Period like cramping!

[Mum2SweetCs]

Hi All,

For the last week i have had period like cramping with a very bubbly tummy. It really felt like im getting my period and i get so paranoid I keep going to the toilet to see if there is blood.

I am 5wk today

Luckily there is not.

Is this normal? When will it go away?

Thanks in advance!

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Sounds like normal growing/stretching pains to me. They can last for a week to a few weeks. Your body goes through alot at this time with the growing baby and all the stretching. If it gets too painful try taking some panadol and resting.

Hope it eases up for you xoxox

[[M]umma[M]ia]

It is normal. The pain I was in for the second bub was really scary! Mine started easing off about 12 weeks i think. At 5 weeks they were shocking. I lived in warm/hot baths at the start of the pregnancy just to get through the cramps.

DD is now almost 4 months old

[AndiE]

Sounds normal to me. I remember those crampy feelings best from my first pregnancy - and I remember how paranoid it made me.
From memory, I stopped feeling crampy by 6-7 weeks (I think). TBH, I don't recall feeling that way with dS2 and so far I haven't felt crampy this pregnancy. Probably just goes to show that every woman is different, and every pregnancy is different.