Those who have been pregnant ... a question

curleycha

H and I just started trying and I'm having a lot of  pains in my lower abdomen. I'm not trying to make myself believe this is my uterus stretching and that I am pregnant but I'm looking for advice.

It started a few days ago which would have been 5-6 DPO and hasn't really stopped. Its not sharp pains but its pretty steady. It keeps switching sides (which rules out my appendix being infected which was what I first thought it was). It could be a UTI but the pain is not sharp which is what it was last time I had one. Like I said, I don't think it really is pregnancy but I'm just curious for those that have been pregnant if they had pain in their lower abdomen very early on. I did take a HPT last night but it was negative and too early anyways as its just been 7-8DPO now. I have no other symptoms of either pregnancy or UTI or anything else webmd suggested. 

If anyone has any advice or thoughts I'd greatly appreciate it!  

 

gault530

I didn't feel any twitching or stretching until I was 5-6 weeks along, but I guess it's possible.  GL!

schoolsoutbride

I get AF like cramps around 9DPO.

ziggy23213

The first time I was pregnant I had very mild, non-painful cramps starting around 8DPO, but that pregnancy ended in m/c so I don't know if that would happen in a normal pregnancy or not (not trying to scare you, just that I don't know if what I had was a normal pregnancy symptom).

Are you charting/using OPKs?  If you're assuming you have a typical 28-day cycle and ovulate on day 14, that's not necessarily the case, so unless you're sure of when you ovulated, you could just be ovulating late and experiencing ovulation pain.

rebeccaontherocks

I had a lot of pain during implantation... Or what I can only assume was implantation withboth my pregnancies. But it only lasted a day. I thought it was menstral cramps both times.

ruby soho

The only abdominal pain I had before my bfp was fart pains, lol. I seriously had the worst gas ever the day before I found out I was pregnant. 

d.f

I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary that early.  I got my BFP at 11 DPO (the same day my period was due) the test a few days prior had been negative.  My first sign that I was PG I noticed that same day and it was an incredibly heightened sense of smell.

coloradogirl06

I had lots of cycles when TTC that had twinges, aches or something more going on down there with no positives. Things like that will definitely mess with your head. I tried to remind myself to associate it with the increase of activity than anything.

curleycha

Thank you all for responding!? I'm really trying not to read into it too much and I'm definitely not making myself believe I am pregnant. Only time will tell I guess!?

Pesky

honestly, pg was a bit asymptomatic for me, unless you count implantation bleeding with DD.  I had some cramping but I normally do off the pill before my period and around ovulation.  Your body can also just be readjusting to being off BC too so be patient.  GL!

ETA:  will warn you that once I did get a BFP, man, around 5 weeks I bloated like nobody's business and busted into maternity pants.  At 9 wks, a CW told me it was good I told him because he could tell already. 

azuremama

With DS, I had sharp pains on one side around when implantation would have occurred.  With DD, I felt nothing at all.  And I know I had some other cycles where I felt weird stuff.  It's just so hard to say.

Heywhitney

MH and I have been TTC for the last few months.  I've had bad abdominal pain about 4-10 DPO, but I attribute that to constipation from the PNV I'm taking with all the iron in it bc I've never PG.

GL to you! I hope you get a BFP!