Cramps at 5 weeks…!

Oh my god, no one speaks enough about cramps at early stages of pregnancy…! It’s my first pregnancy so I have ofc no idea what I’m doing or how things are supposed to feel like 🫠 But the cramps…! Painful enough to leave me in fetal position, and keep me awake at night. I worried it might be an ectopic pregnancy, but no bleeding so far so I think all is normal? Pain is like 7-10, I have to rely on paracetamol to feel better. Anyone else experiencing the same this early on? 🫣

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Yes you cramp during early pregnancy with everything growing and stretching plus moving but they shouldn’t be leaving you in a fetal position nor should the pain be 7-10.

Ring 111 now or your early pregnancy unit first thing in the morning. With an ectopic you wouldn’t necessarily bleed straight away as this is where the pregnancy is out of the womb but still progressing.

My cramps were bad the first 9-11 weeks. I literally thought something was wrong everyday.

I'm 5 weeks and 2 days and I've also had cramps and yes it is normal

I think you should get checked out jic. Ive had cramping but nothing that sounds that painful. My 10 pain scale is pretty high up there. So if your in 10/10 pain Id get checked and let them know you are worried its ectopic

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