I’ve been having cramps they were really bad made it hard to sleep yesterday, I have only had tiny ones today I got my first cramps yesterday around 1 will I get them around 1 today to I’ve also been feeling nauseous

Cramps do not run on an exact schedule or watch, so there is no way to know if they will strike at the exact same hour today.

Your uterus is a muscle, and it squeezes to push out its lining. Those stronger squeezes are what hurt, and they come in waves rather than showing up at a set time of day. It is super common for cramps to peak on the first day or two and then settle into smaller twinges, exactly like you are noticing today. Feeling a bit sick can come with period cramps too.

What helps right now

• A heat pad, or a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel that a grown-up fills, can help too. In a few small studies heat worked about as well as medicine.
• Resting up and taking slow breaths while the waves pass.
• Sipping some water or nibbling plain crackers if your tummy feels upset.

There are medicines that help period pain, and a grown-up decides if you take one, which one and how much, for your age and weight. They tend to work best when a grown-up starts them as soon as cramps begin (or a day or two before your period, if they can tell when it's due) and keeps them going for the first two or three days.

When to tell a grown-up

Tell a grown-up if the pain stops you doing normal things like school, doesn't get better with the pain relief a grown-up gives you, or keeps getting worse from one period to the next. Tell a grown-up straight away if you're being sick, can't eat, have a fever, the pain is on one side (especially low on the right) or keeps getting worse, or you have tummy pain and feel sick without a period.

If you want to keep track of how cramps and tummy aches shift during your cycle, the daily logging in the Soso app lets you note pain levels and symptoms so you can see your own patterns.