Sharp Pains - worried

LouiseC · Feb 18th, 2009, 05:29 AM

Hi all,

This is my first time on here!! I am finally pregnant after 6 failed IVF's and years and years of trying - and it happened natuarally!! I found out last Thursday that I was 5 weeks pregnant (was a total shock as had all my normal period pains and still seems to good to be true), so now I am 6 weeks. I have never been pregnant before so am new to all this although I have spent the last week on the internet googling all the pains I am having. Well - on top of the periody type pains I have been getting some reall sharp pains, in the centre lower down, most of the time they are sharp but bearable but last night some were seriously sharp and quite uncomfortable. I have had no bleeding but am really really worried. Please can you let me know if you had similar pains and what they turned out to be. I have got a scan on Saturday which will be 6w 2 days and I am so worried that I have miscarried.

Thanks so much

Louise

Cazza89 · Feb 18th, 2009, 05:50 AM

i'm a bit confused about what your pains are. Do you mean you are getting pains going from behind your bellybutton and straight down towards the floor? X

aflight84 · Feb 18th, 2009, 06:04 AM

Hey Chick,

Well congrats on the BFP.
I posted about the same kinda pains yesterday and the girls all reasured me it's normal apparently it's your uterus stretching getting ready for the baby. But if you are at all worried speak to your dr or midwife!

x x

GersPrincess · Feb 18th, 2009, 06:09 AM

Hi, welcome to baby and bump and congratulations on your pregnancy! What an amazing story you have already!
Aches and pains are prefectly normal in the first trimester. It's your womb preparing your muscles ready to support a great amount of weight. I've had period style pains since a few days before my BFP and I get them every couple of days now.
Just remember everything has to stretch to allow your baby to grow and although its only teeny tiny right now, its still bigger than anything your womb has had to hold so far!!
If you are worried, see if you can speak to a mw or consultant when you have your scan.
Good luck for your scan

colsy · Feb 18th, 2009, 06:13 AM

Hey, congratulations

What a fab story! As for the pains, I am newly pregnant and have loads of aches and pains all around my abdomen. I have the occasional "period" pain, and then now and again a sort of tugging feeling, and my tummy feels gently bruised too. I have to admit that I just assumed this was all OK. I m/c before so I am trying VERY hard to be really cool about this pg and to r-e-l-a-x and enjoy.

Wishing you a very happy and healthy pregnancy xx

Coffee · Feb 18th, 2009, 06:20 AM

I've had period pain for weeks, stretching pains, pulling pains, i've had these really sharp stabbing pains that last about 10 seconds and practically make me keel over in agony! I think i've had every type of pain there can be. I also have googled and seen the word "miscarriage" every time.
2 scans and a heartbeat on my doppler last night and over 13 weeks in says everything is ok though! Its mega scary but you've just got to have faith i think :-)

hayleyb86 · Feb 18th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Im six weeks just the same as you, i keep having the same pains as you describe my doctor said it was to be expected as it was stretching the uterus.

Really happy for you what an amazing story! I think sometimes out bodies must know whats best for us!

Cracker · Feb 18th, 2009, 12:22 PM

I too have had these sharp pains, in fact they were really bad 4days after ovulation, then I have all sorts of twinges since. At 6+5 I suddenly had really bad shooting pains, and I mean really bad right up the centre of me - I then had a bleed. Had an emergency scan the next day and everything was fine, even saw the heartbeat it was 'just one of those things'! I have spent the last week worrying but am just starting to relax again, these babies are quite the little fighters I think!!

I have had loads of twinges today as well, but am sure everything is okay! Apparently your uterus has already doubled in size, so no wonder we get some twinges!!!
Good luck

10thSept · Feb 18th, 2009, 12:26 PM

Hiya
I had really bad abdominal pains on both sides I think, the sort that made me double over with pain.
Phoned NHS direct, which sent me to the hospital - they suspected ectopic, but also said it could just be growing pains. After a rough couple of days, they saw there was nothing at all wrong and ust growing pains of the womb (that's how the docs there described it).

So, I think it's normal, it's only if you are in a lot of pain continuously and if your tummy is very sore to touch on one side that there is anything to worry about.

That said, I think if you have abdominal pains and you are in a lot of pain and worried, there is no harm in calling an early pregnancy unit to ask what they think. But don't get overworked if it's not too bad - I think we're all going to go through lots of aches pains etc... and need to keep things in perspective too as it's a long haul!!

Good luck!
xx

LouiseC · Feb 19th, 2009, 06:34 AM

Thanks Ladies, its nice to know i'm "normal". Well a bit of an update, the pains were really getting to me so I had a scan yesterday afternoon and everything is fine, I am 6 weeks and I heard the heartbeat (4mm) - I think this is normal? it was so so so cool!!! The pain is from a small cyst on my right ovary which I have been told is fine and should go.

Louise xx

Feb 18th, 2009, 05:29 AM	#1
LouiseC Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	Sharp Pains - worried Hi all, This is my first time on here!! I am finally pregnant after 6 failed IVF's and years and years of trying - and it happened natuarally!! I found out last Thursday that I was 5 weeks pregnant (was a total shock as had all my normal period pains and still seems to good to be true), so now I am 6 weeks. I have never been pregnant before so am new to all this although I have spent the last week on the internet googling all the pains I am having. Well - on top of the periody type pains I have been getting some reall sharp pains, in the centre lower down, most of the time they are sharp but bearable but last night some were seriously sharp and quite uncomfortable. I have had no bleeding but am really really worried. Please can you let me know if you had similar pains and what they turned out to be. I have got a scan on Saturday which will be 6w 2 days and I am so worried that I have miscarried. Thanks so much Louise

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Feb 18th, 2009, 05:50 AM	#2
Cazza89 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 836	i'm a bit confused about what your pains are. Do you mean you are getting pains going from behind your bellybutton and straight down towards the floor? X

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Feb 18th, 2009, 06:04 AM	#3
aflight84 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 4,457	Hey Chick, Well congrats on the BFP. I posted about the same kinda pains yesterday and the girls all reasured me it's normal apparently it's your uterus stretching getting ready for the baby. But if you are at all worried speak to your dr or midwife! x x

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Feb 18th, 2009, 06:09 AM	#4
GersPrincess Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,581	Hi, welcome to baby and bump and congratulations on your pregnancy! What an amazing story you have already! Aches and pains are prefectly normal in the first trimester. It's your womb preparing your muscles ready to support a great amount of weight. I've had period style pains since a few days before my BFP and I get them every couple of days now. Just remember everything has to stretch to allow your baby to grow and although its only teeny tiny right now, its still bigger than anything your womb has had to hold so far!! If you are worried, see if you can speak to a mw or consultant when you have your scan. Good luck for your scan

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Feb 18th, 2009, 06:13 AM	#5
colsy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border, UK Posts: 1,695	Hey, congratulations What a fab story! As for the pains, I am newly pregnant and have loads of aches and pains all around my abdomen. I have the occasional "period" pain, and then now and again a sort of tugging feeling, and my tummy feels gently bruised too. I have to admit that I just assumed this was all OK. I m/c before so I am trying VERY hard to be really cool about this pg and to r-e-l-a-x and enjoy. Wishing you a very happy and healthy pregnancy xx

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Feb 18th, 2009, 06:20 AM	#6
Coffee Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1,048	I've had period pain for weeks, stretching pains, pulling pains, i've had these really sharp stabbing pains that last about 10 seconds and practically make me keel over in agony! I think i've had every type of pain there can be. I also have googled and seen the word "miscarriage" every time. 2 scans and a heartbeat on my doppler last night and over 13 weeks in says everything is ok though! Its mega scary but you've just got to have faith i think :-)

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Feb 18th, 2009, 11:07 AM	#7
hayleyb86 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 29	Im six weeks just the same as you, i keep having the same pains as you describe my doctor said it was to be expected as it was stretching the uterus. Really happy for you what an amazing story! I think sometimes out bodies must know whats best for us!

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Feb 18th, 2009, 12:22 PM	#8
Cracker Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dorset Posts: 649	I too have had these sharp pains, in fact they were really bad 4days after ovulation, then I have all sorts of twinges since. At 6+5 I suddenly had really bad shooting pains, and I mean really bad right up the centre of me - I then had a bleed. Had an emergency scan the next day and everything was fine, even saw the heartbeat it was 'just one of those things'! I have spent the last week worrying but am just starting to relax again, these babies are quite the little fighters I think!! I have had loads of twinges today as well, but am sure everything is okay! Apparently your uterus has already doubled in size, so no wonder we get some twinges!!! Good luck

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Feb 18th, 2009, 12:26 PM	#9
10thSept Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 851	Hiya I had really bad abdominal pains on both sides I think, the sort that made me double over with pain. Phoned NHS direct, which sent me to the hospital - they suspected ectopic, but also said it could just be growing pains. After a rough couple of days, they saw there was nothing at all wrong and ust growing pains of the womb (that's how the docs there described it). So, I think it's normal, it's only if you are in a lot of pain continuously and if your tummy is very sore to touch on one side that there is anything to worry about. That said, I think if you have abdominal pains and you are in a lot of pain and worried, there is no harm in calling an early pregnancy unit to ask what they think. But don't get overworked if it's not too bad - I think we're all going to go through lots of aches pains etc... and need to keep things in perspective too as it's a long haul!! Good luck! xx

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Feb 19th, 2009, 06:34 AM	#10
LouiseC Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	Thanks Ladies, its nice to know i'm "normal". Well a bit of an update, the pains were really getting to me so I had a scan yesterday afternoon and everything is fine, I am 6 weeks and I heard the heartbeat (4mm) - I think this is normal? it was so so so cool!!! The pain is from a small cyst on my right ovary which I have been told is fine and should go. Louise xx

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