Carpal Tunnel Help

atokdog

Hi Everyone,

I am almost 4 and a half months pregnant and have been having some major issues with carpal tunnel at night.  My hands (especially my right hand, since I am right-handed) fall asleep about 3-4 times every night.  I have already purchased a Snoogle, and that seemed to help a bit at first, but now it is not helping.  Has anyone else had issues with this?  Any helpful suggestions on how to deal with it?  Thanks!

sklein625

Hello! My hands actually fall asleep often, but I think it's just because of how I sleep at night. I think the blood flow has a hard time getting to them. Do your wrists hurt a lot when you're typing?

I'd just talk to the doc about it or google symptoms on some medical websites.

Good luck!

Five Months to Plan

I have experienced this for the first time this week. I am also 4 and half months. I actually already knew I had carpal tunnel before I got pregnant, but did not get it fixed. Earlier this week I had the worst pain when I was trying to sleep. We were not home and traveling so my husband did some research online and discovered it was probably my carpal tunnel.

 Solutions:

I wear wrist braces that I bought at Wal-Mart when I sleep and sometimes during the day. 

It seems to be worse when I am laying down so I sleep in a chair when it really bothers me. 

 These two things have really seemed to help.

I am going to ask my doctor at my next apt, but since I knew I already had carpal tunnel, I was not as worried.