Anyone have cramping in early pregnancy?

[shouldihope?]

So the reason why I was completely surprised by my BFP yesterday was that I was having cramping that morning and thought AF was arriving early. In fact I took 2 ibuprofen. I still have been having cramping today. I don't remember that with my other 3. The only other symptom I am having is a 'let down' as in nursing kind of feeling a few times a day. Just want some reassurance. Has anyone else experienced this?

[DoulaMama]

ME!! With every single one of my pregnancies. I always get AF cramping before my BFP....it's odd because I didn't have it much with this one until about 14dpo(bfp @ 10dpo)but since then it's been regular. I get it every few days now and I'm 7w. Your uterus is just popping into it's early pregnant state already! Just wait......in a week or two pants will start to feel uncomfortable! LOL (or at least that's what happened to me!!)
Oh and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Lets hope we both get our girls....fourth time's a charm!!

[shouldihope?]

Thanks DM! I appreciate your input. That is very reassuring. My pants were already uncomfortable today. Thankfully I kept all my clothes from before the LE diet. Congratulations to you as well. FX and lots of prayers that we both get our baby girls. Are you going to find out, or have you decided yet?

[DoulaMama]

No finding out for me:) My third as a surprise and it was the most amazing moment~I had zero GD at that moment and I was just ecstatic that we had a great birth(it was at home) with no issues and that he was alive and well. I think with this being our last I am too afraid to find out and potentially be disappointed for a good portion of my pregnancy. I want to enjoy every second! This will be the last time I feel our sweet baby moving inside me...the last time I birth...Ugh...I'm crying over here...ha! What about you??? :D

[shouldihope?]

I would love to not find out as I thought for sure DS 3 was a girllyl and after I heard boy I was devastated. My DH wants to find out and could nwver keep it a secret so all I can do is pray either way is better than last time. All that to say even though I was worried I fell immediately and completely in love with him. I still had moments of depression and sadness but he is a sweet, snuggly, easy going little guy. Everyone seems to notice him and flirt with him and he loves it. Have you started looking and dreaming about girl stuff or are you going to completelt avoid that stuff until DC4 arrives? I already caught myself dreaming and looking in spite of tellig myself I would not. Have you told everyone you are pregnant yet?

[DoulaMama]

Every once in a while I catch myself dreaming of the moment I see my baby girl for the first time...and then I snap out of it and remember that I had those same day dreams when I was pregnant with #3. So, I'm trying to focus on Boy #4...finding a name ,etc. I will not pick a girl name at all this time. It's just too disappointing to not use it. I have told quite a few people...I'm terrible at keeping it in. I feel that the people that do know would be supportive if I did have a m/c and I would rather that those people knew rather than having to hide it all. My family and his knows, as well as friends. No FB announcement yet, though! LOL
Oh and about the dreaming....I do have one little 0-3mos girly dress that I bought when I was pregnant with #1....I don't know why I kept it...it haunts me every time I see it hanging in the kids closet. I will seriously weep if I get to put it on my baby girl this time. :tissue: When will you tell??

[shouldihope?]

I probably should focus on the boy stuff to avoid the pain if my heart gets set on a girl. Good idea. Besides DH of course I have only told my mom and a told a friend that has suffered losses and infertility to get advice on how to tell my sis. We had originally planned to not ttc last month because DS 2 has a May birthday. My sis convinced me because she was doing ivf and wanted to be pregnant at the same time. I figured the next best thing to having 2 girls would be 2 girl cousins close in age. She lost both embryos. I was shocked and devastated for her. She lives across the country so I can't tell her in person. DH was pushing me to tell her because he knows I am not one to contain the news. Now to build up the nerve. Here I am worried about having a girl and she would like one of anything. I found out about DS3 being a boy while she was here and could not even talk to her about it. Went to my room and bawled and felt so guilty about it. No one got it but DH because he was sad too. Seeing sis go through this has helped change my perspective. I still don't know if I will feel totally completed as a family if this is not a girl.

[atomic sagebrush]

So the reason why I was completely surprised by my BFP yesterday was that I was having cramping that morning and thought AF was arriving early. In fact I took 2 ibuprofen. I still have been having cramping today. I don't remember that with my other 3. The only other symptom I am having is a 'let down' as in nursing kind of feeling a few times a day. Just want some reassurance. Has anyone else experienced this?

Yes, I totally had both of those symptoms. With DS 3 the "let down" feeling happened only a few days after O and I immediately knew I was preggo. With DS 4 I thought I was having some sort of horrific, long O and I even wrote a big long post about it on IG!!! http://www.in-gender.com/cs/forums/t/83145.aspx 9 months later I delivered my son!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Can I just say huge (((hugs))) to you guys!!!

GD sucks.

[Hobbermittens]

I have had cramping, all 3 times! I always thought AF was sure to show, but then she didn't. Congrats on your BFP!

[DoulaMama]

Seeing sis go through this has helped change my perspective. I still don't know if I will feel totally completed as a family if this is not a girl.
I'm so sorry for your sister:( How horrible to lose both of her babies. :tissue: I hope that she conceives easily on the next cycle.
I understand exactly what you mean about perspective. My SIL cannot have children and she just finished adopting their son, internationally. It took years, there was lots of heartache but he's finally with them. I feel so blessed to be able to have children so easily...I know that but I still can't get past not having a daughter. I, too, feel that if this baby is a boy I most likely won't feel "done". I'm terrified that I'm going to get my hubby to try "one more time" and end up with a fifth boy. I think I may have to draw the line at 4 for my sanity and future career path. It makes me sad just thinking about that. I am already convinced that this little baby is a boy.

Can I just say huge (((hugs))) to you guys!!!

GD sucks.

Thanks AS.....it does. :(

[SA77]

I did with my ds while in the tww

[shouldihope?]

Thanks guys for the input on cramping. AS- read your post and it does sound like exactly the same type of pain, aching feeling. Btw GD sucks big time. I am praying I can just focus on enjoying what may be my last pregnancy and just be thankful for it.
DM- I know how you feel about trying to convince hubby he was DONE at 2. DS2 happened sooner than we thought. I told him before I got pregnant that I wanted to see if there was anything we could do to increase our chances of having a girl. He would not consider it. DS3 was not planned. This time he says if it is another boy he does not want anymore. I tried looking at some boy names today to change my mindset.now to get up the nerve to tell people after all the compliments on my rapid 37 lb weight loss. I know the comments about another boy will be another hurdle in this pregnancy. You can't go anywhere with 2 or more of the same gender once you are showing without peoples comments. I think I need to come up with a good non-snarky comment in case I hear it once I tell people I am pregnant. I should not have to think about it, but better to be prepared I think. Got any suggestions?

[atomic sagebrush]

"4 of a kind is a winning hand!!"

"I'm a specialist."

"The world needs another generation of good men, I'm just doing my part."

"If you do something this well, you want to do it again and again!"

"We're starting a band, ya know, like the Jacksons/Osmonds/the Beach Boys/Hansons/Jonas Brothers" (depending on who you're talking to!!)

"When I was growing up, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was my favorite movie."

"Having 7 sons is considered super lucky. That's what we're trying for."

"Did you know Ryan Reynolds (Alec Baldwin, Matthew McConnehay (sp???), Payton and Eli Manning, Owen and Luke Wilson, Wyatt Earp, Dr. Christian Barnard, Dr. Jonas Salk, Joss Whedon, Presidents Nixon and Eisenhower, etc) is from a family of 3,4,5, 7 boys??"

And even though I don't like this one because it seems derogatory to the pink mamas and makes boys sound like sex maniacs, it does usu. get a laugh. "When you have a boy, you only need to worry about one penis, with a girl you have to worry about all of them."

[shouldihope?]

Thanks AS! Those are great I feel like I am armed and ready for battle or at least a good comeback. ;)