https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:29:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291632 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:24:52 +0000 sunny 2291632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this and I did therapy for about 8 weeks. They did mainly did massage and ultrasound. I never got any injections. I also did heat packs at home. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291532 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:55:35 +0000 Mama Bird 2291532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this with my first kid, who's a November baby. I was told it might be aggravated by cold, and to make sure to wear gloves. Not sure if that's what helped, or it was because I'd gone back to work and wasn't his main caregiver, but it went away by spring. Hopefully once your LO doesn't need to be carried so much you'll see a big improvement too.</p> <p>Oh, and if you use a car seat where you need to push buttons on the sides to raise the handle, ask someone to help you with that when possible. That's the motion that really set off my mommy thumb, it was worse than just picking up DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291528 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:54:33 +0000 sheskrafty 2291528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I had one round of injections in each arm but it went away after I weaned. Best of luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291442 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:08:07 +0000 lemong 2291442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MenagerieMama - I forgot to say that only pump weaning helped tremendously, which I did at about 14 months. I nursed morning and night for a few more months after that, but at that point, the deQuervain's had definitely improved drastically. And honestly, I got conflicting information about whether I could get the cortisone shot or not - my PT said that it wasn't advised for nursing mothers, I didn't check in with my OB, but after the fact, I found out that the cortisone shot is not contraindicated for breastfeeding. So oh well... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291436 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:05:25 +0000 MenagerieMama 2291436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemong: That's so helpful! I'm going to be pump weaning in a few weeks but had hoped to keep nursing at home for a few more months, but if completely weaning would help I'll have to keep that in my options! That's so interesting PT helped you, I was always told it didn't for this type of tendon issue, but I would way rather do PT than surgery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291423 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:59:02 +0000 lemong 2291423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this with LO1, but not LO2, even though he's much bigger and heavier than LO1. I didn't get cortisone injections but rather just did PT, which helped. It actually got a lot better once I stopped nursing. My doctor said that once I stopped nursing the hormones that make your joints more flexible would decrease, which may help with the DeQuervain's.</p> <p>Good luck! I hope it gets better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291334 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:54:02 +0000 MenagerieMama 2291334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beckysue: Thanks! That's really good to know. I think I had resigned myself that if this injection wasn't a permanent fix that I was doomed to surgery. Maybe I'll see how things go the next week or two and then get a follow up with my ortho doc for a repeat injection and hopefully that will do it! And that will give LO time to work on her walking so I can also do less carrying. Good luck to you as well! Keep me posted on how things go :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291293 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:26:20 +0000 beckysue 2291293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry to hear you are hurting. I experienced the same thing and had to go to a specialist to get a steroid injection. That was about 2 months ago. I believe I am going to have to go back to get one more injection as my wrist/thumb has been getting progressively worse again. However, the specialist I saw told me I may require a second injection and that they will do two injections before they turn to surgery for the solution. He also said that in most cases the second injection is enough and that surgery is not needed. Hopefully you will get similar information and the 2nd injection will fix things for you. My daughter is 1 and just started walking regularly so I am hoping I can cut down on how much I carry her now so it can heal properly.</p> <p>Good Luck! :goodluck: </p> <p>PS - a male coworker of mine (he actually recommended the Dr. I am seeing) also had "mommy thumb" and he said that it took both steroid injections but that he is fine now and did not require surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dequervains#post-2291252 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:00:23 +0000 MenagerieMama 2291252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone here have (or had) DeQuervains tenosynovitis? Or "mommy thumb" is apparently one of the nicknames. I got it in my right hand when LO was around 8-9 mo and tried all the regular conservative things (NSAIDs, ice, bracing) until I was pretty debilitated and wearing a brace 24/7. I finally got into see a hand specialist, probably later than I should have, and got a steroid injection. Things have been great for the past month but my wrist has been getting progressively a little achy and now I'm certain that the DeQuervains is back. I'm pretty frustrated because I ice my wrist every night and wear my brace at night, and now I think I'll need surgery to actually take care of it. It's hard to ignore because it gets to the point that I can't use my right hand which is my dominate hand! </p> <p>I'm worried about the surgery because I WOH part-time, and while I can probably make things happen with work (I do have to type some, but could do it one handed for a short time I guess), I am the primary caregiver for LO 2 days a week (and in all honesty on the weekends too, but DH can pull more weight if needed) and she's just barely walking. I carry her a lot, not to mention in/out of crib, car seat, changing table, etc. She's huge which is probably the underlying issue.</p> <p>Anyone with experiences to share/commiserate? </p>