carpel tunnel anyone?

i am just about 12 weeks and for the last 2 days i have been having serious pain in my thumb, palm and through my wrist. did anyone get this during pregnancy? what did you do for it? i seriously was unable to sleep last night due to it :(

Re: carpel tunnel anyone?

it is often a symptom of PG and will go away. These last few weeks, my right hand/arm go numb when I sleep, no matter on which side. It hurts eventually and then I wake up.

My dr said it's from fluid retention and partly PG related Carpal Tunnel. She recommended wewaring a brace at night, but still using the arm because it's kind of a catch 22....

if I don't use it, the numbness continues.
If I do use it, the carpal tunnel might bother me during the day.

Re: carpel tunnel anyone?

I had it bad esp. at night. I couldn't sleep either. I used wrist guards at night and they helped tremendously. The good news is that about 3 days after I gave birth to my son it was gone.

Message edited 12/24/2005 4:39:24 PM.