https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 11:27:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-120712 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:42:45 +0000 pastemoo 120712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: This is true. My boss gives corticosteroid injections for pregnant women with CTS. You just have to make sure your nerve pain IS CTS before you get it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-119824 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:57:19 +0000 808love 119824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I heard you can get a cortisone shot to help after the pregnancy if it doesn't go away. Please don't take my word for it...I 'think' that's what I remember that kept giving me hope when the pain was bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-119657 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:44:03 +0000 pastemoo 119657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: :( Ouch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118948 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:35:21 +0000 LuLu Mom 118948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My best friend got carpal tunnel while pregnant, and it never went away. She just had to have surgery last month to save the nerves in her wrist. The doctor's said she had a very extreme case of it, they don't see that often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118941 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:31:26 +0000 ALittleP 118941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely did. It showed up toward the end of my first trimester. I did acupuncture and it helped manage the pain and eventually it went away completely! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118833 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:41:45 +0000 808love 118833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had carpal tunnel while I was pregnant. The braces helped a little, at night. It was horrible. It took another week or two after giving birth for it to go away. One of the reasons why my pregnancy was so rough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118832 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:34:47 +0000 lemondrop 118832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes- only in later pregnancy, and just like @Pastemoo described, only specific fingers and parts of fingers on both hands were going numb, to the point that I had to go on a modified light duty at work. They stayed numb for several more weeks postpartum, and finally by 8 weeks I had feeling back in all fingers/parts of fingers. </p> <p>I wore wrist braces most of the time, it didn't do a heck of a lot but helped a little. Now I have very sore wrists and locking that @chopsuey119 described, every morning- but it is gone for the most part after a few hours, still better than numb fingers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118661 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:39:13 +0000 pastemoo 118661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PS Vitamins B1 and B6 are supposed to help with nerve pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118660 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:38:33 +0000 pastemoo 118660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Carpal tunnel usually involves numbness/tingling/burning pain---especially if it gets worse at night.</p> <p>Are all your fingers going numb, or only some of them? Only the thumb, and fingers 2, 3, and half of 4 are innervated by the nerve that runs through the carpal tunnel. The other half of finger 4, and the pinky finger are innervated by the radial nerve (which does not travel through the carpal tunnel).</p> <p>My boss is an orthopedist, and I thought I had CTS, but he checked the two nerves in my wrists and I DO NOT!</p> <p>I have a different neuropathy brought on by swelling--severe burning pain/tingling at night, and pain with random numbness during the day.</p> <p>At work we see tons of patients with CTS--and many of them recently postpartum. It does go away with time, though often it goes away faster with physical therapy/occupational therapy. It can take a year to fully go away.</p> <p>Only in pregnant women do the orthopedists allow for such a long recovery WITHOUT recommending surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118602 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:15:52 +0000 MegWag 118602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've noticed that my wrists (especially the right one) are so sore since giving birth. It's worst in the morning right after I wake up. So annoying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-118571 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:48:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 118571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have noticed since becoming pregnant that my right wrist aches every once in a while, where it never did before (unless I was drafting or researching for an incredible amount of time). The next time it happens, I should remember to remind myself to see how my swelling/fluid retention seems that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-117264 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:52:57 +0000 chopsuey 117264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My wrists (right especially) started hurting like CRAZY after I gave birth. My wrists occasionally lock into place and it hurts like a muther. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-117259 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:51:03 +0000 Honeybee 117259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have only experienced carpal tunnel while pregnant; the swelling compresses the nerves, so if you didn't have it before, it might very well go away on it's own after pregnancy. In the meantime, what helped me was wearing a wrist brace at night so I could sleep and sometimes using ice would reduce the swelling and relieve the pain. Hang in there! I know it's miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/carpal-tunnel-syndrome#post-117248 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:40:12 +0000 mediagirl 117248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone had this? Did it show up when you were pregnant or was it unrelated to pregnancy? I'm wondering if Carpal Tunnel is what is causing my arm to be uncomfortable and achy. It's only my right arm and I'm right-handed, use a mouse all day, etc. </p>