carpal tunnel

gmd88

Hi ladies.. So I'm pretty sure I have carpal tunnel in both wrists now. For the past week my fingers/wrists/hands have been aching like crazy through out the night and in the morning. This morning was so bad I had to take Tylenol to be able to work. Today I started having shooting numbness in them. Anyone else dealt with this? Any advice? What I've read is to get splints for my wrist but with 4 weeks left and the discomfort of sleeping already I don't feel like spending the money or wearing them (though I will if it gets worse I suppose). Ahhh the joy.

albolan80

I have it pretty badly, and it's getting progressively worse. I heard it can stick around for a bit after birth, especially if you have an IV and swell even more

I got splints from my doc, my insurance is covering them.... I wear them to bed. I'm still sore in the morning, but it's worse when I don't wear them or take them off in the middle of the night.

My doc said get the good ones if you do have to buy them.

I was diapering and feeding my niece this weekend and it hurt pretty badly.... I actually had to hand the feeding off to my mom which was a bummer. I'm assuming I'll be sore for a bit post-pregnancy and I will wear them to try to help. I think it's worth it.

There are stretches you can do, too, if you Google it. I've also found my belly is a perfect perch for my cell phone, which I put on speaker so I don't have to hold it, lol.

There are other threads on this if you search, too

It sucks, but at least we're pregnant and have a pretty awesome reward coming!

gmd88

@albolan80 thanks for the thorough response! Maybe I'll see if my doc can help me out with getting splints through my insurance.

I didn't see any posts when I searched.. I was kind of surprised that there weren't. Did you just search "carpal tunnel"?

gmd88

Oops... Stilly me. I see some of the posts now.. Seems like braces have helped some people. Interested in the tape too