View Full Version : Stomach Cramps ERGH!
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 01:52 AM
I was wondering if anyone knew something I could take for my stomach cramps seen as paracetomol don't seem too work I am pregnant too so something that's safe for me&my baby.
Thanks
J_9
Mar 25, 2011, 02:31 AM
Since you are in your first trimester the only safe thing you can do until you see your doctor is a warm compress if paracetomol doesn't work.
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 02:43 AM
Thank you.
I will try that then hopefully it will work!
J_9
Mar 25, 2011, 02:47 AM
Unfortunately, these cramps will get worse as your belly grows. Pregnancy is not all peaches and cream. There are many aches and pains that come along with pregnancy and many times you just have to grin and bear it as many medications are prhibited during pregnancy.
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 02:51 AM
I'm dreading everything now!
But its too late too turn back my dicissions so looks like I am just going too have too grin and bare!
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&i thought I'd let you know I told my cousin about my pregnancy she said she will help me if my mum doesn't but I've still got too tell my cousin the fact about the different dads and other stuff have you got any suggestions on how I could tell my cousin about the possibilities of who the dad might be and then any suggestions on telling both of the boys I slept with that they 'may' be a dad but its not 100% going too be them.
J_9
Mar 25, 2011, 02:55 AM
First things first. Let's not put the cart before the horse.
You need to get to the doctor for a blood test to positively identify pregnancy. I know you took a HPT, but every once in a rare while there is a false positive.
You are going to have to tell your mother. She will be able to tell sooner or later and holding off will only make it worse.
As far as telling the boys, that doesn't necessarily have to be done right now. You can hold that off for a while.
Telling your mother and getting into the doctor should be your main concerns right now.
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 03:01 AM
I would like too let you know that I am booked into the doctors for tomorrow & I took another pregnancy test this morning and once again it said I was pregnant is there any chance that it could still be wrong?
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I'm pretty sure I am pregnant though because my stomach has already seemed too of gone abit harder I keep looking at my stomach in the mirror & it looks like I do have a bump is this possible at 12-13weeks gone?
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The other thing is if it isn't possible then I might be even further gone then I thought my cousin said my stomach looks like one of which someone that was around 17weeks pregnant but I'm sure I've got all the dates right from when the party was etc etc -what do you think?
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I will post a picture of my stomach or set it as my picture for you too have a look at if that's okay?
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 03:07 AM
If I have got my dates mixed up and I am 17+ weeks pregnant at what stage am I at in my pregnancy?
J_9
Mar 25, 2011, 03:12 AM
Please do not post a picture of your belly.
If you are only 12 - 13 weeks it is possible, but very unlikely that you would be showing by now.
If you are 17 weeks, then you have the date of the party mixed up? I thought you had sex with your boyfriend of 4 months, then it had been a while and then you had sex at a party where you got drunk, then just a few days later with another boy.
If you are 17+ weeks pregnant you would be in your second trimester.
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 03:20 AM
My birthday 25th November I split with my boyfriend ex now 3weeks before then I had sex with him in the week that we split up therefore there's noway the baby can be his because I would be around 4+ months pregnant!
I had sex with the boy at the party at what I thought was around 12 weeks ago but if I've got the dates wrong about the party then there's a chance I could further gone then I thought,the guy I slept with after the party was like 5-6 days after so I would be even less weeks pregnant then I think I am and I doubt that by the fact that I am showing already.
DoulaLC
Mar 25, 2011, 03:26 AM
bethanyjaynee,
You can't tell very well from looking at someone how far along they are. Dates of your last period will give you a rough idea, but a scan will be more accurate at this stage, and necessary due to the uncertainty.
I agree with J_9, see your gp or a midwife first, decide what you are going to do about the baby (although I am assuming you have decided to keep the baby since you are concerned about what you can take for your cramping), and set an appointment for your first scan. Since you feel you might be at least 12 weeks they should be able to get you in straight away as 12 weeks is usually when the first scan is done.
I know the pregnancy test you used is available in the UK, and it does have a fairy accurate result, but it is important to remember that it can only give an estimate as there is a wide range for hcg levels from week to week.
If you were to decide on an abortion, it would still be legal where you live, but first things first... determine how far along you actually are, and if you are keeping your baby, make any changes in how you live that would be healthy... no more alcohol (I know in the UK the recommendations are different but best to not even take any chances), start on an antenatal vitamin, and do your best to become as healthy as you can.
J_9
Mar 25, 2011, 03:26 AM
You don't remember when the party was?
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 03:31 AM
Now I'm thinking about when the party was I'm sure it was late December going into the new year so I must be more the 12 weeks pregnant!
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&yes I have decided too keep my baby for the time being adoption is another thing I still have too think about but right now I think I'm fixed on having this baby.
DoulaLC
Mar 25, 2011, 03:36 AM
See what your gp says tomorrow when you go in. A scan date will be set for you and that will give you a better idea of how far along you would be.
Do go to the supermarket, or chemist, and get an antenatal vitamin to start taking each day, and once again, make any other lifestyle changes you know would be healthy and wise.
bethanyjaynee
Mar 25, 2011, 03:38 AM
I will do
Thankyou(: