Anyone else Cramping?

[Gina209]

I'm just so confused on whats normal and whats not. I am 12 weeks (tomorrow Thursday) and one day last week I got these PMS like Cramps for one entire night, than nothing else the rest of the week. Than last night I got them again! And tonight the same! They start at like 7:30 and continue all throughout the night. It's just cramping, no spotting or bleeding. My stomach feels all tight and achy...very comparable to AF cramps. Last night it cramped all night and than the next morning I had a lot of gas and it went away. So I'm not sure if its just gas or what..but I've been eating the same things so I just dont know. I just get worried because I hear cramps are normal in Pregnancy...but I've only had them these 3 days, so it just worries me. I'm trying to tell myself its just my uterus expanding or the baby growing but I can't help but worry!

I know we're all mostly around the same week so is anyone else experiencing this?? How long does Cramping last? Is it normal in the second Trimester?

[emmiemac]

hi there im nearly 12 weeks and getting exactly the same thing, sometimes im getting a sharp stabbing pain aswell just for a few seconds and yes the craming at night, im pretty sure now its half wind and half your body expanding, ive been told that this is quite normal... well it must be the amount of people ive spoken to say its happened to them too! dont worry too much it drives you crazy every little ache and pain i get i think im going to loose my baby! is this your first baby? its my first the only thing that settles me is reading posts like yours, dont worry girlie your not on your own x

[Hope2OneDay]

Oh girl, I feel your pain...literally. I'll be 12 weeks on Saturday.

The cramps (well, mine are more like sharp pains on my lower abdomen) are sometimes unbearable. I hate to even try to turn over at night because the pain rips through my sides.
As for cramping, I have the occasional cramping, too. Did you know that around this time is when your uterus is coming up over your pubic bone? That could be what is causing the AF crampy feeling. Everything is so connected in there, and when one thing hurts, it can cause a chain reaction of pain. Sometimes it lasts longer than others, but as long as you aren't bleeding and aren't having EXTREME pain to the point where you can't function, you should be fine.

Gas is another one of those "pregnancy things" that you just have to deal with. It seems to have gotten worse for me lately, too. Especially when I'm laying in bed! Even I'm amazed that there is so much in there! I mean, where is it all coming from?? LOL  

Anyway, don't worry yourself. I'm sure everything is fine.

[agomez333]

I was 12 weeks on Tuesday and I am getting cramps and sharp pains as well. This is my 4th so let me reassure the new mommies that this is very normal. Your uterus, ligaments, muscles, ect are stretching and everything is getting ready to be rearranged. Only if there is bleeding should you really worry. Talk to your dr's about it if it really woories you but it will go on for moths still to come.
OMG talk about gas. Everytime I eat anything or drink I am burping for like 20 mins after and at night the gas coming out the other end is BAD!!! (tmi) I feel sorry for dh and sometimes he gets annoyed, but I have no control so sorry dear!!!

[Hope2OneDay]

LOL  You're right about the gas! But what's funny is that it doesn't stink! It's just "air". At least in my case it is (most of the time anyway! ;-)

Sometimes I burp without thinking about it and my dh is like "You're gettin' me hot!"
which is something he also says when I start telling him gory details about my pregnancy, like "I'm constipated" or "I feel like I need to wipe because I think I may be having some discharge".

Haha!
I don't care, if I have to endure it physically, then he can endure listening to me talk about it! LOL It's the LEAST he can do since he can't carry the baby and give birth to it!

[Jonelle143]

i too am having the same cramps. I will 11 weeks on Sunday. I had the AF like cramps lastnight and they scared the **** out of me... Once i talked to a friend i felt much better.

And the gas OhYEAH all the time all day......

i am so glad that i am not the only one in this boat. I have a dr appt today and was gonna mention to the dr. just to let her know.....

[Gina209]

Oh thank you so much ladies! I feel soo much better! I was just so worried because I'm 12 weeks today and last week was the first time I experienced these kind of cramps! And they only seem to come at night time and last all throughout the night. I usually wake up and feel fine. I know there's a lot of expanding and growing going on inside me..but I just tend to worry so much!

Yes, this will be my first baby..but this is my 3rd Pregnancy..I've had 2 Miscarriages in the past 9 months. Thats why I freak out whenever my body cramps or I experience anything new. I try not too, but I can't help it!

I knew part of it was gas because during the night I would be so gasy (yes and weirdly enough mine are just air too, no smell!) and I wake up with gas and than I feel better. So maybe its a combination of everything. I'm sure being 12 weeks too, its a huge growth spurt for the baby and I remember my last Prenatal my doctor said your body cramps the most when your baby is growing. So that makes me feel a lil bit better! But my next Prenatal isn't until Aug 4th..so I'm definitely going to tell her about all this, but you ladies made me feel so much better, thank you!!!

It's so great that so many of us are so close in our Pregnancies! :)

[KM604]

I actually have been having increased cramping but I realized it's gas and/or constipation.  I usually an pretty good - I have a bowel movement every morning, then sometimes again throughout the day.  But the past few days I haven't and I can feel just gas like cramps.  I also have to burp but I can't - and that isn't fun either.  I think our bodies are just experiencing such a major change and only thinking about what's best for the baby :)  But I am with you, it is hard to experience similar pains to when we had a m/c and not be afraid.  My next appointment is in 2 weeks and they said they would do another u/s - so that can't come any quicker!

[agomez333]

My evening gas is NOT just air... It smells BAADDD!!! But oh well what can yo do? As long as I am home I crack up cause dh and the kids are like MMOOOMMM!!! YUCK!! I have to laugh cause I can't do anything else...  But the burping thing... My husband HATES burping so everytime I burp, which is ALOT lately, he is like "you're so gross"... I just remind him it's not me since I usually NEVER burp. He is calling his precious child growing in me gross and he shuts up real quick ...
As for the miscarriages, I had one last year so I know about being scared. I still freak when I feel sharp pains and cramps. Sometimes when I feel a lttle wet from discharge I check to make sure there's no blood. Dh always asks what I'm doing with a weird look on his face like I'm crazy but then I tell him I'm checking for blood and he just hugs me!
Pregnancy is wonderful and soooo scary...