cramps & pains

amd1982

It's difficult for me to talk with my friends who are pregnant with singletons, just because they make me really nervous and can't comiserate with the cramps and pains that seem to come with twin pregnancy. I have had zero spotting and am 11 weeks. But I seem to get pretty decent cramps and some little zings of pain on either side of my abdomen every now and then. Nothing where I'm doubled over, but just annoying and it's obviously concerning. I know it's normal for uterine stretching, but does anyone else wonder "is my normal other people's normal?"

I have my NT scan next week so I'm trying not to worry until then, I guess just wanted some affirmation from my multiple mamas that little cramps and pains at 11 weeks is still normal....

thanks!

LadyNikon

I talk to my doc every week or so and I have told her about all the cramping I have been going through and she has explained to me that unlike singleton pregnancies multiple pregnancies will have a lot more stretching and cramping cause we are growing faster to accomidate the extra LO(s).  If you feel a lot of pressure towards the bottom though i would call just to make sure everything is ok. 

Rynleigh

I've had many more "menstrual" type cramps with the twins than I had with either of my single girls. Just like Nikon said - watch for warning-sign pains like at the cervix or even high pains like at your kidneys. 

You're definitely not alone - the multiples put a lot more early havoc on your body than singles do. What I'm feeling at the start of month two, I didn't feel with my girls until month four. 

Capri22

 My doctor said the exact same thing to me. I have been having terrible cramps - just one or two a day - but pretty intense ones. My doctor told me that these are normal for twins and unless they start happening every ten minutes or so, then there is nothing to worry about. None of my friends seem to have experienced this.  

 

 

 

amd1982

Thank you all!