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Numb hands?
Is this normal?
My hands seem to just go numb. I have no idea why and I've never had this before. It's always when I wake up after sleeping, though. It's happened a number of times in the last 2 or so weeks... I'm just asking if it's something mainly because I woke up this morning when the alarm went off - or I sort of woke up, enough to try and roll around to turn the alarm clock off and bang... both hands were pins and needles like they were sleeping. They just wouldn't move. It was from about my wrists down on both hands. No, I was not sleeping on my hands or arms - they were on top of me. Then again this afternoon - I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up not long ago and the same thing... My hands were numb, wouldn't move and were "sleeping" again. Up until today, I would guess this has happened only when I wake up in the morning maybe every couple of days. Now it was twice in the same day. It takes a few minutes for me to be able to get some feeling back in them, then they're fine. Again, I'm definitely not sleeping on them to stop circulation or anything like that. Is this normal? Baby #5 and I believe I will be 27 weeks tomorrow and I've never had this ever before (pregnant or not) |
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Numb hands?
I loose feeling in my hands if I lay on my back with them on top of my body,
as you describe, for any length of time, and I'm not pregnant. I think it's just a blood pressure issue. I don't think it's dangerous or indicative of something else going on, but you can always check with your doctor. -- Jamie Clark www.ClarkDigitalArts.com "Kat" wrote in message ... Is this normal? My hands seem to just go numb. I have no idea why and I've never had this before. It's always when I wake up after sleeping, though. It's happened a number of times in the last 2 or so weeks... I'm just asking if it's something mainly because I woke up this morning when the alarm went off - or I sort of woke up, enough to try and roll around to turn the alarm clock off and bang... both hands were pins and needles like they were sleeping. They just wouldn't move. It was from about my wrists down on both hands. No, I was not sleeping on my hands or arms - they were on top of me. Then again this afternoon - I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up not long ago and the same thing... My hands were numb, wouldn't move and were "sleeping" again. Up until today, I would guess this has happened only when I wake up in the morning maybe every couple of days. Now it was twice in the same day. It takes a few minutes for me to be able to get some feeling back in them, then they're fine. Again, I'm definitely not sleeping on them to stop circulation or anything like that. Is this normal? Baby #5 and I believe I will be 27 weeks tomorrow and I've never had this ever before (pregnant or not) |
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Numb hands?
"Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... I loose feeling in my hands if I lay on my back with them on top of my body, as you describe, for any length of time, and I'm not pregnant. I think it's just a blood pressure issue. I don't think it's dangerous or indicative of something else going on, but you can always check with your doctor. Thanks. I definitely don't have any blood pressure issues. It's not high or low, and it never has been (pregnant or not) I ended up calling the 24 hour health nurses and they asked a battery of questions - and now that I was actually specifically asked, I do have other random symptoms. I was told they don't seem to really be related, really, but the nurse suggested to go get checked out because there's a number of other things... She said that if it was just one or two, it would probably be along the lines of being normal in a pregnancy, but I don't seem to have just one or two... I have the numb hands, yes, which I've never had before, but when she went through all her usual questions to ask me, I realized there's other things. I do have the numb hands, I have shortness of breath (but no chest pains at all) doing daily things - like going up and down the stairs, just walking, I find I am out of breath and catching it for the next 3-4 minutes... I have been having some major sleeping issues, and issues with energy. Some blurred vision that takes probably about 15 mins to get back to what is normal for me, headaches every now and then, just weird things that I thought were fairly normal in pregnancy. But I also never thought to group all "symptoms" together... I just figured lack of energy can be pregnancy related (and very related to having younger children to run around after day in and day out) and the catching my breath thing, I have read and heard all over that this can be fairly normal as a baby grows and starts smooshing around organs and all that and all those vital organs are forced to move... Headaches I just put off to being thanks to not being able to sleep and just being downright tired... I think the point is pretty much there. So after all that, the health nurse said they recommend I go and get assessed at the hospital. She told me that they recommend getting in within 3 hours (LOL - I just find that funny because I'm NOT dragging all the kids to go and sit at the hospital. Unless it's life threatening, I just won't do that. I'll stay home with the kids until something is life threatening lol) and getting someone to watch the kids is NOT just a matter of making a quick call to someone to come over or drop them off. I have my dad who said he'd come if need be, but he doesn't really do diapers very well, and in all honesty, I do think he would be very, very overwhelmed with the kids, diapers aside! I'm about to call a friend, but it's her birthday today and I don't know if they have plans and kind of feel like a jerk for asking them (or thinking of asking them) in the first place -- Jamie Clark www.ClarkDigitalArts.com "Kat" wrote in message ... Is this normal? My hands seem to just go numb. I have no idea why and I've never had this before. It's always when I wake up after sleeping, though. It's happened a number of times in the last 2 or so weeks... I'm just asking if it's something mainly because I woke up this morning when the alarm went off - or I sort of woke up, enough to try and roll around to turn the alarm clock off and bang... both hands were pins and needles like they were sleeping. They just wouldn't move. It was from about my wrists down on both hands. No, I was not sleeping on my hands or arms - they were on top of me. Then again this afternoon - I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up not long ago and the same thing... My hands were numb, wouldn't move and were "sleeping" again. Up until today, I would guess this has happened only when I wake up in the morning maybe every couple of days. Now it was twice in the same day. It takes a few minutes for me to be able to get some feeling back in them, then they're fine. Again, I'm definitely not sleeping on them to stop circulation or anything like that. Is this normal? Baby #5 and I believe I will be 27 weeks tomorrow and I've never had this ever before (pregnant or not) |
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Numb hands?
sounds a bit like carpal tunnel syndrome, but a doctor would have to do
the right tests to be sure (they are just physical tests where they have you hold your hands in particular postions and do certain things, not fancy imaging etc). It's not worrying in the sense of being harmful, but it can get worse and be very painful and keep you awake at night. Bracing your wrists either at night or all the time dependent on symptoms can be helpful. When is your next appointment? I'd mention it as is useful to know exactly what it is, but carpal tunnel syndrome is more common in pregnancy and should go away afterwards, but like anything it's not guaranteed. I could be completely wrong on this one, but I have a vague idea that certain mineral supplementations can be helpful, I'll try and find out. Simple stretching of the wrists and hands is probably a good idea too. Cheers Anne |
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Numb hands?
Jamie Clark wrote:
I loose feeling in my hands if I lay on my back with them on top of my body, as you describe, for any length of time, and I'm not pregnant. I think it's just a blood pressure issue. I don't think it's dangerous or indicative of something else going on, but you can always check with your doctor. I'm thinking what you describe is postural variation in blood flow, which I suppose would result in different blood pressures if you had the equipment to take it accurately for different blood vessels. Which isn't at all the same as generally having high or low blood pressure, though if it was related to blood pressure I'm pretty sure it would be low rather than high, which is good news as low blood pressure isn't worrying, though it can cause annoying symptoms. What position do you sleep in at night Kat? The reason I suggested Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is because night time problems is an absolute classic for that, as is onset in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy, due to a tendancy to retain more fluid in tissue thus making less space for the nerves as they travel through the wrist. Can you tell if it's a nervery type thing, I've experienced that and the kind of tingling from posture or blood pressure issues and there are differences to them, but they are kind of hard to explain! One test you can do is to hold your arm out in front of you and using the other hand gently pull your hand back as far as it will go and then hold and see what happens, if you induce numbness, then it's a flag for carpal tunnel syndrome, I think a medical person would get into specifics of exactly which fingers go numb and which parts of them, but at least you would know it's a nerve thing, even though a professional would probably determine it was one nerve over another rather than being vague! If you determine that it is nerve related, then you have a route for managing it, which is to see if there are any activities that trigger it, along with wearing wrist braces at night. Because it's link to pregnancy is due to the tendancy to retain fluids, you might want to look at ways of trying to prevent that, the first thing being to make sure you drink plenty or water. Cheers Anne |
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Numb hands?
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... sounds a bit like carpal tunnel syndrome, but a doctor would have to do the right tests to be sure (they are just physical tests where they have you hold your hands in particular postions and do certain things, not fancy imaging etc). It's not worrying in the sense of being harmful, but it can get worse and be very painful and keep you awake at night. Bracing your wrists either at night or all the time dependent on symptoms can be helpful. When is your next appointment? I'd mention it as is useful to know exactly what it is, but carpal tunnel syndrome is more common in pregnancy and should go away afterwards, but like anything it's not guaranteed. I could be completely wrong on this one, but I have a vague idea that certain mineral supplementations can be helpful, I'll try and find out. Simple stretching of the wrists and hands is probably a good idea too. You can get splints to wear if it's bad, which are meant to help. Debbie |
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