Ladies, please reassure me

[NYCVeg]

So, I'm 11 weeks tomorrow. For the past few days I've had a little crampiness low down in my abdomen, pretty central. It's a little hard to describe--it feels kind of stretchy-crampy. No bleeding or anything like that.

This is normal, right? Just uterine growth or whatever? I'm SO close to the magical 12 week mark, that I'm just feeling a little worried.

[rootzdawta]

Not part of the due date club but . . . don't worry, you are absolutely right. When I was from abut 10 to 11 weeks, I felt the craziest cramps. I just knew that when I went to the bathroom, I'd see blood. But, nope, just the normal stretching and the body getting accustomed to the new situation. So don't worry. You are almost at magic week 12!!!

[ellymay]

Yep it is ligament stretching and there is nothing to worry about.

[Unreal]

As I recall, it is normal, because the uterine muscles are stretching/growing or something like that

I've got pretty bad pains right now if I sneeze too hard--like muscles are pulling
But I think it is the same thing--just the muscles getting used to doing their thing

[nitareality]

Yep, normal! I find that with the stretching cramps, if I move a bit more slowly they reduce in number. I am very conscious of how quickly I stand up right now due to those LOL.

[dshields]

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Sounds totally normal, I had those scary moments too. You and baby are growing! I read that the ligament stuff gets worse between 14-20 weeks...yikes!

[luckylady]

worry not.

[Peppamint]

I get crampy too... I didn't notice it so much with #1, but with #2 I had frequent cramping and I'm following the same pattern again. It's pretty common, but it can be worrying!

[quirkylayne]

I agree, just stretching.