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Thursday, September 21, 2006

CD21: 2DP3.5DT Cramps?

I'm a few days, four precisely, into my PIO, and two days past transfer and I'm already looking at every twinge and cramp with suspicion. Fully aware that the evil PIO often plays tricks on our bodies, I'm hesitant to not believe a damned thing until I see two lines on a POAS or a beta.

But still, I can't help myself. I'm having tiny cramps here and there. Probably the PIO as it's just too early for those little blasts to be doing much of anything. They're a hair past five and a half days old. Implantation tends to happen on day six or seven, not on day 5.5. So what gives? Methinks it's in my head. A product of the evil PIO.

But I can hope. Can't I?

So I ask you...what on earth do implantation cramps feel like?

Are they throbbing cramps? Rhythymic or pulsatile in any sort of fashion? Or would you say it's a single cramp? Dull? Sharp? How long do they last? Minutes? Hours? Days? Do they come and go? How about location? Are they dead center in the uterus? Or off to the side? Does the location change?

Are implantation cramps, if you're lucky enough to get a "sign" such as this, more often than naught accompanied by the mythical implantation spotting?

I had some wicked cramps in my first IVF. They were repetitive, stabbing, right in the middle of my bladder/uterine area. Dr. Beer said that cramps like what I experienced were indicative of my body killing off the embryo at implantation. The cramps were so bad that they woke me in the middle of the night and I sought out a urologist in the morning. I literally thought I had the UTI from hell coming on. Alas, my urine was clean, and my beta negative.

So if you have any information to share on what your implantation cramps felt like, I'd love to hear from you. And if you didn't have any, or any spotting, I'd love to hear that, too.

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Comments on "CD21: 2DP3.5DT Cramps?"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (4:46 PM) : 

I had consistent cramping, but it wasn't as bad as "i'm getting my period cramps". Similar, but they were pretty mild.

Cramping no matter what, is going to freak you out. That's pretty much the only thing I can say.

 

Blogger Donna said ... (6:27 PM) : 

I have no advice, just here to let you know I'm thinking about you. Take it easy!

 

Blogger Sparkle said ... (11:03 PM) : 

I never noticed cramping until my period was late. Then I kept thinking I was getting it. But this was early in the journey so, I could well have had something before then, but didn't notice.

So it wasn't cramping all the time, just that wee rumble when you think - 'uhoh it's on the way'

 

Blogger Coloratura said ... (11:18 PM) : 

hey you... just wanted to send you a big, fat positive vibe for this cycle. oh, may it be the last for you!!!!

my implantation cramps where very much in the center, sometimes a little off the side, and didn't last very long (not more than a few minutes.) but it was noticeble and felt... 'different', for lack of a better word. I just knew a the time that something was going on.

my other pregnancy symptoms started kicking in around 5-6. but every woman is different.

just try to listen to your body. it will tell you.

 

Blogger Coloratura said ... (11:19 PM) : 

oops, meant to say kicked around 5-6 weeks... wish you could edit these comments...

 

Blogger Thalia said ... (10:40 AM) : 

Mine sound similar to statia's, although I think I also had some sharper cramps, although nothing like the pain you describe. The best way to describe mine were that they felt like things were shifting around in my abdomen - ligaments stretching, that kidn of thing. Twinges.

 

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