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4 Weeks Pregnant Today but feeling a strange cramping - So worried as had m/c last year... HELP... xx

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Pinkali37 · 05/03/2008 08:47

I have just found out I am pregnant (tested day 27 so very early) but my only symptoms at the moment are strange cramping sensations. Saw Consultant yesterday and he said that was normal but am so worried as i had a m/c in Oct last year and I had similar cramping. Can anyone help and reassure me that this can be nornmal. I am so obsessed that it isn't going to implant. HELP xxx

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Pinkali37 · 10/03/2008 16:25

He better do... I'm praying every day for my own PEA so I will add yours onto my long list.

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baldwins · 10/03/2008 18:54

GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL DELETED MY WORRYS JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I DID LOSE THE BABY MY LEVELS DROPED TO 100 SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH BLEEDING YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY ITS COMING TO AN END.....BEST LUCK YOU ALL OF YOU........... BUT SOME OF YOU ON HERE ARE VERY RUDE..............

Pinkali37 · 11/03/2008 08:59

Baldwins... I am so sorry to hear that news. I hope that your time will come in the not too distant future. Can I recommend Acupuncture as a way to channel your emotions and to concentrate not only on western medicine but also an alternative. I provided me with hope and allowed me to relax. I'm not saying it will work for you but I gave it a chance and I really do think it has benefited me. Also the guy who does it is so funny and it allows me to think about other things for 1 hour a week.

I am sorry you think that we are rude on this site, i don't know what to say to that other than I am sorry.

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belgo · 11/03/2008 09:09

Pinkali - how are you feeling yourself? Is everything still going ok?

Pinkali37 · 11/03/2008 09:20

Hi Belgo, touch wood everything seems fine (which I think worries me even more). Yesterday I thought my boobs were feeling tender and was obssessed with vein spotting but this morning they feel better. No other symptoms other than a bit of a twinge every now and again low in my tummy or a twinge in my ovaries which the doctor thought was my hormones being produced (or soemthing like that). Am waiting for appointment for 6 week scan. I'm now scared that they don;t see a heartbeat but I am 6 weeks on a Wed (5 wk tomorrow) so am hoping it will be in the next weeks so will be nearer 7 weeks.

Anyway enough about me, how are you??

xx

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belgo · 11/03/2008 09:25

I would also prefer a scan closer to 7 weeks then six weeks, at six weeks, they may see a heartbeat or they may not, even if all is going well.

I certainly wasn't having pregnancy symptoms at 5 weeks, but now I'm ten weeks they are kicking in!

I'm just a few weeks further on then you, but gosh I remember how I felt five weeks ago, and how the days and weeks just dragged.

I really hope that you are in my position in five weeks time!

Pinkali37 · 11/03/2008 13:24

I just don't know when to get excited.

Thank you for your support and really welcome it.

So you're feeling ok then??? xx

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belgo · 11/03/2008 13:33

I suppose I started to get excited after my 8 week scan. But I can't relax too much yet, not until 12 weeks!

I'm feeling ok, thanks

Pinkali37 · 12/03/2008 09:01

PEA and I have made it to 5 weeks (today).. YIPPEE...... PEAS STAY...... xxx

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belgo · 12/03/2008 10:35
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OracleInaCoracle · 12/03/2008 20:33

congratulations pinkali, im really really pleased for you. every day is a step closer...

and im sorry to do this on your thread but i feel i must say something. please forgive me...
Baldwins, i think you are extremely rude. a lot of women, myself included have been sympathetic and opened up an awful lot of wounds in order to help yourself and pinkali. not sure what you mean by "deleted (your) worries" all of your posts are still on here. i know that this is difficult, and you have been ttc for a long time, but it does not give you the right to speak like that to women who are trying to help you. i know this sounds harsh, and im sorry but bleeding does NOT mean the end. not by a long shot. you should go to your gp and ask for investigations and i wish you the very best of luck in the future. i am very sorry for your loss.

again pinkali, im very sorry for posting this on your thread, and i shall keep an eye out for youx

digitalgirl · 12/03/2008 22:13

pinkali have just read through this thread and really glad to hear all's well with you.

I wanted to tell you my story so far in case it helps in the future. I had the most awful cramping during implantation at less than 4 weeks. It was only at night and felt like really painful period cramps, after the third night I woke up early and did a pregnancy test and it came up positive. I was overjoyed (and nervous)

Then the cramping stopped and I panicked that I'd lost my only 'symptom'.

Just over a week later started spotting brown blood. It was very light and not at all painful but continued for a few days so I was sent for a scan. Scan at 5+3 was fine, a pregnancy sac that measured right but too early to see anything else.

The day after I had awful cramping and the spotting got heavier. For another three days I suffered further cramping and spotting. I was on holiday at the time so could do nothing but wait and see. The cramps stopped but the brown bleeding continued, along with bits of endometrium lining, throughout the holiday and then stopped the day of my follow up scan (2 weeks after the first).

Much to my surprise and joy we saw a baby with a heartbeat in my tummy! I'm now 12+1 and am due a dating scan next Monday.

The reason I'm posting this is because I believe that the initial cramping I had during implantation caused an amount of internal bleeding (egg burrowing deeply) which didn't come out until the following week. And because my cervix was closed it took over 3 weeks to expel all the old blood. So if you do get any brown blood over the next few days don't panic straightaway, it could be from your initial cramps.
I believe the second wave of cramping I experienced was from a combination of the discomfort of holding old blood near the cervix and over-stretching my bladder during the first scan.

I've learned through my experience and from the wonderful support on Mumsnet that cramping and bleeding in early pregnancy is common, a lot more common than we're led to believe. It doesn't necessarily mean it's over.

Still waiting for the all clear that I'll get with the next scan, but since my last scan at 7 weeks I've had no bleeding or period-like cramps. I get the occasional twinge in that area, but for me those are reassuring growing sensations.

Hope that helps. I know how worrying the first trimester can be (has been) and you're doing brilliantly to be thinking positively about it - that's gotta be good for your PEA.

belgo · 13/03/2008 05:46

digitalgirl - so glad that everything is still alright - I have to admit - you had me worried when I saw your posts from when you were on holiday!

Pinkali- hope all is still well!

Pinkali37 · 13/03/2008 07:50

Hello All... Hi Digitalgirl and Belgo... I am feeling great today. A few twinges every now and again in my ovary area but apart form that feel fine. Had a stupid dream last night though that because I lifted my hoover I lost my PEA... blimey my brain sometimes runs wild!! Am off to London today to see Hairspray the musical so PEA will have to get used to music and will have a lovely time.

Hope everyone has a great day and continue to feel HAPPY with their Beans and Peas xxx

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belgo · 13/03/2008 07:53

Have a great time today! I'm a little bit jealous - it's years since I've been to London!

Pinkali37 · 13/03/2008 07:59

Thank you...

Get yourself down there... there are some great musicals on. xx

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dozymare · 13/03/2008 08:37

Hi Ladies, been watching this thread for a few days and finally going to post - I too am Pregnant and have been experiencing all sorts of cramping - didn't realise it could be implantation....been to the Dr's who has confirmed with a blood test and just waiting now for a date for my dating scan (sufferer of PCOS and UAT) very very shocked to be PG and so bloody nervous.....Have been reading your posts and hope we can support each other during the next 9 months!!! I am approx 5 weeks 4 days (last AF on 4th Feb) but Dr didn't give me a DD.....anyone help me on that?! I am blessed to have 2 DS aged 4 and 20m but am more nervous this PG than ever before. Also have had 2 MC's. How are you all today??

belgo · 13/03/2008 08:41

congratulations dozymare! I've just checked on the BBC calender here and your due date is 10 Nov, if your cycle is 28 days.

Wishing you good luck for this pregnancy!

dozymare · 13/03/2008 08:47

thanks so much Belgo!!!! I tend to have very long cycles though due to the PCOS and UAT...last year only had 6 AF's! (Still saved a fortune on tampons!!) Can't believe Dec.....DS1 is the 13th Nov!

belgo · 13/03/2008 08:48

if your cycle is longer then 28 days, then conception may have take place later then average - your due date may be a bit later

dozymare · 13/03/2008 09:12

guess I will have to wait until my dating scan!! Wonder how long the appointment will take to come through???? I am sooooo impatient! How far gone are you Belgo???

Pinkali37 · 14/03/2008 08:53

Morning All,

CONGRATULATIONS dozymare (and good name!)... I am erm... 5 weeks and 2 days today so very similar to you. Do you get any pain in your ovaries? My right one twinges every no and again and especailly when I wee. UTI (which I think i had) is a lot better after flushing myself with Cranberry juice.

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Pinkali37 · 18/03/2008 08:16

HELP.... is it normal for the tenderness in boobs to subside over night? I'm obsessed something is wrong.

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belgo · 18/03/2008 08:18

Pinkali - stop stressing. Pregnancy symptoms come and go, and the more you think about them, the more they go.

Try not to worry. Your scan must be soon?

Pinkali37 · 18/03/2008 08:27

HI... Scan is on 26/3. I woke up this morning havng a panic attack and convinced something was wrong. I just can't seem to chill.

Thank you... I'm trying not to stress but...

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