hi girls,
congrats and welcome those who are new to this thread..
just sharing some advice that my gynae gave me..
1) cramps - it is normal to have cramps on the sides that radiates to your thigh as these are cramps from ligamental pulling as our uterus stretches. however, she cautioned that if those cramps feel like those monthly menstrual cramps, we have to be careful..hence she gave me duphaston and as much bedrest as possible; avoid any form of stress, be it emotional, physical or environmental
2) vitamin A - too much vit A can cause birth defects. hence, she adviced me not to eat pork liver or chicken liver, or anything that has very high vit A content. also, avoid using cosmetics (make up or facial products) that have vit A content (retinol, tretinon, renova, retin-A).
3) stay away from cigarette smoke (be it first hand smoke or second hand smoke) and other pollutions (exhaust from vehicles, paint, etc).
hi kiki koro, when i first saw my gynae, she said i was 6 weeks and 1 day but according to the scan, she says its only 5 weeks and a bit but we are already able to see the gestational sac and yolk sac. so you might probably see your little gestational sac too; and also to rule out ectopic pregnancy.
good luck everyone!