My hands and fingers have become a bit swollen over the past week. The worse part though is that my hands feel really weak and my fingers are constantly tingling. When I wake up in the morning I fingers all ache and it takes about an hour to close my right hand. I called my Dr. and he said that was normal and to just drink more water. I am serioulsy going to float away!!!
Is this happening to anyone else?
Re: My poor fingers ... anyone else?
Yeah, I have the same problem. I'm getting numbness and tingling from CP, but the joint pain and tendons locking, and weakness is much worse. The amount of water I'm drinking seems to have nothing to do with it for me, nor does it correlate to swelling my feet and ankles (my hands are really bad today, but the other typical swelling is almost non-existent).
The only thing that seems to help is alternately soaking my hands in warm water, and then cool.
Sounds exactly like carpal tunnel syndrome. I've got it and it really sucks. To help with my hands hurting in the morning I wear wrist braces at night- they really help. You can find them at Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, etc. or even online.
This the brace I bought (one for each hand):
https://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Wrist-Brace-splint-Black/dp/B000RZHPOM
I prefer these though (Better support, but twice the price)
https://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=kT9&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=futuro+wrist+braces&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=604&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=12561000152369498781&sa=X&ei=gqk9TumTIYjg0QGS46H6Aw&ved=0CH0Q8gIwBg
Usually i wrap my fingers around an ice cube til its numb then run them under hot water.....that usually makes it so i can at least open my hands ( with great difficultly and pain) if i deal with it long enough eventually it goes away. The amount of water i drink does nothing for me. I've even tried propping myself up when i sleep at night- no help.
Yup you are not alone.....i just hope it goes away soon after delivery!!