5 weeks with no symptoms and a bit anxious

[isitnearlyteatime]

HI all
Im 5 weeks with no symptoms other than moderate to more intense cramping lasting for a few days - is the cramping normal or should I be worried? Also took another HPT test and while the line is still strong on comparing it with yesterdays HPT test in my eyes it does look slightly lighter - is this a concern??

Also I have told my GP I am pg but he has not mentioned booking an appointment with a midwife or given me any info at all so am really not sure what I should be doing. When after a bfp do you have to go and see a midwife and what do they do at this appointment? Also concerned as I have not had a rubella test and is this something I need to sort out now?

So sorry for all the questions its just I haven't been given very much info at all and feel completely in the dark about the whole thing :(

Firstly, breathe!
You are PG. Step away from the HPTs, that way madness lies. There are so many factors which affect them, you'll just get more and more confused.
It's really early days. Cramps at 5 weeks are totally normal, your uterus is stretching, preparing, realigning itself for a growing baby. Regarding symptoms, be careful what you wish for, and remind yourself of this thread in a few weeks time!
Booking in isn't usually done until around 8 weeks, you are in a bit of a dead spot attention wise ATM. When you get there, they will take your blood, this will check for loads of stuff, including immunity.

Just sit back, relax, and enjoy these last couple if vomit free days.

Oh, and CNGRATULATIONS!

Also, pop over to the Antenatal Groups topic, and join the one for the month you are due. The support is great, and you are all going through the same things at the same time.

thanks so much for your reply saggy - really helpful and reassuring too
yes I must remember to slowly calm down and definitely step away from those HPTs - am addicted to them but they are driving me crazy with the "omg the line is not as strong as before heeeelp!"

really very relieved to hear that cramping is normal - I am absolutely fine with no symptoms if I know everything is fine as I know how ghastly those things can be having had previous mcs :( The cramping was getting much more intense which is what I was worried about but today it has subsided and for that I am v grateful

relief to also know that I shouldn't be doing this and that and the other but that it only begins at 8 weeks - just am desperate to get to that 8 week bit and am going hour by hour and a relief to get through each hour - having had previous mcs it is making me so anxious :(

yes I will indeed enjoy that time symptom free of feeling absolutely nothing whatsoever and will just have to resist the urge to POAS too!
thanks so much for your reply - antenatal groups topic sounds great too

Look in this topic for the 'Posifrickentivity' thread and dive in. We've all had MCs and have all been through the same anxiety. Its a lovely thread full of help and support and handholding. We are having a rash of thread babies atm. Its so reassuring. I was exactly where you were, it seems like yesterday, but im 26 weeks tomorrow. Time will fly. x

ahw thank you so much - that sounds great
It will be great to talk to others who have all been through it
I do indeed hope time flies - I have never before in my life wanted the clock to turn so quickly as the time watching and symptom spotting and symptom worrying is driving me crazy :) x

ps many congrats to you - that's super - I would love to fast forward myself to 26 weeks this minute :)

I'm 12 weeks today (yahoo!!) and have had virtually no sympthoms either. I had slightly sore boobs but nothing major.
I've had mild cramping though throughout- including today, actually it's very bad today but it's around this time that the stretching cramps start- apparently normal! have had 2 scans now and all is great- so it will be for you too!

thank you so much chica - congrats that's great - its really reassuring to hear that others have had very few symptoms

am due to have a scan but not for another 2 weeks - that 2ww is a very very long time and in the meantime Ive just been driving myself crazy with the symptom or lack of symptoms Im getting

went shopping yesterday which took my mind off things and was good and I realised I had managed to get through a few hours without thinking about it - now I know that sounds crazy and esp to me as before this every second was so precious and I was racing to just get through too much but now its the opposite

pg is turning me in to a manic worrier !

Well it's funny you should say that- because PG has turned me into a crazy ass worrier too (for the first time).. i was always pretty happy-go-lucky about most things.. then it all changed, this is how it went:

2WW: oh god, should i be working out, maybe not, it might stop implantation, maybe i shouldnt be drinking coffee, ahhh!! do your deep breathing, it helps with implantation! someone even mentioned online that masturbation was better than sex during the 2ww so i gave that a go too!

BFP: yey! oh wait- oh god, what if i miscarry, i coudlnt cope!

5-9 weeks- non stop worry about miscarrying, knicker watching, obsessing, worrying about lying about not drinking, google maniac and apparent expert on all things Miscarriage related

9 weeks- scan. YEY! all good! great heart rate! yey!

9.01 week- oh god, what if the child has chromosonal issues.

9.1 - 11- googling on a DIFFERENT SCALE about downs, patau and edwards syndrome, the symptoms of such a pregnancy, all things nuchal related, cvs, harmony, amnio, i mean RELENTLESS.. there was not a stat i did not know about nuchal translucency.

11+5- great nuchal scan, no need for more worrying or testing.. right?

yeah right, now i'm already convincing myself that the umbilical cord will choke the child overnight or something!

As my mother said- from the minute you conceive until the moment you die, you NEVER stop worrying about your children. My own mother admitted to me last nite that she worried i wouldnt be able to conceive (ripe old age of 37 now but conceived on first attempt- go swimmers!) adn the minute i did she then started worrying about chromosonal problems too! so the apple doesnt fall too far from the tree!!

I'm being a lurker! it's great to know I'm not the only one! my cramping is now very infrequent and I've also started worrying - I wish someone would slap me round the face! chica this is all very reassuring!!

I felt like this with my first pregnancy. DH wasn't even up for celebrating because I had no symptoms

1 weeks later (no kidding) I started being sick and didn't stop for the rest of the pregnancy

Pregnancy is sooooooo long. I'm nearly 18 weeks with DC2 and time just drags but once baby is here time will fly! except for when you're a sleepless zombie

oh chica - that sounds just like me - that is too funny about the beginning bit of the pg - that sounds JUST like me

I USED to be pretty chilled out & very laid back almost to point that friends were saying nothing ever fazed me and then this came along and Ive become THE biggest worrier ever

every little cramp Im getting Im panicking rushing to the loo whats happening, knicker checking is an hourly routine! - I have a symptom - I dont have a symptom - I cant sleep and I spend my life with someone commonly known as google!

So pleased to hear Im not the only one prone to a bit of worrying!!

so happy to hear that your pg is going well chica and that all your scans have gone well :) that must be reassuring - I know what you mean tho about the worrying never stopping - I worried in the 2ww and I worried about the testing - is there a line or is there not a line and now this early worrying is only increasing - ahhhhh - I will have to attend worriers annoymous!!

so pleased to know that it has all turned out well for you :)

hi flymo - yes my cramping has disappeared too and have no sore boobs, no nausea nothing - how many weeks are you?

hi twothree - thanks for your reassurance too - yes me and the DH are being so cautious and stepping so carefully as my symptoms apart from the cramping are non existent
pleased to hear it all went well for you :)

just really want to fast forward to a more reassuring time as this beginning bit is just too anxious when you don't know whats going on

its very reassuring that you had similar lack of symptoms and it turned out well - I will try and pull myself together and stop being so OTT about it!

Lol! You think you're worrying now, just wait till the little blighter is a teenager!

he he :) :)

I didn't realise I was pregnant until I was 6 weeks as aside from a missed AF and some slight cramping, I had no symptoms - then, once I hit 7 weeks, morning sickness, headaches, aches and pains, tiredness - it all hit me like a brick wall! I think it must just be a case of some people getting symptoms early and others getting them a bit later. I'm now 19 weeks and after 7 weeks of non-stop symptoms I was glad to see the back of them!

thanks so much moom for your reassurance - yes I must be careful what I wish for!! I only want the symptoms for reassurance as Ive had previous mcs and had no symptoms so was just so scared about that :(

Am v happy with no symptoms just as long as everything is alright

its such a relief to hear that you had hardly anything till 7 weeks and pleased for you that now they have subsided after such a long time - best of luck for the rest of yr pg - hope it goes symptom free :)

I will enjoy my symptom free pg for the moment certainly - just heard that alot of women get sore boobs and nausea really early on at 4 weeks onwards and Ive had none of it but I guess everyone is different and their bodies react differently

many thanks for your reassuring reply :)

Hi Isitnearlyteatime

I'm in exactly the same position. I'm 5 weeks with no symptoms and have convinced myself that something's wrong or that the numerous tests are all wrong.. I'm stepping away from them now. It's very reassuring to hear from other people in the same boat and I hope it is for you too. I guess we need to focus on the secret congratulations! :)

Ha! Yeah I had no symptoms at 5 weeks either...then the gates of hell opened for the next 37 weeks
Cramping is good as PP said, it feels like period cramps but it's actually the uterus stretching. My worrying lack of symptoms is now 10 months old..don't worry OP and congratulations!