Hi B, I have never gotten crampy during pregnancy but lots of people seem to. The heaviness I've gotten later on. Maybe from about week 30. And it definitely happened walking a lot.

About the doppler, I hadn't thought of it myself, but I went to a SIDS and Kids support during pregnancy meeting last week and most of the women there had one. I think you should do whatever it takes to stay sane!! One of the women there was 34 weeks pregnant and said that she got one fairly early on and used it most days between 12 weeks and around week 20 when she started feeling regular movments, and not so much after that, except if she had a particularly anxious day. Sounded pretty good to me.

It's normal to get breathless... I've read our hearts have 25% more blood to pump around when pregnant! So we need to breathe more to get oxygen to all that blood.

xx Bec.