Cramping and growing more and more worried

[tinymumma]

I keep getting cramps. Like period feeling ones :S I'm freaking out. This is just so scary
No bleeding that I can see, just lots of white, milky, shiny cm (oops sorry tmi )
I keep running to the bathroom. Feeling a little nausea, I keep getting hot flashes, a little headache (although that's probably from lack of nicotine and caffeine, lol) and I keep getting stabbing pains in my breasts. Actual bb's aren't sore at all, but my nipples are! Not to mention brown haha.
I just want to get full blown, hard core, undeniable symptoms. The fact that they are quite mild, scares me more than the cramps :'(

 

[Kasey84]

Sending positive thoughts your way and praying all is well! Can you check in with your doctor?

 

[tinymumma]

Not on the weekend, unfortunately. There is a 24/7 nurse hotline I'm thinking about calling... I just know there isn't anything anyone, including myself can do. I just wish there was just some way that I could get a guarantee

 

[Topanga053]

4+2 is really early to get full blown symptoms. Some women do, but your HCG is still low enough that a lot of women only experience mild symptoms until 6 weeks or later. And I had period like cramping really often during this pregnancy (I even had some light bleeding at 17 weeks) that ultimately meant nothing; it was just my body adjusting.

I KNOW how scary the early days of PAL can be, so I'm praying that everything is fine and you find a way to relax a little bit. For me, I pretty much pretended the pregnancy didn't exist until I was several weeks in. That was the only way I could not drive myself crazy with worry.

Good luck!!

 

[MonyMony]

I had really painful cramps in the beginning, just as if I were having my period--for about 2 weeks--but all was fine. As long as you're not bleeding,try not worry too much.

Agree symptoms really kick in later. Then you'll wonder why you wanted them!

Best of luck.

 

[tinymumma]

Haha, I bet you lovely ladies are right. I probably won't want them when they're around. Still very crampy this morning, awfully lightheaded, a little nauseous but that might be because I'm hungry... Nipples aren't as sore anymore though... Should I be worried if some of my symptoms deplete?

 

[MonyMony]

I think it's pretty normal for them to come and go, especially the breast tenderness. When they were very sore for me, other symptoms like headache and nausea were bad too, like it's a surge of hormones all at once rather than slow and steady.

 

[Topanga053]

I agree with PP. Even after my full blown symptoms arrived, they would come and go. One weekend around 9 weeks ALL of my symptoms disappeared so suddenly that I was TERRIFIED something was wrong. I convinced my doctor's office to give me a scan to check and there was my little baby, healthy HB and all. And a few days later, my nausea and other symptoms came back full force!

 

[tinymumma]

*Sighs of relief*
Thank goodness. I guess I had better enjoy it while I can then

 

[Lulle]

Except from a bloated stomach I've never really had any symptoms.
I get sore boobs far out in the pregnancy.

No symptoms = just as normal as having them

And cramps are also quite common from the utarus stretching etc.
Even if I'm short of symptoms myself when pregnant, the way I notice is the feeling of AF coming up.