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Carpal Tunnel
Hi girls,
Anyone have any advice for relieving the symptoms of this?? Currently waiting for a referal to the physio so I can get some splints (I will probably have had this baby by then!!) but it is really making me miserable. Am massively swollen up which must be why I have this - my hands and feet look alien to me!
Anyway I get extreme numbness in my finger tips and incredibly sore arms and neck at various points during the day that makes it really hard to do things. Wondered whether there was anything I could do to relieve this at all?!
Liz x
35 weeks
Anyone have any advice for relieving the symptoms of this?? Currently waiting for a referal to the physio so I can get some splints (I will probably have had this baby by then!!) but it is really making me miserable. Am massively swollen up which must be why I have this - my hands and feet look alien to me!
Anyway I get extreme numbness in my finger tips and incredibly sore arms and neck at various points during the day that makes it really hard to do things. Wondered whether there was anything I could do to relieve this at all?!
Liz x
35 weeks
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I hope someone else can offer some advice for you to make you more comfortable x
I hope it disappears once Bubs arrives - I'm going to struggle to pick him/her up during the night with my claw hands!
Rucky 36 & 4
I've got the start of this I think...my fingers are so sore plus I've got funny tingling in the pads by my thumbs
I'm trying to do the arm elevation thing plus I read that it can be down to fluid retention/oedema of the nerve endings, i'm following the advice given for normal fluid retention/swelling and going to up my intake of plain water.
Still wearing my wedding ring but my engagement ring's too tight now - gutted!
(((Hugs))) to all suffering with it xxx
SF - 33+4 xxx
Will try the ice before bed as I do find it much worse at night. Both my rings are off now - I miss my lovely sparkly jewellery, hoping that as soon as I pop all these horrible symptoms disappear
Thanks again ladies
Liz x
I've been suffering with this too. Midwife sent me straight to the ante natal clinic at the hospital where they gave me some wrist splints. No wait for physio. It might be worth ringing her & asking?
The splints do take a bit of getting used to but I only wear them in bed & they really do relieve the pain. Still get swollen hands & fingers so can't wear my rings but at least I get to sleep through the night better.
Hope it eases for you soon
xx
Anyway the splints are an absolute must. If I don't wear them at night then I am awake within 3 hours in agony - the pain is so bad that I am crying and pacing the house. I need to adjust my position both in bed and on the sofa on a regular basis even with the braces and wake up about 5 every morning. If the pain is too bad to sleep then I take a couple of cocodamol (prescribed by the doctor) but I don't really like taking them this far on in pregnancy. The ice packs also help but aren't perfect.
I would chase up the physio. My doctor took one look at me and sent me to the hospital out-patients physio straight away. She just wrote me a referal letter and I walked in and was given the splints so quickly I didn't even have to pay for parking. If you play on the fact you can't sleep then they start to take you seriously as that can affect the health of your pregnancy. Also get some painkillers - not ideal but sleep is essential.
H xx
36+1
This time I tried an alternative therapy called Bowen technique (google it for more info / local therapists) and after two sessions it improved it no end. It hasn't completely gone (am now 28 wks) but I'm no longer in pain.
It cost me about ??40 per session but I only needed two so thought it was worth it! I also wear splints.
Hope that helps. Liz
One thing she said was to absolutely not wear a tubigrip bandage when pregnant as you retain extra fluid and the tubigrip will squash that around and not help at all - I can't remember the exact explanation about it but I'm glad I insisted on the physio referral seeing as my mw had told me to just carry on wearing tubigrips!!!
Definately chase your physio appt as the midwife told me (mine got bad again this time) that being pregnant then you should get an appointment within 2 weeks. I've just got mine through for the beginning of sept which will actually be 4 weeks from when I saw the mw but I'm not suffering too badly or I'd ring up and try and get one sooner.
With you saying you are having problems in your neck too I'm wondering if it might help you if you went for a pregnancy massage - it might help to loosen something up maybe. I had one when I was pg with my son and it really madea difference to all my aches and pains.
I did find that after a yaer off on maternity leave with much less computer use obviously not being at work I have had very very little problems since going back to work part time so I can definately say resting your wrists as much as you can will help.
Hope you get your appt soon
Damn numb fingers making my life a misery at the moment
Liz x