Is this normal

I just need to know if this is normal or not. I have heard form others that early pregnancy feels like pms as far as the backaches and cramps. but someone else wrote me today and said you should not cramp during early pregnancy so the cramps and backache just mean my af is late

[fsantiago]

i am about 4 weeks..I think...I'll find out how long tomorrow...but my lower back aches and I was getting cramps that felt like period cramps, i feel tired and always hungry already...If I remember correctly I had the same with my other two minus the hungry part...If the cramping gets severe then you must call your dr.

[Michele, Katy, TX]

Oh no.  I always have thought I was getting ready to start when I am pregnant.  That's why it is always so hard for me to tell.  I'll think I'm getting ready to start my period and then I end up late.  But being late is the only thing that will make me take a pregnancy test because my symptoms are so similar either way.  Light cramping and headaches are very normal in early pregnancy; also backaches.

[fsantiago]

I thought I was getting my period too and then a week later I thought holy s!@#$ I better take a test! I have a question...do you think its normal to get a sharp pain when you sneeze? I held one in last night and got a sharp pain low in the uterus area...

[chantal21]

I had cramping very early on in my pregnancy. sometimes it was light and one time I remember it was so bad I had to lay down for 30 minutes. Took a test a couple of days later and found out I was pregnant. Everyone is different though. But I hear it is very common for women to cramp when they are pregnant. It really gave it away for me since I hardly ever get cramps when my period is due.

[alaysha]

Cramping is normal in early pregnancy. Its your muscles stretching and making more room. :)

[ladylana]

Thanks ladies because I was starting to get disgusted when she told me that because I have heard a lot of people say early pregnancy has the same symptoms as af

[Michele, Katy, TX]

I think that the pain may or may not have been related to the pregnancy.  I do think it can be normal to get that cramp though (on 2nd thought).  How far along are you??