carpal tunnel symptoms?

lnle

I feel like I complain a lot, but really I'm just trying to understand all these new "pregnant body" sensations. Lately my hands have been falling asleep a lot at night, and when I wake up my wrists are sore, like they were bent in a weird direction all night. Usually the soreness goes away pretty quickly, but this morning my wrists still hurt a few hours after getting up. Is this the beginning of carpal tunnel? Anything I can do about it besides try to stay off the computer?

dundasgirl

I am not sure but something has been going on with my hands since I had Reed and it is worse since I had Penny.  I have an apmt. in Jan to talk to my doc about it.  My hands feel swollen and stiff, not necessarily "sore" like in a pain way, but more kinked like you say. 

My sister had carpal tunnel with her pregnancy and she still has problems 3 years later.  I hope that isn't the case for you or me. (especially you with 3)!!!

itsmevkb

With my first I got very pregnancy tunnel bad carpal tunnel and it started out as you're describing and then it would start hurting so much at night that it would wake me up.  Eventually my fingers would tingle all day and by the time I had my son I couldn't even feel my forefinger and thumb (which  makes doing anything very hard, like snapping onesies, turning on lights, opening doors, etc.)  It took six months after I had my son for it to to away.  The only thing my doc recommended was wearing braces on my hands at night.  I found it also helped a little if I kept my arms outstretched at night instead of curled up under me.

EverAfterinMi

I had it B.A.D. It started at 16 weeks and got progressively worse and worse. I started using the braces but that did nothing for me. At 23 weeks, my hands were asleep more than they were awake. Make writing or computer impossible. I ended up getting cortisone shots in both my wrists while I was in the hospital at 23 weeks. Totally saved my sanity!! So it gets unbearable, there is a solution. the shots.

Unfortunately.. mine has never fully went away. It's gotten better over time but still get it from time to time. And it's not near as bad as when I started. But oddly, my first 7-8 months post partum were awful too. It really has just got better this last couple months.

WhiteysWifey

Sounds like it. Try wearing a wrist brace at night...I'm still having issues with my wrists...albeit I had issues with my wrists before pregnancy...just worse since.

Soon2beMrs.Sivert

I had it and it started just like that. The braces never worked for me so by 26 weeks or so I got the cortisone shots. Mine did go away almost immediately after pregnancy though.

epphd

That's what mine is like. If my left hand is not straight at my side (like now), all of my fingertips are tingly.  If I lift either hand higher than my shoulder, they go numb.  The braces work OK, I guess.  They at least keep me from lying on my hands at night.  It is really irritating and I can't wait to deliver so it can start getting better.

lnle

this is not encouraging news. thanks for the tips about the braces and shots. I'll ask my MFM at my next appt.