Can anyone please help?

[Cheshire Cat]

I sleep on my tummy each night but now that I'm carrying (7 weeks only!) I wake up with dreadful cramps in my stomach throughout the night because I'm on my front. Last night the pain woke me up and was almost unbearable. I slept the night jammed between hubby and a teddy bear so I couldn't roll onto my tummy throughout the night, needless to say I got no sleep. Can anyone advise how they conquered this problem - are there any body pillows or suchlike out there? Is it normal to get these kind of cramps from sleeping on my front so early on in the pregnancy? I know that as I get further into it I won't be able to sleep on my front but right now my belly isn't big enough to prevent me rolling!

I would dearly love some sleep - I haven't had any this week at all because of these night cramps in my tummy area which wake me up!

Apart from that I'm loving this experience

 

[christy g]

Hi!
I'm not really sure if this will help you or not because I'm not sure if it is the same pain you are experiencing, but there is a ligament that runs on both sides of the belly. In my really early pregnancy days it was always acting up and I found myself feeling crampy most days until I was about 14 weeks along. If I over stretched my belly I had sharp shooting pains in that area that knocked me to my knees. I just made sure not to stretch my belly too much. If I stretched this area too hard, the ligament pain returned and caused horrible pain.

I mentioned it to my doctor, but she was certain there was nothing to worry about - that was me though. It may be different for you.

You might want to mention this to the doctor the next time you go in - it may be something as simple as the ligament, maybe not.
I know that the uterus is doing a lot of growing, so the pain may be associated with that as well.

Best of luck,
Christy
EDD 6/29/04

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Hi Christy, thanks for that.

The pain you mentioned sounds exactly like mine. Even a stretch yawn caused asharp pain. I went to my first ante-natal today and mentioned this to the midwife. She didn't seem overly concerned about it and said it is probably my growing uterus! So I feel much better now.

Thanks