I don't know what pregnant women did before The Googles. The search terms I have googled in conjunction with 'pregnancy' are legion, and mostly disgusting. Some of the lesser-embarrassing ones include 'pregnancy and nosebleeds' (super-common!), 'pregnancy and migraine auras' (not terribly uncommon!), 'pregnancy and losing an eyebrow' (commoner than you'd think!).
And I knew that lower back pain was a thing (because come on, these boobs. If I were my lower back I'd be a jerk about it, too), but I've been having extremely localized pain in my mid-upper right back.
'pregnancy and mid-upper back pain'...hey, that's totally a thing! Except everyone is like, Yes! I have that! And my doctor doesn't know what to do about it! So looks like we'll just have to suffer through, ladies!
And then a few of them are all, It's trapped gas, or a pinched nerve. At any rate, do X and Y to try to expand your rib cage, and that should help.
It helps. Thanks, Dr Googles.
4 comments:
Have you ever tried a chropractor? That was a big help during pregnancy and now postpregnancy for me, with the larger breasfeeders and sciatic nerve :)
my good friend had the same thing for 7 MONTHS of her pregnancy. It was a pinched nerve and she just had to power through too.
I agree though, I'm currently 7 months into *trying* to get pregnant (complicated by my Rheumatoid Arthritis and detox from the meds that have had me in remission for 13 years) and the THINGS I have googled!! Mostly too embarrassing to even mention out loud to my doctor because honestly!! Try saying vaginal mucus out loud. yuck.
Thank god for the internet.
HA, yes, the nosebleeds. What a surprising side effect...did you really lose an eyebrow too??
Unsolicited advice! I have some for you!
My aunt and I were just discussing this. She went to the hospital - like, a hundred years ago when she was having her kids - because the back pain was so severe and they had her on all fours, which released the pressure on her back and gave her a break. Also, swimming is kind to pregnant women.
Happy weekend Raych!
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