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There are lots of reasons you might be having cramps, and I hate that you've had them for so long. As a person who used to have very bad menstrual cramps, I can empathize with you.
If your period is due Feb. 2, the most likely time for you to have been ovulating would have been around Jan. 18-19; that's just 10 days ago, about the time you started feeling this way, right? That would mean you started cramping as soon as you ovulated, which seems a little too early if it were pregnancy-related.
Are your cramps in general in the same uterine area they would be for menstrual cramps? Or are they more on one side or the other, more like where your ovaries are? (Do you feel when you are ovulating?)
Have you been charting your basal body temperature? Do you know what day you ovulated?
It's not unreasonable to call your doctor and ask about your symptoms.
Fibroids can, on their own, cause severe cramping. I know you say they haven't been troublesome enough to warrant surgery, but is there a chance this is related to them? Here's the Mayo Clinic page on fibroids:
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Hey, Tsmith. Thanks so much for writing.
There are lots of reasons you might be having cramps, and I hate that you've had them for so long. As a person who used to have very bad menstrual cramps, I can empathize with you.
If your period is due Feb. 2, the most likely time for you to have been ovulating would have been around Jan. 18-19; that's just 10 days ago, about the time you started feeling this way, right? That would mean you started cramping as soon as you ovulated, which seems a little too early if it were pregnancy-related.
Are your cramps in general in the same uterine area they would be for menstrual cramps? Or are they more on one side or the other, more like where your ovaries are? (Do you feel when you are ovulating?)
Have you been charting your basal body temperature? Do you know what day you ovulated?
It's not unreasonable to call your doctor and ask about your symptoms.
Fibroids can, on their own, cause severe cramping. I know you say they haven't been troublesome enough to warrant surgery, but is there a chance this is related to them? Here's the Mayo Clinic page on fibroids:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/uterine-fibroids/DS00078/DSECTION=symptoms
Please write back with a bit more info, let's see what we can find out for you.
January 26, 2009 - 11:41amThis Comment
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