Probably silly worry but reassurance needed

[HoneyMum21]

Right, this is probably a silly thing to be worrying about but it's my first pregnancy and I'm stressing about every little thing.
For the past couple of days I've had a mild pain in bottom left of abdo. It's intermittent but I haven't had anything like this which has gone on for more than a few hours before. The only way I can describe it is that it almost feels like someone poking me from the inside out a few times then stops and starts again. I'm 12 weeks pregnant.
I know I should probably call my midwife with stuff like this but at my booking appointment she made it clear I shouldn't bother her with silly stuff.

Should I be worrying about this?

Thanks

Have you had a scan yet? Is it quite low? It is probably nothing as you get loads of different aches and pains when you're pregnant.

No, it is your ligaments stretching I would think. The early days can be really painful as everything starts to stretch.

Or it could be wind

Could be ligament pain? What with everything stretching out

But if ur bothered ring ur mw no matter what they've said. Better to have ur mind at ease

I don't think you need to worry, I had a similar pain when I was pregnant which I kept getting after I had done a lot of walking/exercising. But do see the midwife if you're worried.

Thanks for speedy replies all - queenofsheeba had scan last thurs and all seemed good but I'm still scared of losing it

Also- was wondering if could be wind but never had it that has kept up in the same place repeatedly for this long!

Ah Honey get used to spending the next years of your life in a state of continual terror that something may happen to your baby. However irrationally crazy unlikely.

HoneyMum21, the only reason I asked about the scan was to rule out an ectopic. Please don't worry - pregnancy is full of odd pains. I am 20 weeks pregnant and am in constant pain. Not agony (usually), but niggly pains. Right now, my vagina hurts. Yesterday, I had a pain in right side every time I moved. Last week, my tummy was very tight and very painful. It's all normal.

Thanks for reassurance all :)

Just wanted to add, when I was 12 weeks I had a trip to a&e with a pain exactly where you describe. They were worried it might have been ectopic (said I might not have been as far along ad I thought) so come in and be checked out. It was fine and I've put it down to really bad trapped wind! I had awful gas at the start of this pregnancy and it would then go for a week or two and then come back. Thankfully it stop completely at some point.

Oh yeah, forgot about the gas . I have had terrible - and I mean TERRIBLE - trapped wind this pregnancy.

Sorry, don't want to moan, just trying to make you feel better

I had exactly that at 12 weeks. Sudden little flickers of pain or discomfort that felt like a tugging or prodding from the inside. went on for hours.

I was alarmed but all was fine. I can only assume stuff was starting to 'move about'. At 17 weeks I can reassure you that it will be replaced by other strange twinges and pains - but out of the fog of the first trimester it's easier to make sense of them. Good luck!

At about 12 weeks your womb moves out from inside your pelvic bone to allow more room to grow - so pain around this time is normal as this is the time everything is 'moving' gettin ready to make more room for baby in later months x