Cramps During Early Pregnancy

Could be just physical stress from your own "about me".
Could be your body size, my daughter is having this from the very early weeks, she's barely 100lbs and almost 5 foot tall...they said she's carrying extra low, she's very tiny and no room to grow, so it's pressing on her tail bone and back already before the baby is actually big enough, her body is still growing.
I lost 5 babies, had 5 children, 4 by c-section. When I was extra sick, early on, I was very happy. My doctor explained, the hormone that "holds" the pregnancy is what makes me sick...so I knew if I was sick, I'd probably not miscarry, it made me miserablly happy.

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With my second baby, I had a lot of cramping. It was in about the 11th-13th week. I had just found out that I was pregant and then I began that cramping. I thought it was so weird because I didn't have anything before I found out. I was still on birth control and my doctor told me that the cramping had something to do with the progestrone leaving my body. I think that is what they said...Everything turned out alright and I never had any bleeding or anything. I have also heard that the cramping has something to do with the implantation of the baby. Good luck!

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Jade,
Hello, My name is Jackie and I have four young children ranging from the age of 7 down to 21 months. Each one of my pregnancies was drastically different and it seemed as if with each one I experianced something completely different from the last one. I also am a full time worker, CNA, in a nursing home and a fulltime student in college for nursing and love every minute of it. The mild cramping is due to your body preparing to "stretch out" and the lower back pain is because your child is sitting low in your pelvic region. You will be able to breath during this pregnancy but your back and hips will not be able to move all that well; and probably, this child will be the largest child that you have give birth too yet. My fourth child, my son, was the largest baby I gave birth to and because he sat so low in my pelvic area, I was always having lower back pain and my lower abdominal area would feel like I was cramping periodically. All that sensation was was my tummy stretching to make room for my heavier child. The nausea this early in the pregnancy is quite normal; most women feel sick before they know that they are pregnant and just think that they just have a cold or the flu. I was very sick for my third and fourth pregnancy and I discovered that "Mompops" are wonderful. You can get them at any Motherhood store and they are just different favored hard pieces of candy that you suck on like a peppermint and before you know it, you don't feel nauseated any more. Congradulations with your new pregnancy I wish you luck in your future education.
Jackie B.
Oshkosh, Wi

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Cramping is very common after your first pregnancy. Your body is more sensitive to the changes now. Don't be alarmed. I've also been told by my OBGYN that nausea is a sign of a healthy pregnancy because of the hormones. Ask your doctor. I have four children and experienced cramping with the last three. Even had some bleeding with the second one. He's 10 now and very healthy.

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Jade,

My experience was that many things happened faster, earlier and more intensely with every pregnancy. My theory is that you partly expect and therefore notice things earlier but also that your body has "been around the block" so to speak and reacts sooner and more intensely to things. The mild cramping and lower back ache are most likely due to the stretching of muscles. If the cramping gets bad or you start bleeding, you need to call your OB/GYN.

Also be prepared for your milk to come in sooner - you can even start leaking milk months before you deliver. But don't pump; it can cause contractions and preterm labor. And the "after delivery contractions" you get when you nurse the first few days...just hang on, they are WAY worse.

The upside is that your delivery and recovery may be much faster and easier. You also have more "new baby experience" and a lot of things that may have been a challenge the first or second time around come much more naturally.

Congrats on #3,
S.

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