Could they last several days?
And can they be bad ie worse than normal period pains?
I've had moderate to bad cramping for 4 days now. It's been worse than period pains but not as bad as labour pains, and on/off. I've also had headaches (unusual for me nowadays) and been generally achey on and off.
Before it started I had a few days of being ill due to accidentally eating dairy (I'm intolerant to it). At first I assumed the cramps were because I'd eaten something else dairy, but they've just continued, whereas my dairy symptoms disappear once it's out of my system.
I've just cut out gluten in case there's an intolerance there, but the cramps started before I stopped eating it, so I doubt it's (just) gluten withdrawal symptoms.
My periods haven't returned yet due to breastfeeding my 14 m.o. I wondered whether the cramping might be my body getting ready to start again, but I wouldn't have thought it would be so bad.