Hey ladies! Google isn't helping me figure out what could be wrong so I wanted to see if any of you have experienced the same issue. (In fact, the only forums I can find on google are people explaining the same pain but then explaining that their doctors couldn't help.) I am 38 weeks + 1 day today, but I'm not sure if this pain is related to the pregnancy or not.
This morning I woke up with extreme pain just below my breastbone in the very center of my upper-belly. This is the second time this week that it has happened. If I try to move or sit up at all then it feels like someone is taking a shard of glass and stabbing me. If I lay completely still then it doesn't hurt. It is all focused in a small space just below my chest and almost feels like there may be a knot or ball (however, I cannot massage it away nor feel a lump). It lasted about 20 minutes each time it occurred with me slowly moving a little bit every 5 minutes to see if it was gone yet (at the risk of me cringing in agony if it was not gone). Then after 20 minutes it just disappears as if nothing was wrong.
I wanted to ask you ladies because I've never heard of anything like this before, and because it's not consistent I didn't want to go to the hospital and potentially be turned away. I have no idea if it's serious or just a symptom of my body being stretched to accommodate baby.
I do have an OB appointment on Friday but I'm dreading the wait because I don't want this to happen again. Has anyone heard of this or know what it could possibly be/know any solutions so it doesn't happen again?
Re: Severe pain (not sure if related to pregnancy) and wondering if anyone has ever experienced this
I wouldn't know at all what that could be. Maybe gas, maybe pressure of the bump, maybe anything.
Please contact an emergency line or call a nurse hotline. Good Luck to you and don't wait to reach someone who can help you.
Please let me know if anyone has any other thoughts on this or knows of a free nurse advice line that I could call. Thank you!
It lasted for about two/three weeks for me and has now gone away. But it felt like someone was stabbing me in the muscle right at the center of my chest just below my ribs, on and off, dully and then more acutely, for the better part of three weeks!
Nothing really helped--tylenol, stretching, laying down, and keeping my posture tall all helped take the edge off, but it still always hurt.
Thank you ladies for your help!!!
Married: Oct 20, 2013
BFP 1: Aug 31, 2015
EDD 1: May 12, 2016
DD1 Emma born May 12, 2016
An Honest Account of New Motherhood (with Postpartum Anxiety, Depression, and OCD)
BFP 2: October 07, 2019
EDD 2: June 20, 2020
Never could figure out what it was but baby is fine. There were suggestions of gas, pulled muscle, round ligament pain, etc. It happened in my 8th month and didn't come back after that odd experience.