oh pregnancy…

Posted by on June 6, 2011 in Life, Marriage, Parenting, Pregnancy | 1 comment

welp, I am experiencing my very first pregnancy pains! Saturday night I started getting a very, VERY sharp pain in my left ribs and radiating up to my shoulder and down my arm. No matter what position I am in, it is a pretty severe and constant pain. The only SLIGHT relief I get is if I lay on my left side with my left arm completely extended…not the most productive position!

I called the doctor today just to make sure they feel ok with everything and they wanted to see me to make sure things were ok (like blood pressure, etc), and everything definitely was. The diagnoses: inflamed cartilage and strained ligaments in my rib cage. Solution to the proble: absolutely nothing. I have had this problem before (in my sternum, not ribs) and was able to take RX ibuprofen and heat it, but that’s not an option in pregnancy. So, I am resting it as much as possible and hoping the inflammation goes down quickly.

Thankfully little miss is doing GREAT and she is moving around like crazy in there…we have another ultrasound on Wednesday, yay!!!

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  • Amy

    You (and your doctor) may think I am NUTS but that’s okay…I have a lot of weird pain in my torso while pregnant. Many times if I eat tums it helps. It doesn’t feel like heartburn, it feels like the heart attack precurser with the arm pain and all! May totally not help you but thought I would share!