Morning sickness and/or cramps - at 5 weeks?

[MamaLlama]

Ever since the day before I tested I've felt "off". I have a hard time saying it is nausea/morning sickness or cramping. Its kind of more like I imagine cramping to be, lower, not really the stomach but still just ick.

I have a hard time naming it because I've NEVER felt cramping before, not with pg #1, not with periods, nada. Literally with #1 if I hadn't tested and been TTC I would never have known I was pg until 21 weeks. Seriously. And that was only because I started to show and at 22 weeks felt the kicks.

Is it bad to have cramping? I'd have thought it was a sign of your period/miscarriage but what do I know, as I said - felt never a symptom last time. Maybe this is morning sickness and I just never had that either so can't recognize it.

WDYT?
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[simba6]

hi,
Congratulations on the pregnancy, i am not sure about cramping, but i had on and off the whole pregnancy since the day i found out, a really low aching, kinda felt like in the cervix area,it's not like that feeling is it,if so that's just everything moving about. and ingnore my history, it's with this healty pregnancy too ;-p

[Dortygirl]

Cramping is totally normal as the ligaments in your uterus are stretching to accomodate the baby. I was worried about this too but found out that it's totally normal. You may also experience some spotting with dark red blood and that's ok too. If you are getting bright red blood (and a fair bit of it) then go to your GP straight away or call your obstetrician or midwife. Hope that helps :)