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Hi ladies & Heather, Dont worry, you just have to wait few more weeks(which seems like months at this time...). My doc told me, many wont develop the pregnency harmone in good quant_ty till 8-9 weeks(that's about 3-4 weeks after the due date), as much so that the home pregnency strips can pick-up. even at the end of my 5th week, the 2nd line was very dull on the strip, so she asked me to come after 8 weeks, she confirmed it. Now I am in my 9th week and my cramps have diminished very much. So, Be patient with yourself, eat all you want..., sleep when you feel like...drink a lot of water.... & wait.... Chiao.

This is the first place I have researched where I have read that there is at least some semblance of normalcy in the cramping that I am experiencing. I'm not even sure what month I'm in, two weeks ago I took a test due to the cramping and the second line of the two was there but very faint. Of course, being brilliant as I am, I a__sumed I was not pregnant. I continued cramping and had yet to start menstruating, so I took another test. This time it was a mere matter of seconds before both lines were blazing! This was last week. I have my first Dr's appt Tuesday next week, and I too have been terrified where the cramping is concerned. Thank God for you ladies. My first pregnancy... Evidently fear is also normal. Thanks for the rea__surance... everyone who has participated in responding to this ever present question...

Beth- Hi! My first Dr apt is on the 28th of Oct. I wanted my husband to come with me. We had Open House last night and a parent looked at me and asked when I was due! I've always had a flat belly, but it's pooching rapidly! I thought I wasn't supposed to show until 4-5 months?! How are you doing?

Hello everyone and congrats to you all! I started having period like cramps about 5 days before my period was due. This was unusual for me, I usually get cramps a day or so before my period starts. I am now 6 wks pregnant and still cramping. For wks 3 & 4 cramping was continual but the last 2 weeks cramping has been on and off throughout the day with the worst of it going on at night. My doctor said this was normal as long as I didn't have any bleeding.

Hi guys..Update: I'm sorry to say that I got my period this week...I started spotting, which gave me a bad feeling and then the next day it came w/ full force. I'm so very happy for those of you who are suspecting pregnancy. I wish you all the best of luck, and maybe will see you all on here again the next time we try. Thanks so much for all your help and support! :)

Ashley, great to hear from you. I can't believe a parent asked you that! Wow. Our Back to School night is still a week a way. I have not told any of my kids or parents. I just feel like I am fat right now. Only one person commented to me that I was getting a pooch, but I think it was a far stretch, and she was just trying to be complimentary as she already knew I was pg. I'm having serious issues with my principal however. It seems I'm on her bad list this year. I'm going to have some union reps represent me on Monday as the situation has been getting worse. Yesterday for the first time ever after my principal screamed at me with no substantiation behind it over the phone while I was in the middle of a lesson teaching. My stomach began to pain very badly and I was afraid I would lose the baby. I went home crying hysterically to my doting and thank God very supportive husband whom happens to be a physician and he had me lay down for a while to calm down. So the stress is getting pretty bad, and she has been the root of my stress at school. Ever since I told her I was pregnant it seems things have been different with her. Yesterday, I began my 10th week and I go in for my next dr. appt. on October 13th. How are you doing? Is your husband over the shock and getting excited? It must be hard with his mother reacting the way she is. I bet she turns around sooner or later, but the real question will be whether or not you'll be able to forgive her for the way she has treated you.

I don't usually keep track of my cycles...because my hubby and I haven't really been trying. I keep trying to think back to when my last period was...It's looking like I am late. I have had all the cla__sic signs, up until today when I started getting the period like cramps. Only their different this time. They come and go and are accompanied by sort of an ovulation twinge on my right side. The biggest giveaway has been the discharge and nausea. No vomiting but nasty gagging. I am just waiting on hubby to get home from a trip to test...he wanted to be here! :) I am just scared to death I am about to start...Anyone else have this?

HELP!! I was supposed to start my period on Sept 13....instead I started spotting on Sept 2 and did so on and off until Sept 8 ( I could have used one tampon for the whole thing). In the past, if I had any bleeding before my period I would still have a full period the week I was supposed to. Well, this time I didn't. I have been on bc pills since I was 16....am now 28. I did not restart a new pack of pills after the weird spotting. I went to my general med doctor on Friday, Sept 30. He said that I might be pg because of the symptoms. I have been having to urinate MUCH more than usual, very nauseas (especially after I eat anything), very bloated, and I had VERY painful nipples for about a week but that has lessened...b___bs now just feel heavy. I took a HPT on Sept 28 and it was negative. I asked the doc when should I calculate, from the 2nd or from the 13th. If I did from the 2nd, I am 2 days late...and if I do it from the 13th my period should come by Oct 11. This would be my first pregnancy. I am scared to death. I just don't understand why I have so many symptoms if I am not pregnant. I have had pressure-like cramps since Friday, but no blood. These are different from period cramps for me. I have also felt like I have to have a bowel movement but not much happens. I have had more "mucus" discharge and my boyfriend swears the s_x has been great lately...and it has been for me too. I have been treated for endometriosis, fibroid tumors, and ovarian cysts. I am scared that something is all screwed up and I am just being overly hopeful for a baby. Any help would be much appreciated.

I was waiting for my period to come usually on the 1st day it comes down really heavy and i get really bad cramps well when I got my period this month there was only one spot of red blood and after that it was all brown spotting for 3 days and I took a HPT and it came out positive I am going to the doctor could this mean that I am pregnant and there is something wrong?

I just found out I am pregnant with my first 3 days ago and am still having AF like cramping, but minor and only a few times a day. From all the research I have done, it seems that unless you are bleeding, you are fine. The cramping is probably caused by your uterus stretching. I was worried too, but after reading all the other comments, I have settled down and will wait for my first dr appt at 8 weeks. Congrats!

Well is was all psychosematic and stress. My boyfriend like I said is away all month the emotional ups and downs caused by that made me late and I think the rest was in my head sorry girls.

Where is everyone feeling cramping? Mine feels like i am about to start or like I am ovulating.

Hey girls. I posted on the 1st. My hubby and I tested last night (10-2) and again this morning (10-3). Both were positive before I could even lay them on the counter!!!!!! So being me I had to check with a local nurse who did another urine test...POSITIVE! The cramping has subsided for now. I can't tell you what a Godsend this forum was. We are going to wait for a quant_tative Blood Test before we tell anyone the news. The nurse put me at 7 weeks even though that could be way off because of me not having kept track of my cycles. Thanks for everything and I will stop in from time to time to check on ya'll. Congratulations everyone!

to nellygirl40,how long did ur bleeding last?

Have had bleeding (? from implantation) here and there and cramping on and off down low. I'm a single mom of a 2year old (via invitro), miscarried last Oct (just cramping, no bleeding then, 7 week ultrasound showed blighted ovum) and have been having cramping again this time. My 20 day test is thurs, anyone else out there have anything like this???? Hoping this is just NORMAL and trying to get past 20 day test and ultrasound this time.

hi all. have been ttc but only got 1 chance last month, on time for ovulation tho. :) since then have been experiencing weird cramping. bled lightly for abt 5 days starting sept 19, more or less on sked (am not regular). definitely unlike my usual period which simply flows. this was more than spotting, but really much lighter (abt 1-2 pads/day, even on 2nd day) and no clotting. cramping didn't go away after that. tested 2x last week, both neg. but still have dizziness, mild nausea, food cravings (salty foods!), sleepiness, fatigue, lightheadedness, and a full bloated feeling, plus a heavy uterus. i'd swear am getting af but then, no bleeding. besides, it's too early. sometimes feel throbbing in mid uterus, but mostly fullness and little jabbing/stretching pains, a bit like ovulation pains. veeery heavy uterus - feels swollen. also, i feel like my tummy's sticking out to there! will wait till time for next period before testing again. am too nervous! keeping my hopes up for us all.