Period cramps or pregnancy cramps??

Question

Can pregnancy cramps feel like period cramps?

I am talking about just finding out ur pregnant cramps...

Answer 1

Hi Honey, here are some symptoms of pregnancy, check them and then see your doctor

Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep

Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant

Good luck.

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Answer 2

I'm pregnant with my third baby. At the start of this pregnancy, I had HORRIBLE period like cramps. It felt as if I was starting any second! I had spotted for about 3 days, off and on, but no AF..bad hot flashes and a bloody nose, i knew i had gotten pregnant. I don't get bloody nose when I'm not pregnant, ever. Everyone is different though. So yes, pregnancy cramps most definitely can feel like period cramps, or worse, in my case ! :-) hope this helps!!

Answer 3

Yes early pregnancy cramps feel a lot like period cramps. if she doesn't start in the next couple of days have her take a pregnancy test.

Answer 4

Yes, mine are very similar. But my pregnancy cramps never get quite as bad, and there is no bleeding.Some times, some people do have bleeding around the time they would usually have a period, but I did not.

Answer 5

Well, if you are talking about "labor" when you say cramps, the answer would be no. But every person is different and if you are pregnant and close to your due date, then my suggestion is to pay attention to what your body is telling you. I never had anything close to period cramps with any of my pregnancies and I have 3 boys. When I went into labor, it was more than obvious that's what was going on. Talk about intense. OUCH. If you are only "just" pregnant and are having cramps, I would contact your doctor immediately. Not because there is something wrong, but just so you will have PEACE of mind.
Good luck.

Answer 6

Well if you are pregnant and having cramps like a period.. you might be having a miscarriage, I was 7 weeks when I had pains like that.. n I went to the doc. and luckly everything was OK.. but you can also have like a UTI, or another type of infection and that could cause pains.. I would call a triage nurse.. or your doctor... GOOD LUCK HUN.. I'm sure everything is ok..

Answer 7

Im on my second pregnancy and all I can say is that the dull pain that comes with pregnancy does not come when you are pregnant.

Answer 8

They start off feeling like period cramps but they intensify a great deal. And they don't stop. You should be able to monitor them with a watch to see how far apart they are.

Answer 9

yes they can. But like all the other symptoms it can be linked to pms.

Have you tested yet?

Answer 10

Do you mean like labor pains? Probably feels as similar as a mouse bite and a lion bite.