Pregnancy cramping

[Jordandonna1]

I'm 5 weeks pregnant today. I've been cramping period like cramps for over a week. The cramps can be quite intense and It just feels like I'm about to start my period and I find it hard to sleep at night especially on my side.
Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

I’m getting quite similar cramps/pains and I’m 6 weeks 4days. I feel it more at night when I’m tossing and turning? In the day I’m hoping it’s just trapped wind. Is yours more one sided or in the general uterus area?

Chwil20 have you made an appointment with your gp? I get pain in both sides but more so the right but they aren't so bad it's the vagina cramps that are driving me crazy

Haven’t made an appointment, just going to ride it out and hope that it’s just everything stretching in there ? I’ve just sneezed btw and felt a big pain in both my ovaries simultaneously and now im off to google it and worry myself.

“Causes of round ligament pain

Sudden movements can cause the ligament to pull suddenly and this results in pains.

These sudden movements include:

sneezing
coughing
rolling in bed
standing up quickly”

Found this online. It also mentioned that you’re more likely to feel it on your right side, so maybe this is what you’re experiencing? Could be too early though

I'd ride it out. What would your GP do? Except give you coronavirus.

That sounds quite normal to me, I’m 11+5 at the moment and I’ve had on and off cramps in my tummy and back since about 4 weeks, they were most intense at the very start and then again pretty much as I hit 10 weeks but I think it’s just the ligaments stretching. As long as you don’t have any bleeding and it’s not excruciating pain then it should be fine. My were - at their worst - what I would call a little uncomfortable, no where near period pains intensity but a similar feeling, like a mild period pain. The back line has actually been far worse.

Sounds normal to me too. I had cramping a lot between 5-7 weeks thought my period was going to start any day. Spoke to my midwife, she said it was normal and stretching, and like PP said you shouldn’t worry too much, unless it was severe pain or you was bleeding too. My cramps have come back now, along with back pain and I’m 10 weeks.

I remember during the early stages of pregnancy I had exactly the same when sleeping. It woke me every night and I had to get up for a wee and it would settle again. I went to gp about it. They never understood why.
I'm now 22 weeks and so far so good.
I had a lot of pains for the first 14 weeks.

Hi Ladies
I have had an ache for the last few days and today I have experienced clenching feelings down there. I have also had some brown spotting. Has anyone had a similar experience?

I forgot to say I am 6 weeks pregnant