cramping during early pregnancy?

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Registered: 06-04-2007
cramping during early pregnancy?
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Mon, 06-04-2007 - 8:55pm
Hello everyone. I am exactly 1 week late today. I took a pregnancy test last Wednesday and tested again on Saturday and both of the results were negative. When Im pre-menstrual I'm usually very moody but not this time. I am however cramping but at night I am not. I plan to test again on Friday. Has anyone experienced menstrual-like cramps as a sign of pregnancy?
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Registered: 01-19-2007
Mon, 06-04-2007 - 11:34pm
I have never heard of this as a sign of pregnancy but it does commonnly occur at the beginning of a pregnancy and all the way up to the end of the first trimester. Sometimes people don't take pregnancy test b/c they are cramping and think they are ready to start their cycle. The cramping in early pregnancy is from implantation. A small amt of spotting is also common.
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Registered: 06-04-2007
Tue, 06-05-2007 - 6:54pm
thank you so much for responding. that puts my mind at ease.
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Registered: 01-03-2007
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 1:31pm

I'm currently 8 months pregnant (I just thought I'd check out this board on a whim and happened to see your question...thought I could help) and I can tell you that I had menstrual like cramps the week I was expecting my period. I was getting ready to go out to the bars with my roommate on the day my period was supposed to come, and I was so sure I would be getting my period because I kept getting cramps (my boobs were sore too, just like when I get my period)...but it just never came. So I figured I'd swing by the store really quick to buy a test just to make sure before I started drinking, and sure enough, I was preggers! A lot of pregnancy symptoms are the same as when you get your period.

Hope that helps, good luck!

~Kelly

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Registered: 06-06-2007
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 2:47pm
hi!! i am only 5 weeks pregnant and i have little cramps most of the time so you could be pregnant, however you should take a blood test, that way you can be sure of the results. thats what i did. :P anyways, good luck, bye!