There are certain things they never tell you about in pregnancy books.
One such thing is how you can be happily sleeping, then woken with a pain or numbness that you just didn't expect.
I was chatting with a friend the other day and she said she had suffered the same thing when she was pregnant and near the end, but I don't recall ever being warned about this!
Most nights I end up turning over at least once an hour because my hips have gone numb, which in turn makes my legs go numb too as I must be cutting the circulation. This has been happening for several weeks now.
Just recently I have a new one - my shoulders go numb which in turn gives me a dead arm!
So roughly every hour I'm woken up with the feeling that the left or right side of my body has gone numb, I then have to either get out of bed or find a way to turn over to the other side while trying not to scream in pain and wake up the other half!
Oh the joys of being pregnant...
1 comment:
Hi Elly,
I was told years ago that as your hips spread and prepare for the birth your nerves get irritated and cause the numbness/tingling feeling, not nice I know but all part of the joy of pregnancy. you can buy special pregnancy pillows (memory foam) by Snoozerpedic MD, how good they are I don't know, didn't get to find out till near the time of birth...
Enjoying your blog & look forward to the day you are blessed with pattering of little feet :o)
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