Re: Ligament Pain?

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I had a lot of ligament pain with my second pregnancy and it started fairly early too (I think about 4 months I think). When it first started, I couldn't even stand up and called the doctor at 9:30pm on a Saturday because I was sure I was dying (thought something had exploded inside me almost). Said it was ligament pain and to take a warm bath and go to bed. I was miserable for days until my doctor finally told me to get a babyhugger (http://www.babyhugger.com). A what? It's a girdle like underwear with a strap that goes from the belly up over the shoulders, criss cross across the back and then around under the belly (hard to explain). It really helped, but I had some sharp ligament pain sometimes the rest of the pregnancy.

So it sounds like this could be ligament pain for you. Interestingly I never had ligament pain with the first, but I am 5 years older now and getting closer to 40 so maybe that's why I had so much this one. Hang in there because I know you are miserable!

At Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Dana wrote: >
>Hello, I am 13-14 weeks pregnant. This is my 4th pregnancy. I have
>experienced round ligament pain before, but I am not sure if this is it.
>This morning at 10:15 am I had some very very discomfortable pains in my
>abdomen. I thought at first it may have been some gas pain (I have been
>suffering from constipation). I hobbled to the rest room to see if I
>could releive the pain. Eventhough I did have my first soft stool in
>about 10 weeks the pain persisted. I was wondering if it could be a
>hernia (only guessing) but I have not done anything exstrenuous. So I
>decided to wait it out. The pain subsided slightly but was still
>hindering my ability to walk and do everyday activities. I even decided
>to take a nap around 1:00pm for and hour. To my surprise when I awoke
>the pain was greater. Very dificult to get out of bed and still
>difficult to walk. message truncated...

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