Breathlessness
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Topic: Breathlessness
Posted By: ElfsMum
Subject: Breathlessness
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 10:38am
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is getting a bit more breathless normal? I woke up at 430am(my new wake up time) and felt a bit panicky (I often do in the middle of the night..no idea why) anyway normally i turn over and go back to sleep and I'm fine but i could still breathe fine but felt breathless(does that make sense) I've had it a few times with this pregnancy when lying on back too long but not normally at sleeping time..i sat up and then i was fine and then slowly went back to sleep..if it happens again will mention to midwife(shes ringing tomorrow) but just wondered if it's normal to be a bit more breathless...kinda felt like asthma but still able to breathe fine..
I am measuring at 28 cm(last week) and I'm really 26 and a half(ignore the ticker) .. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 10:40am
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Yeah my breathlessness kicked in around week 28 and I've really noticed it in the last week. I'd say it's normal as you're getting a bit more squished internally and I did notice it when I slept in a bad position.
Sounds exactly the same - you can breathe fine but you feel you have to make a huge effort. -------------  
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 10:42am
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how long does it last for? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 10:56am
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I think it gets better when the baby drops but I'm still getting it - mind you I seem to have got a bit more used to it lately (if that makes sense) -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 11:03am
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yeah that does make sense..oh well i will mention it but glad its yet another 'normal' thing i didnt expect:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 11:11am
That is one thing that I have not experienced this time around, lack of breath, maybe as I am carrying all this extra fluid, bubs has more room to move around in?  Hang in there, it's not that nice aye.------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 11:44am
Do you have asthma kawwww? If yes, it could be that playing up. My doctor did say that pregnancy can make it worse (not always). I have asthma and do notice that I get a bit like how you describe when I haven't been taking my preventer  and as soon as I start up on it again it comes right.-------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 11:55am
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i used to when i was little but not for years...but yes it seems everything can come back or get worse during pregnancy:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:10pm
Yeah cos the baby is getting bigger now, it will be pushing on your lungs a wee bit... when the baby drops in the last few weeks it should get better  ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:21pm
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Hi I couldn't be asked to read everything, i'm far too lazy. But you shouldn't lay on your back it constricts a vein and that could be what is making you feel weird. Is best to lay on your left side. If you find you wake up on your back try placing a blanket to tilt you, doesn't have to be much just enough that you are not flat on your back.
Is normal to get slightly breathless and to get puffed out more easily as bubs is taking up the room where your lungs use to live, and it will be relieved slightly when baby engages ------------- 
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:27pm
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i never normally lie on back for long periods...it happened twice when i was watching tv for about 30 mins..so i turned over..as far as sleeping i always sleep on the left or right side(mw said either) and try to make it my left and when i woke up was sortof scruched up on left side..maybe i should be using my body pillow:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:31pm
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Yes it should get better when the baby drops... but they drop down onto your bladder, so you really can't win! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:40pm
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and go on then tell me when...so that's not until right before they are born?:) lucky me. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:44pm
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Hey Kawwww, I had this with all 3 pregnancies! But it never got better throughout the pregnancy. Also your heart has to beat more in order to get the oxygen around you & your baby, so this causes breathlessness as well. I would find that making my bed would make me puffed, lifting the washing basket with clothes it & walking out to the washing line all made me breathless.
So it is normal, but you could mention it to your MW, see what she says. I would tell mine, but unless it's so severe that you REALLY can't breathe, there's nothing they can/will do. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 1:21pm
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ok thanks..i will definitely tell her... just good to know it's normal for some! 1st pregnancies are scary!
btw -Jett is just as gorgeous as your other babies..if i made babies like that I'd have ten!:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 1:23pm
| I got this real bad with Jack but not really with Caprece. I found that wearing bras or tops with shelf bras that were too tight made it heaps worse. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 1:43pm
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cool thanks..i have wore maternity bras since i got pregnant(much more comfy) but haven't been wearing one at the time of any of the times it's happened...thanks for the advice though..you guys are very useful:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Danash
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 3:51pm
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Hi Kawwww, I mentioned in the Feb forum. but I'm getting it too. I saw MW last week and asked her about it. I wake up and feel like I can't fill my lungs properly and she said it is probably the way I am lying and where the baby has situated itself. I've found if I stand up I can fill my lungs better and then I just go back to sleep. it is a pain though. Waking up for pee's all the time and now this. I'm still finding at times I wake on my back which I asked her about and she mentioned that soon it would be too uncomfortable and I would find that my body will just know not too, but to get up slowly if I have been on my back. The vein that can be blocked can make you dizzy. |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 4:34pm
Aww thanks hun! I'm sure you WILL have gorgeous babies! Not too much longer huh. Can't wait for you to have Ethan ! You must pop in to the August thread once he's here & let us know . ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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kawwww wrote:Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 4:51pm
I agree with Kawwww, your babies Italiah are adorable, and what cute names!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 7:45pm
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i will Italiah ..:) I have strawberry blonde hair and DH has brown with red recessive so it's likely we will have a ginger baby..which is fine with me but everyone is teasing me about it:) !! I'm sure I'll be ridiculous with the camera when he's finally here:) It seems like time is finally passing a little faster!!
Verena- I am never on my back but am in weird positions when I wake up so that makes sense..and I do kinda leap up to pee maybe I should go slowly.. good to know I'm not going crazy or imagining it.. at least i don't wake up till 430am these days...lol ..better than every four hours ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 07 November 2007 at 7:47pm
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That'll change in a couple of weeks and you will be peeing every ten minutes again. Oh and you might get leg cramps too, they were my favourite. -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 November 2007 at 9:23am
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awesome thanks:) i havent slept through the night since getting pregnant so getting up a bit more won't make too much difference...lol...if one more person tells me it's my bodys way of getting me ready for the sleepless nights..I will kill them:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:52am
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Yeah that's fricking stupid, I mean really, wouldn't it be better for your body to let you rest before the disturbed sleep -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 November 2007 at 11:28am
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yes it would....every night (except two) since late may i have been awake at least once every night and before that i needed at least 8+ hours sleep..so yes that's why I wanna kill them..:) when he is here at least there is a good reason for getting up every few hours!:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 08 November 2007 at 1:06pm
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ok I'm not allowed to cut and paste the same msg twice to had to write something up the top:)
woohoo... i rang the midwife..and she rang me back..in 2 mins:) yah ...heaps better:) she said that the pains (had some pain up top of bump yesterday ) are likely to be just stretching pains(i thought gas pains) as if they were something else they wouldn't have gone away she said... and she said that the breathlessness can be a result of anemia so to keep an eye on it but to hold off till after my blood tests in a few weeks..unless it happens again.. but it could also just be everything growing and stretching and getting bigger.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 10 November 2007 at 5:21pm
Yep, no matter what colour Ethan has, you'll love him to bits!!! Yes - not long now!! Just got to get through the summer heat though  . ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 11 November 2007 at 4:43pm
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yeah:( trying not to think about it...not much i can do about it..so will just have to suck it up and get through it.. :) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |