Could anyone tell me what it felt like when your belly starts stretching is it supposed to be painful? Currently 11w3d and have been getting weird stomach cramps lately
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Cramps is what your uterus feel like stretching but nothing extremely painful

The belly stretching is gonna get more itchy than painful

Other than your uterus cramping I didn't feel any pain or itching. I'm 29 weeks. I've just been making sure to moisturize my stomach, it doesn't keep you from getting stretch marks but it keeps you from being dry and itchy.

To be honest, I found it hasn't hurt or ache until mid of the third trimester, but that's because baby is definitely running out of room.
The only thing I would say is be prepared for the large body change as you get further in to the trimesters although beautiful as your growing with your amazing baby you may have days that are up and down but this is 100% normal. I knew i was going to get a lot bigger, but i wasn't mentally prepared for it so it hut me alot harder than expected
There may be itching more as your body does stretch xxx

The actual growing part isn’t painful, even if it’s itchy sometimes but lotion usually fixes it. Your muscles will have a lot to adjust to but stretches can help prevent a lot of pain! That’s probably your round ligaments, it’s the worst at the beginning and the end of pregnancy

Im 13w4d… I cramped a lot from 10-12 weeks because of him growing (dr told me so). Still have random cramps a lot. If it doesn’t go away after a few minutes, with repositioning, or bleeding happens.. then you should reach out to a dr. But it’s probably just your uterus growing.. around 14 weeks you’ll start getting round ligament pain too 🙃🥲