Trouble breathing?

pattipulido · November 2014

Is anyone else having trouble breathing?? I find myself sometimes gasping for breath. My doctor said it's common and likely to get worse as the months go on, but does anyone know of any techniques that help?

Gracias!

jennjilljo · November 2014

Good posture and stretching helps me.

kefttsc · November 2014

jennjilljoite said:

Good posture and stretching helps me.

This. Plus remembering that we have to move a bit slower these days.....

lorifromwi · November 2014

I have a bell and a DH...enough said! Okay...I have a DH, but no bell...but the thought is tempting!

I agree w/ pp, I have to slow down, especially up stairs. I'm very ungracefully learning to accept my new limits and just know it's going to get worse before better.

cls78 · November 2014

I went up the stairs to fast this morning and had to lay down afterward, because I over did it. lol. Stuff that use to be easy for me is now much more difficult.

ems0523 · November 2014

@cls78‌ I feel ya! If I have to go up and down twice because I forgot somwthing , forget about it, I have to sit and catch my breath for a few minutes.

RN2011 · November 2014

Yep, I go through this too. Sometimes it's the way I sit or lean forward. Doctor said it was normal. Everything is being pushed up with the baby growing.

Dani_Love · November 2014

lorifromwi said:

I have a bell and a DH...enough said! Okay...I have a DH, but no bell...but the thought is tempting!
I agree w/ pp, I have to slow down, especially up stairs. I'm very ungracefully learning to accept my new limits and just know it's going to get worse before better.

Funny story, my sister and I are twelve years apart, when I was old enough and she wanted something she'd ring a bell and expect my brother or myself to show up and get it. When I got married she got me a really pretty engraved Cinderella bell as a joke, when she visits when baby comes I'm busting that baby out and getting revenge!

Oem617 · November 2014

I get winded very fast. Especially on stairs. And when DS insists I carry him up the stairs, I have to lay down for a couple of min to catch my breathe. I have to remember to slow down sometimes.

CogDis · November 2014

This makes me laugh because it was my first major pregnancy symptom (after the first tri). I was super scared and upset becaus I thought my asthma was out of control. No amount of inhaler seemed to work and it felt different from an asthma attack. I told my brother over the telephone and he explained it was "shortness of breath" a very common pregnancy symptom. I checked with my HCP and sure enough, so it was. Lol, I was a wreck over nothing!

Anyway, sorry you're dealing with it, too! I hope the other posters' advice about slowing down, etc is helpful!