I had quite a lot of achey pains in the first 12 wks or so - which the gynae put down to stretching ligaments.I also had quite a lot of bleeding in both my pregnancies which they never found the cause of, but luckily I had 2 healthy babies. Yes - best advice is listen to your body and use your common sense.Best of luck.

My wife is now 17 weeks Pregnant for the second time. She had pain with both the first and this one up until about 12 weeks. She also had bleeding. We were told afetr 3 scans on each baby that some women do have pains all through pregnancy this is due to the changes so don't be too alarmed at this stage. Basicly we were told to only come in if she was in bad pain IE doubled up and bleeding. And the main thing to do is rest IE do nothing which involves lifting, even plates if you can help it. Good luck..............Iain

I am now 21 weeks pregnant and still running. I did have some abdominal discomfort at the beginning but not any bleeding fortunately. Some discomfort is classed as normal as your insides start growing and stretching.I think the best advise is to listen to your body. If it hurts don't do it. All the books advise about not getting a heart rate above 140bpm during exercise but thats near on impossible for me when I run. I have been told that I can continue to run just not to start any new vigorous exercises and my body will (apparently) tell me when I should stop.Good luck with your pregnancy and the running !