ok, not for my kid - this was me - i had migraines that were in my stomach rather than my head when i was growing up. wasn't pleasant (ended up in hospital a couple of times when it was really bad). i was an anxious kid due to abuse at home so it's possible there was a degree of anxiety as a trigger for me
i'm not implying your DD has a trigger the same as mine - school can bring about so many anxiety triggers for kids! they want to play with X, X wants to play with Y... - it can be really full on developmentally/emotionally!
a lot of times i was told i was having growing pains too...
I used to get really bad stomach pains from about 4 years old and still get them now. I was in and out of hospital when I was little because of the pain.
Turns out when I get a sore throat instead of the glands in my throat swelling up, my glands in my groin swell up. Its really painful.
They thought for some bizarre reason that it'd stop after I had my appendix out at 10 years old. But, it didn't.
Good luck finding out. Hope you find some answers.
OMG I could have written your exact thread Astrid. We are currently going through the exact same thing with our eldest DD (7.5) and in fact it got so bad today that I have made another appt tomorrow with our GP. She was lying on the couch in tears for around 3 hours, didn't eat her fave lunch (which is so unlike her) all because of the pain.
DD's pain has been going on for approx 2-3 months, initially at bedtime so we cut out the milk before bed routine and that seemed to help somewhat. But lately it has now been occurring at different times of the day and she doesnt eat alot of dairy so I don't think that is it. Approx 3 weeks ago we had to provide urine and stool samples for her but they came back all clear and the GP said that it is therefore more then likely related to stress/anxiety as well. Interestingly he did ask about migraines in the family and I have suffered from those.
I really hope you get some answers as we are heading down the same track as you and it is so so frustrating.
Oh dear - this is much more common than I first thought.
It has been hard today, as she has been in a fair bit of pain. Enough to make me think about a GP appointment, but probably not worth making due to seeing the paed next week. Have been giving her panadol, which I think is helping.
Wish I never told her about the Paed appointment. All she has done is ask questions and all her symptoms have ramped up. So it does seem to be pointing towards anxiety being the main cause.
I feel awful, I am getting angry at her as I just can't deal with it. There is nothing more we can do, we have Gaviscon tablets for reflux (had to deal with a chemist laughing at me when I asked for them, as if a child gets reflux), panadol for pain (but don't want to be pouring that down her throat every day). I just want to cry. I know something is not right with her, but I also suspect right now she is playing on it. DD2 has been ill on and off the last month and has had a few medications to get over it all. I just want the appointment to be first thing tomorrow not middle of the week.
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We are currently going through the exact same thing with our eldest DD (7.5) and in fact it got so bad today that I have made another appt tomorrow with our GP. She was lying on the couch in tears for around 3 hours, didn't eat her fave lunch (which is so unlike her) all because of the pain. 
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