I am so happy to have found this thread as I was trying to remain positive and not stress but I also have been having cramps and was fearing the worst. I had 2 eggs implanted on 29/6/11 blood test on 7/7/11 showed pregnancy hormone level at 16 another blood test on 9/7/11 level at 66 and further blood test on 14/7/11 has my level at just under 600. I don't know if these were good/bad level and if the cramping indicated something? But reading through this post has made me feel a lot better thankyou.
Hi ameski
It is soooo stressful the first trimester. Cross your fingers and try not to stress. I had bleeding and cramping. Both not happening in my first pregnancy. I had two eggs put in only one took. as long as your hormone levels keep rising it is a good sign. I had sooo many blood tests in the first few weeks. Dr just gave me heaps of blood test request forms so when i was in doubt I'd go have a test. As it turns out all was fine and I gave birth to our beautiful and very healthy baby boy in March. So hang in there and my prayers are for you.
PurpleChic, awesome to read that you have a healthy baby boy - our little ICSI boys are just over 12 months apart!
Ameski, I too had implantation bleeding (spotting) and cramping after my transfer. Try not to stress too much. Your levels are going up so all is good. I of course wasn't a stress merchant (hehehe!!!) I only bought a HPT each day ... you know just in case!! DH found my stash and just shook his head: hey, I wanted to make sure I was still pregnant and if it put my mind at ease well it was money well spent I say!!
I also had a great deal of cramping right through my first trimester with DS1 (who was conceived naturally) - it was everything stretching, by body making room for this tiny little person. Alarming yes, but completely normal.
Hi girls, i read this thread with great interest, its just the thread i needed to read at the mo- as i had my ET 5 days ago and im having lots of cramping and the 'normal' cramping in the uterus that i get between ovulation and AF. Im naturally inclined to think that my lil 4-cell embryo has not stuck. Surely if it had, i would have different signs to what i normally get? Since haing my lap 2 years ago i started getting pains and cramping between ovulation and AF, never had that before. And this same cramping is happening now just as it normally would.....after reading the thread though, it seems cramping is normal if your pregnant, but its usually normal for me anyway.
So i have nothing to do but sit and wait another 10 days until the BT because i have absolutely no idea, my body is not telling me anything new. I havent been pregnant before, so ive got no idea what my body should be telling me. All i know is, at the moment, my body feels like it usually does before i get another disappointing AF. Im trying to stay positive though and take it in my stride.......anyone else have these monthly cramping experiences that resulted in a good outcome?
Happy to hear of all of your success stories......x
I remember the stress about cramping and spotting. I was convinced that the ET hadn't worked or I was about to miscarry. I had cramping for about half of the first tri. I had 2 decent sized spots in the first 2 weeks after the ET, once after an u/s and the progesterone (crinone) seemed to accumulate and when it came out it was brownish/pinkish coloured.
I asked for multiple u/s throughout my first tri as I couldn't trust my body and believe that all was okay.
Regular blood tests show everything seems to be going great. I spoke to the nurse about the cramps and she said it can be a side effect of the crinone (progesterone) and also that when they drain the folicals for eggs they only take the big/mature ones, the smaller ones are left behind and continue to grow. She suggested that the cramping was probably a result of this. I haven't had any bleeding myself but was told this can be implantation bleeding , blood left over from the egg removal process or in some cases when 2 or more eggs were implanted and 1 may miscarry. I felt better again after having a bit of a chat to one of my wonderful IVF nurses.
thankyou
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