Hi all mothers to be/ pregnancy gurus
I am now 6 week pregnant and have experienced slight nausea, heartburn and sligh headache as well as back pain and tender breasts.
I want to be positive in my pregnancy, however find it sooo difficult to get my first scan confirming all is developing well!
I have not told many people about my pregnancy thus none to share my news and anxiety.
Has anyone experience slight cramping (just like pre period pain) accompanied with back pain and is this normal? How much cramping is normal and when is it best to raise this with midwife? I am getting a pulling, cramping, sort of pre period pain now and then during the day but not too bad and wanted to know if this is normal.
Also, as we do not get to do the scan until week 12 and i would not want to interfere with early scan in case something happens how can you tell everything is going fine inside there with regards to the baby developing heartbeat etc?
Thanks in advance
xxx
(And btw, my back hurts so badly that I can't sleep, it's usual pregnancy symptom - yoga helps:))
Quite early in, I know, what it will be like later on!
Hello inneedforanswers,
you are one week ahead of me! You win!
I read that slight cramping is quite normal in the first trimester. The connection to the mother's blood supply is being built throughout the first trimester, so related cramping and a bit of spotting can occur.
But as fun as it is to try to read up online and to get feedback from all the other women here:
If you have a concern, you are absolutely allowed to ask your midwife/ doctors as soon as you ask yourself that question.
Never worry that you might bother your health professionals - helping figure things out for you is what they're there for.
Wishing you all the best!!!
Hi Stilllearning2016, congratulations to you!
Thank you for your reply.
It is so exciting and at the same time stressful as you await 12 week scan.
How have you been feeling? I am yet to experience morning sickness, had some slight heartburn but nothing major.
I have been taking Pregnancy Care multivitamins however, hear from some of my friends that they have decided not to take multivitamins and instead taking Vit D and Folic. What are your views on this?
x
Hi again,
I do take a multivitamin which contains the folic acid and the Vitamin D. It is a multivitamin FOR early pregnancy I got at the pharmacy, so what can be wronh with that? Today I went back there asking for a supplement for omega 3 and they told me not to take it before having double checked with my doc. That annoyed me, I've been mainly veggie all my life and I try to force down appropriate amounts of meat and fish now, but it doesn't come naturally to me and I don't always have time in the workday to hunt the right foods down. What to do... By the time I have my doc appointments, these crucial first weeks are already over...
You ask about my symptoms: there is only one I can really attribute to the pregnancy: I am not interested in food any more as I wasbefore. I used to be a big eater, imagining how delicious different foods would be when I get to eat them. Now I have what seems to be no emotional response to food and drink: I know that I need it and what times and wht ingredients mybaby needs. But eating satisfies me mainly as I do my duty towards my child, not because I enjoy the tastes. If I bpught myself chocolate or sweets now, I wouldn't enjoy them. That's a first for me!
I find it a bit much that you have to wait till 12 werks for your firstscan. Not that it's not possible to wait that long, but it seems mean. Maybe you can ask them, if they get a cancellation prior to that time to offer the slot to you?
I wish you all the best!!!