I have MAJOR carpal tunnel on my right hand and it hurts! I actually kept waking up last night because of the burning sensation on my wrist and forearm! I've heard it's common during pregnancy but I never had it when I was pregnant with my son.
Did you have carpal tunnel issues during pregnancy? If so, what helped alleviate the pain?
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I had it post baby for a good year. Pain is finally gone. I wore a soft wrist brace.
coconut / 8299 posts
@chopsuey119: A whole year? Oy. I just ordered a soft wrist brace too. But man... a whole year?
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@banana: The major and constant pain went away at around 6 months. It was off and on for the last 6.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i had it really bad and it was even worse after i had charlie. it went away after 2 months? nothing really seemed to help except... percocet!!!!!
bananas / 9118 posts
Yes, definitely a miserable experience, took 8 weeks to mostly go away. There are a few more posts about it on the boards, but I'm too tired to re-type or find them.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
@lemondrop: ditto.
i have it too (bilateral) plus swelling in my hands for 7 weeks now--wrist braces, lots of water and viy b1 and b6
later:steroid injection
pomelo / 5178 posts
I had it during my pregnancy with DD; I wore a wrist brace at night and iced my wrists before bed, which helped a little. It finally went away like 6 weeks postpartum.
coffee bean / 33 posts
I had it pretty bad. Wore a wrist brace but that didn't seem to help. The only thing that did help was finally getting that baby out! It started getting better a few weeks postpartum.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I still have a ton of wrist pain! I was diagnosed with wrist tendinitis 3 months after giving birth and I wear braces and take anti-inflammatory medication when I remember to!
coconut / 8299 posts
Sigh. This isn't making me feel better. haha. I guess it's something I"ll have to endure for a while. =\
bananas / 9118 posts
@pastemoo: hadn't heard of the vitamins for that, will have to look into that for next time. I wore the wrist braces at night and while typing since I was terrified of the idea of getting a steroid injection!
persimmon / 1472 posts
I had major pain in my left wrist for the last two months of pregnancy and wore a hard brace for as long as I remembered to. After I had LO I thought the pain went away but it was the Percocet and subsequent Advil talking (I had a c-section). I'm 3 months pp now and my right wrist still hurts. Yup - the pain switched arms. My left wrist feels perfectly fine now. =\
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
@lemondrop: if you're a candidate for them, the shots rock--except the day after, if you're sensitive to it
kiwi / 525 posts
I haven't had proper CTS, but I think it's related- I've numbness and tingling in my right hand, extra bad if I raise it at all. My left joins in if I sleep with it under my pillow. I've been finding it v annoying, but really feel for you all having actual pain! Mad the weird things that go along with pregnancy...
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
@lemondrop: vit b1/b6 are for nerve pain... they only sell them together if you want a b100/b complex. i just got a bottle pf b1 and b6--the b1 seems to help, i can t tell if the b6 does
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
Oh ya, I remember having that after giving birth with Mavrick... it lasted a couple of months. But finally went away.
kiwi / 718 posts
I've had it since I was 6-6.5 months pregnant & I'm 9 weeks pp now. it never hurt me, though, thank goodness, the middle 2 fingers on my right hand were just numb all the time & I couldn't sleep on my right side, b/c that would hurt. now they're still numb, but it's not as bad & I'm able to sleep on my right side again, thank goodness.
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