cramping during implantation?

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Registered: 03-27-2003
cramping during implantation?
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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 2:15pm
I feel crazy even asking... I've had two babies, you'd think I'd know the signs by now BUT I DON'T! LOL! I'm not due to have my period until next Wednesday 11/12/03. I've been having lots of cramping this week though. I just can't remember if this happened the last two times or not? This week while I was having the cramping is the optimal time for implantation to be occuring. So has anyone experienced menstrual like cramps during implantation? I have no spotting, and this has been going on for a good 3 days. I have all kinds of other sypmtoms too like moodiness, sore breasts, tiredness, but for me, PMS and early pregnancy symptoms are virtually identical (except for this cramping thing... that's unusual for me during PMS). I HATE waiting! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! I'd really be OK with it if I am preggo or if I'm not preggo, I just want to KNOW ya know?? LOL! Any help is appreciated!

Edie with Dori 4 yrs, and Nic 18 months...and I'm ready for another one! Aaauugghhh!! LOL!

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Fri, 11-07-2003 - 2:40pm
Hi there. I have been having those cramps too. Not too bad to take anything, but enough to know that they are there. Kind of annoying cuz they come and go. Yesterday I was at the mall, and I got these fluttery painless throbbing on my right side under my ribs. Kind of odd. I have been super tired as well. (Very odd for me to take naps during the day) (Along with a couple of other symptoms) and I also have not had any spotting. I am trying not to think about it though, although it is SOOOOO hard!!! But needless to say, if it is implantation cramps, I hear it is very normal. My AF is due the 12th if I have a 28 day cycle, or the 14th if I have a 30 day cycle. So I guess we will just wait and see. I am a little unsure if this would be a good thing for me or what..I know that it won't be the worst thing in the world, It just wasn't exactly a planned thing.

Well Good luck to you.....

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Registered: 10-14-2003
Fri, 11-07-2003 - 4:28pm
Hey gals,

Im having the same kind of cramping. It just started today and Im not due for my AF until next friday the 14th. Also I have been super super tired lately. Its really weird. could be cuz i havent been taking my vitamins lately..lol.. but really getting up at 1:30 in the afternoon is not cool..LOL.. Good luck to you both!
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Registered: 11-04-2003
Fri, 11-07-2003 - 4:51pm
Thought this link and extract might help explain the 'cramping' achy feeling..

If you know the location of your uterus (and you should!! LOL!!!)

This is extactly what it feels like to me and has been going on for 7 days, its like AF pain, but for me, AF pain feels a lot 'heavier' or 'full' What I'm feeling is simply an annoying ache... its not painful, but distracting... and i'm sure it will continue to be distracting until it can all be confirmed by a HPT !

Extract from http://www.parentsplace.com/expert/midwife/qas/0,,239004_100064,00.html

Mild lower abdominal pain can be normal during early pregnancy. As progesterone softens ligaments and relaxes muscles in the body, it may cause the round ligaments, which suspend the enlarging uterus, to stretch and cause pain. These feel like pulling sensations in the right and left lower quadrants of the abdomen and are most annoying.

Good Luck

K x