Woke up in horrible pain

Hi ladies,

I am 20 weeks tomorrow. Woke up with an insane stabbing pain behind my ribs on the right side. It hurts so bad I can't take a full breath in. I'm thinking I just slept wrong and pulled something but then after googling a bit I started reading about HELLP syndrome and pre-e and all these horrible things.

Anyone ever experience this type of pain? I am hesitating to call my Dr. because I have already had to leave work early on several other occasions. Advice desperately needed! Thanks!

Re: Woke up in horrible pain

Most likely it's ligament pain. I still get it and it goes away once you are able to turn on that side or stretch. With pre-e, you would be swelling and have high BP along with proteins in urine and your Dr would have been noticing this building up. Def call your Dr to confirm though. Better safe than sorry!

Re: Woke up in horrible pain

To be honest ,that sounds a LOT like pains i was having in the second half of my pregnancy. I thought nothing of it- thought it was the baby pushing on something.
Turns out it was my gallbladder. VERY VERY common in pregnancy.
5 weeks after giving birth I got an attack that was just like the ones I had while pregnant but that lasted 3 days. I ended up in the ER where they diagnosed gallstones.

Message edited 12/19/2014 8:58:39 AM.