Early days (5w;3d)

I had the tiniest amount of brownish CM this morning and almost had a heart attack. I was praying and hoping that with the amount of cramping that I had been getting, it would not be combined with any bleeding. Although the amount was small, I'm now being extra cautious every time I go to the toilet to be on the lookout for any other signs.

The cramping still really hasn't eased, in the last few days I've had jabbing pains as well so I'm just trying to rest up and take it as easy as possible.

I've bought some new books - Up the Duff, Natural Way to a better pregnancy, and Birth. I'm enjoying them all and they are all different offering a nice change. I read the Natural Way to Better Babies initially, and was interested in a lot of the concepts and ideas that were in there. Some of them scare me half to death mind you (like the part about ultrasounds being bad for you and why would you ever consider getting one... yeah, RIGHT!!) but on the whole, it's a good natural common sense approach to pregnancy.

I also had another BT on Thursday night and my levels were 2855 so still quite high. Although it's impossible to draw conclusions merely from the levels themselves, but at least it's a comfort to know they're still rising.

My nipples have started to get a little more sensitive in the last few days, not so much sore, but just a little sensitive to touch. I'm also more tired than usual and have been falling asleep a lot quicker at night, and getting more tired in the afternoons. But apart from the cramping I mentioned earlier (and the relentless diarohhea YURGH!!) I've been surprisingly well with little symptoms at all. Fingers crossed this continues as well as a healthy and long term pregnancy!