Does anyone have carpal tunnel?

I know my Dr said Pregnancy "might" make it worse...but its unbearable at times.

My fingers are all almost completly numb half the day if not more.

Sleeping is awful. I wear hand braces to bed but it still doesnt help.

I was actually going to have the surgery before I got PG but the DR wanted to wait...

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I have it really bad. i was scheduled to have it nov 29th, however i found out i was preggo. there is nothing i can do for it. it def got worse for me with the first pregnancy.

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I got it at the end of the first trimester( dr. said its pregnancy induced carpel tunnel syndrome), really bad. My hands and fingers get numb to the point they burn. I have to wear night braces on my hands and wrist or I wake up in the middle of the night with intense pain that shoots from my finger tips to my shoulders and nothing helps it, I just have to wait till it goes away on its own. It went away for about 4 weeks and now at the end of my pg, its back with a vengence. I pray it goes away after pg, Im nervous I may not be able to hold my baby b/c my hands are so numb, even typing this they are numb.

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Posted by girlygrl33

I got it at the end of the first trimester( dr. said its pregnancy induced carpel tunnel syndrome), really bad. My hands and fingers get numb to the point they burn. I have to wear night braces on my hands and wrist or I wake up in the middle of the night with intense pain that shoots from my finger tips to my shoulders and nothing helps it, I just have to wait till it goes away on its own. It went away for about 4 weeks and now at the end of my pg, its back with a vengence. I pray it goes away after pg, Im nervous I may not be able to hold my baby b/c my hands are so numb, even typing this they are numb.

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I got it in my 3rd trimester really bad. NOTHING helped except sleeping upright. Dr. said it was from the swelling. I had to prop pillows up so my hands would NOT get numb and I also had bad acid reflux

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I had it before I was pregnant and it got worse during my pregnancy. It started to subside about 6 mos after birth. The bottle feeding and craddling used to hurt so bad. I still wear a night brace and wore it throughout my pregnancy. Feel better

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I had it really bad during my pregnancy. I went and bought wrist guards/splints for each hand from National Wholesale Liquidators ($5each) and wore them every night. They helped me soo much. Thankfully, a week after I had my son it was completely gone and I haven't had it since. If you get the wrist guards and they help, don't forget to bring them to the hospital. I forgot to bring them with me and the first night I couldn't sleep

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I got in my 2nd trimester. I used to wake up at night and sit on the edge of my bed shaking my hands because they were so numb and they hurt. I found a carpul tunnel brace for the night time and wore it on my right hand (it hurt the worst). It looked like a puffy blue cast but it was soft. I found it in CVS. That helped at night.

After I delivered they were just tingly, not numb. It finally went away at 3 weeks post partum. I was still able to take care of her.

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Mine actually got worse after delivering. I'm 15 weeks PP and I am still in so much pain. I wear braces on both hands at night which are just as much of a pain.

I am to the point where I can't "turn" things. I can't open a jar or twist the nipple on the bottle.

It hurts to snap the buttons of her clothes.

I went for Hand Therapy and that did crap.

$20 a session for 15 minutes of my hand being massaged and I never felt any better.

So now I just try and deal. I wear the braces, put Icy Hot on, massage my own hands.

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I had tendonitis when PG with my 1st and it got bad as I was farther along - it didn't help that I worked in an office and was ALWAYS at the computer.

I wore wrist guards to protect my thumbs since that's where it was the most painful and that helped.....

it was MUCH better after I delivered and then I was able to take a 2 wk dose of an RX anti-inflammatory, so between the two it was not a problem anymore.

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Hi Donna, I have the Futuro ones from CVS( 25.00 each) and they are a godsend!!! try them on in the store too, I bought the wrong size the first night and ouch! now I MUST sleep with them and wake up now in these last few weeks with some numbness but before the 3rd trimester NADA- woke up pain free! good luck and feel better, I feel your pain,