PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for November, 2001: Re: 8 weeks and ovary pain

Re: 8 weeks and ovary pain

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:22:11 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Victoria wrote: >
>I am 8 weeks 2 days pregnant and had been having period-like cramps for
>the first 6 weeks. I occasionally have the same cramping, but it is
>getting much better. Yesterday I noticed a pain in my right side and
>I'm assuming it's my ovary. Today both left and right are a little
>achy. Is this normal? I searched the archives, but couldn't find any
>info. Also for the past 4 days sex has been very uncomfortable. It
>feels like it did when I used to ovulate...I would get tiny cysts every
>month and sex would be painful or just uncomfortable. This is my 1st
>pregnancy...have had 2 u/s and heard the heartbeat so I know the baby is
>fine. Just curious, not paranoid. Thank you for your time. Would call
>my OB, but I'm in Japan.
>
>--
>Victoria
>

Victoria, The discomfort you are feeling does not sound that unusual. They could represent a combination of stretching and a corpus luteum cyst. As long as the pain does not become severe, I would just keep an eye on things... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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