numbness in hands and fingers?

For the last few days I've woken up in the middle of the night with numbness in whatever hand was under me -right or left side. Generally I wake up every couple of hours to wee-wee, so it was just a matter of changing sides when I go back to bed.

Now at the office, I am noticing the numbness in the middle of the work day. Anyone else have this?

Oh - i've also had a on-again, off-again headache since yesterday afternoon.

Thanks

Re: numbness in hands and fingers?

Hey honey...I think I told you about my hands when we met up...well..I still have it and its getting worse My doctor said that as the uterus grows it puts pressure on the nerves that flow to my hands and arms so its normal and expected.

HTH

Message edited 10/7/2009 11:00:37 AM.

Re: numbness in hands and fingers?

I posted something very similar last week. Mine started at night, now it's off & on throughout the day. I hate it, but the dr. said it was common.

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I had the same issue and was told its was pregnancy induced carpel tunnel. I started wearing wrist braces on both wrists to bed and the numbness both at night and during the day is gone. It really helped.

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I got tingling and what seemed to be carpal tunnel when I was pregnant. the good news is it went away shortly after I gave birth.

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I had a little swelling in hands and fingers but not really any numbness... hope you feel better soon

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Is it wierd that im only about 8 weeks and expierencing this as well? Last night i feel asleep on couch on my left side and even my face felt like it was numb and forget it my ear was tingling as well. Joys of pregnancy !!

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I had it with my daughter. It sux. Eventually I had it in both hands. I wore a brace for a little bit on the hand that was the worst. I gave up. I can tell you it went away while I was in the hospital after I had my daughter BUT my handwriting has never been the same. I cannot write neatly for as long as I did unless it's on a chalkboard

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I had it when I was pregnant with Hayley. It started around 15 weeks and didn't stop until about 3 weeks after she was born.

I found a brace that is soft but looks like a cast. I wore that at night on the hand that was the worst. It helped, at least I didn't wake up because of my numb hands. Before wearing the brace I would wake up and shake my arm to help get the blood flowing again.