Reassurance please...

[Julezboo]

I am 5 weeks pregnant. I need to find out early to get on the meds right away. I found out at 3 weeks 3 days. Have had stretching and ligament pain ever since.

4 weeks (when period was due) I had a tiny amount of brown stuff when I wiped, but nothing else.

Since getting pregnant I have had the runs, only once a day but normally I can go three days without going.

Past two days, I have had cramps in my stomach. Sometimes I have to sit down, other times really mild. I went to the docs today and I am stinging when I pee and generally feeling crap, high temp etc...

Other symptoms I have are sore boobs, nauses (although not as bad this time round), tiredness, very windy, bloated (alteady look pregnant!)

I am trying not to get my hopes up after 7 mc's but I do have two boys so I know my body can do it. I just hate that mc has taken away the enjoyment

Sorry forgot to say doc gave me antibiotics for a UTI.

It sounds like you're having a really difficult time of it. I've been having really bad cramping, fist time it happened was absolutely terrifying, since then I've gotten used to it a bit but it's still not pleasant.

Make sure you're drinking lots of water, and try to eat things with roughage I guess? Not sure of the actual best dietary way to avoid the runs but I read somewhere that high protein foods can sometimes help. (If you can try vegetarian options sometimes, meat substitutes are usually easier to process than actual meat.)

Going through so many mcs must have been awful. I hope it gets better soon and you are more able to 'settle in' to this pregnancy after not too long. Hopefully it'll feel more stable soon and then you can get on with enjoying it more. Best wishes, and feel free to vent on here if you continue feeling bad!

definitely sounds like a UTI which can upset your stomach, and give you the temp and make you feel generally crap. I bet you will pick up after a couple of days on the antibiotics. do make sure you take them - apparently a UTI is more dangerous for a pregnancy than a vaginal infection is - surprising but true. Presumably this is because a UTI makes you systemically unwell but a vaginal infection doesn't.