Pain/Aches Under Ribs

CandaceC1020

Hi ladies,

I'm hoping that you gals can help me.  The last two nights I've woken from a dead sleep to pain underneath my ribs.  I get up out of bed, walk, stretch, move around and nothing seems to help.  The pain feels like it might be trapped air or gas, but I'm not sure.  Either way, it's miserable.  I'm a side sleeper and use a body pillow to support.  I toss and turn hoping that the pain/ache goes away and it doesn't.  Any suggestions on how to feel better or make the pain go away?

CandaceC1020

I'm definitely not constipated.  I drink metamucil every morning and it helps keep me regular.  The only thing that has changed eating habit wise over the last few days is I've been eating raw carrots and cucumbers.  My diet is pretty much the same. 

GettinCrafty

Not sure if your pain is more organ-related or bone-related (if that makes sense), or if you can tell, but I definitely felt some similar pains starting around 19/20 weeks. It continues today at 34w1d, though it's less often and less severe feeling. It's a sharp and achy pain right in the middle of my ribcage, slightly to the left. It would also wake me up out of a deep sleep early on. My OB said the pain I was feeling was normal, and very likely my ribcage expanding to accommodate baby. I feel it in my back at a similar point, too, especially lately. 

If this is what you're feeling, too, ice helps a bit. As does grasping the top of a door frame (or a wall, if you can't reach) and leaning forward. It doesn't totally go away, but feels good. 

GL!

CandaceC1020

The aches suck.  The reason why I think that it's trapped air or gas is because I can feel a bubbling (like you would in your bowels/intestines) up underneath my ribs.