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suffocating feeling...anyone else?

NikibugNikibug
in 3rd Trimester
This week I have started to get seriously short of breath to the point that I feel like I am suffocating when I lie down, even if on my left side. It is really starting to freak me out even though I know this is normal. It just makes me really anxious. Also, on my bump update for 29 weeks it said, "you are 3/4 the way done!" Wow, that is freaking me out too! I think for me these last months are going to go WAY to fast! Since it is my first, I feel so unprepared and a bit scared!
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Re: suffocating feeling...anyone else?

  • p0nd77p0nd77 member
    I've been feeling similiarly -- especially when laying down -- but only in the last week.  It's been challenging to fall asleep feeling like this.  The baby is probably pushing down on your diaphram. 
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  • ShannonleaShannonlea member
    I've gotten that feeling and I can only get it to go away if I lay down on my side.  But its scary and then I think that being scared makes the feeling worse so I try to practice my breathing and get in a better position when it happens.
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  • littlemaybabylittlemaybaby member
    Yep - I get totally suffocated when I lay down.  It's so bad that it almost makes me panic.  I've been trying to sleep propped up.  You are definitely not alone.
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  • MKeene25MKeene25
    Yes! I feel the same way when I lay on my back or my left side...it is better on my right side though and if I take my loose arm and lay it behind my body when I am on my side...sucks though! Horrible feeling!!!
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  • NikibugNikibug
    thank goodness it is not just me! THough i hate to hear of others having to experience this! I agree with the panic feeling and it does not help that I already have anxiety to start with! All I can think of is that I still have 10 weeks to go and it is only going to get worse...of coruse that is no help with the panic!
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  • justrachetjustrachet member
    I woke up with that feeling a couple of nights ago. I had been asleep on my back. When I sat up, I could breathe just fine. I have felt short of breath while laying on my side before, but that night, I really felt like I wasn't breathing at all.
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  • brandywardbrandyward
    I feel ya on the suffocation issue. Ugh! I also had my realization moment last week. I'm not scared that I can't take care of LO, but I'm worried that I have too much to do. I'm the primary earner in our house, and I have NO paid time off. So, whatever I take off is a big hit to our checkbook. I'm starting to freak about that.
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