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry to hear this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619104 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:46:42 +0000 marionberry 619104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry! Hugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619087 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:40:37 +0000 prettylizy 619087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: hugs to you all. So so sorry for your loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619082 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:39:57 +0000 tequiero21 619082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!! H&amp;h 9! I say just pick up a hobby or something to keep you preoccupied.... And it's normal to be worried.... I was worried pretty much the whole pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619073 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:37:27 +0000 Smurfette 619073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so sorry for your loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-619068 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:36:22 +0000 singingbee 619068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: I'm so sorry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-618974 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:58:30 +0000 MrsCastro 618974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: i am SO sorry for your loss...sneding you virtual hugs!!! take care of yourself... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-618810 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:02:42 +0000 AbbyCadabby 618810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, unfortunately, it's not good news. I went for the first ultrasound today and there was no heartbeat and was measuring only about 5 weeks (I should be 7 weeks today). So, yeah...a miscarriage, which is what I had been worrying about all along. And I guess you can still get a positive pregnancy test because I was pretty much taking them twice a week and getting positives every time. I'm really bummed and not sure where to go from here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-586011 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:22:13 +0000 kml636 586011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got preg 3 months after a miscarriage at 12 weeks and I could NOT relax the whole time. 9 months seemed like an eternity! What helped me was getting one of those home fetal dopplers, so every time my mind would race I would use that. Some people say they make things worse though. I kept repeating a mantra each time my anxiety would set in: "happy and healthy". It really did help. Good luck and Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-585997 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:15:34 +0000 kjpugs 585997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I conceived my first cycle on metformin and I thought the same thing... too easy.... too good to be true! I think EVERYONE is scared/nervous/worrier before they get their first U/S at least. Well, maybe not everyone, but those who tend to worry in general :) AKA, ME! I started POAS daily but have let my symptoms speak to me now because they're pretty bad. My U/S is Monday and I can't wait!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-585956 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:49:39 +0000 Dandelion 585956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!</p> <p>Relax! I'm carrying a rainbow baby right now, after an early miscarriage. The first trimester was very nerve wracking, but every day helps. Once you get to feel the kicks and get the annoying side effects, you really start to feel more comfortable in your pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-585954 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:46:32 +0000 T.H.O.U. 585954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: hope all is well for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-571249 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:23:53 +0000 sarac 571249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave birth in September 2011 after getting pregnant on my fourth round of clomid. This feeling never left me. Even now, I think, was I pregnant? Did I seriously make you? I have trouble believing it. I was so scared the entire time - I wouldn't let myself believe that I was really going to take a baby home. It was too good to be true. I think I must have been unwilling to get my hopes up for fear of having all of my fears of losing her come true.</p> <p>The reality is that you most likely will. But the fear might not leave, and that's ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570956 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:35:24 +0000 marionberry 570956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant after my first IUI and not only did I then worry about mc but about ectopics and more. I googled everything under the sun and POAS at least every other day for about 2 weeks. After that I started to calm down a little and once we got to the first ultrasound (6w4d) and we heard the heartbeat I was totally fine. So what I'm saying is, that it's totally normal after dealing with infertility to fear that the bottom will fall out again, but this period where you're really scared will go away pretty soon. Just try your best to be happy that you are currently pregnant and enjoy your pregnancy more than fear you will lose it. Congratulations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570889 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:36:28 +0000 Grace 570889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!</p> <p>And saying "today I'm pregnant" really does help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570870 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:04:24 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 570870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AbbyCadabby: I was an older mama and things turned out just fine. They monitored me a little more carefully than otherwise... but my precious girl is now 2 and 1/2 and my baby is almost a year! (and I'm over 40 now).</p> <p>Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570824 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:28:07 +0000 mamimami 570824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have problems but I was paranoid like all mamas with both my pregnancies. Every day I thanked God that my baby was still (seemingly) OK for another day and prayed for him/her. Try taking it a day at a time and relaxing as much as possible. I know it sounds impossible but you just have to do it. (Sounds like many things in parenting, right?) CONGRATS!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570783 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:31:33 +0000 MrsH 570783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: aww I love the saying/mantra/positive words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570779 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:24:46 +0000 singingbee 570779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone has given great advice. We are pregnant again after losing our daughter at 20 weeks. The thing is, worrying or not worrying, telling or not telling, buying or not buying doesn't make a difference in the outcome, so let yourself be happy. Don't automatically think you are going to be in the 3% (or whatever it is) that experience a miscarriage. </p> <p>This is a hard concept for me to 'get' but I keep telling myself that this pregnancy wasn't that pregnancy and another thig: today I'm pregnant and we love our baby. That last one was from @marionberry. It's helped me as we wait for our first ultrasound. </p> <p>Congrats and hugs!!!!! Don't worry, be happy!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570777 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:23:35 +0000 AbbyCadabby 570777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks! The thing is, this is my 2nd pregnancy. I have a beautiful almost 3-year-old daughter so I know perfectly well that it's normal to not feel anything. I guess the difference is that with my first, we didn't have to do fertility treatments; this time, we had been trying for over a year and I had convinced myself we would have to do IVF eventually so in a way, this seems too "easy". (I'm sure that doesn't make any sense!) I also didn't find out I was pregnant the first time until I was almost 7 weeks so by that time, I was starting to feel some symptoms. I definitely think it can be a bad thing to know you're pregnant too early...too much time to worry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570774 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:22:15 +0000 sorrycharlie 570774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>congratulations! you can get a relatively large pack of wondfo pregnancy tests on amazon for cheap cheap :) I say if peeing on a stick every day eases your mind, I'd definitely do it. I've also heard from people that the line can fade after a few weeks but not sure how true that is because I POAS at 9w again before I told my family and it was positive still! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570773 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:14:33 +0000 sslm 570773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First, congrats! This is an exciting time!</p> <p>I know how you feel, I had a hard time being excited for the baby I'm carrying right now (33 weeks!) bc of a prior mc. It was hard on everyone and for me, as I just wouldn't accept that this was actually going to work out. </p> <p>The thing is, if something does, god forbid, go wrong, it won't be any easier just because you spent the whole time in denial or worrying. So let yourself get excited! Maybe go buy a cute baby outfit, or visit a baby store just to look around. Talk to your husband about it. Know that that the odds are in your favor for this to work out!!!</p> <p>Also, most people don't feel any symptoms until about 6 weeks, so I wouldn't let that bother you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570772 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:14:25 +0000 MrsH 570772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First congratulations! I would say the hormones are doing it and that you won't stop worrying for 18 years. :)</p> <p>We had a m/c with our last pregnancy and I've thought of peeing on sticks for awhile after our next bfp, so I don't think peeing on a bunch of stick is a bad thing. If it will ease your mind at all, go for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570771 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:13:17 +0000 mrs. bird 570771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations!!!! Your numbers more than doubled, that is a great sign! I'm sorry you are worrying, I hope soon you'll have more confidence in your pregnancy &amp; be able to enjoy it more. Do you meditate? That might be helpful. Congrats again : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-after-iui-and-cant-stop-worrying#post-570768 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:07:47 +0000 AbbyCadabby 570768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just found out that I'm pregnant after our last round of IUI. The initial beta on Wednesday had a level of 202 and then it went up to 596 on Friday, which the nurse said was great. I want to be excited but for some reason, I just can't get past the worry. I know that at my age (I'll be 40 this year), I have a higher risk of miscarriage and I keep thinking that the pregnancy will just "disappear" and I won't even know it until my first ultrasound in 3 weeks.</p> <p>My husband is so excited and wants to talk about it all the time but I won't let him because I'm afraid it will 'jinx' it. I know this is completely irrational but I don't know how to relax and be happy. I seriously thought about buying a gigantic pack of pregnancy tests and taking one every day until the ultrasound just so I could be sure it was still happening. It doesn't help that I don't feel any symptoms at all!</p> <p>Why am I being so crazy?? And how do I stop worrying?!? </p>