hand falling asleep. Ouch!

jlovesky

I'm 26 wks along and this past week I've been waking up in the middle of the night multiple times with my left hand asleep and tingling so bad that I have to get up out of bed to get it back to normal...but then its only a matter of time before it happens again. Once I am up out of bed each morning, my knuckles and fingers are hurting a bit still. I've read a bit about this being "normal" but the pain & number of times it happens each night have me wondering how "normal" it is......?

 I'd LOVE some relief when I sleep!

FlickaSings

I get this now at 19 weeks. Try sleeping in a reclined chair? That way you're not sleeping on either shoulder and not straight up on your back which is probably why you don't already. I just wake up and roll over atm.

JuliaJAG

You mean that's "normal"? That has been happening to me on and off since the end of the first tri and it drives me crazy. Also, when I sleep all night on my left side, my left leg sometimes falls asleep!! That can't be good for whatever vein or artery I'm supposed to be helping!!

naybird

This happens to me too!! It drives me crazy!!!!

katieh1017

This has been happening to me for weeks now. It's very annoying and uncomfortable. If i had a recliner I would be sleeping on it. 

cjpreuss

My hands started falling asleep with DS in the 20-some week. I had to get braces to wear at night. They were uncomfortable at first but they worked wonders! Just a walmart or cvs one works fine!

fairiecolors

I think this is actually very normal/common. It's pregnancy induced carpal tunnel. As the PP mentioned, wearing a brace at night will help! This is the one I have and it works wonders.

justforbaby626

I find if my hand is on my stomach when I fall asleep- in still sleeping on my back sometimes, my arms falls asleep. Maybe pay attention to ur position when u wake up. Hopefully it's something easy to change.  

appylovee

It's called carpal tunnel syndrome. It happens to some pregnant women. I was in the hospital last week, and it was the only time that the pain was tolerable. the doctor said there isn't really anything you can do. i dont know if it had to do with sleeping in a slightly reclined position, or staying hydrated because I was on constant fluids, or the dilaudid. I would only have numbness feeling in my hand instead of the extreme burning pain. Now that I am home, Im trying to stay sleeping in an upright position, and I'm trying like hell to stay hydrated and drink enough water. The first night home I was ok, now the pain is back, as bad as ever. Ive tried everything from the brace, to keeping my hand elevated, to hanging my arm off the bed. The only thing that makes it go away is running warm water on my hand/ wrist. Good luck, but I'm thinking we will be stuck with this until birth.