Are wisdom teeth always painful?

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I'm 33 weeks pregnant and I've realised today I think my wisdom teeth are coming through. I've no idea if they're impacted or not and just wondered if they can come through "normally" or whether it's always pain and a need to get them removed?

I actually have a dentist appointment next week by total coincidence so I'll ask them, but this is causing so much stress... I've had a lot of pelvic pain recently and this just feels like another thing on top, especially as I imagine pregnancy means options are limited

Just wondering if I should prepare to hear the worst

Its normal for them to cause pain. Mine did and not impacted

Mine came through with no pain.

Mine came through with no pain and I still have them

Mine came through with no pain and cause no issues. I also have overcrowding so I’d have expected issues

Trying to attach an image, so tw for people who don't like to see teeth... It's right at the back, just a tiny bit of white coming through. Feels mildly painful, but hard to tell as I've had a cold/sinus problems recently which have been giving me headaches

One of mine came through when I was pregnant with DS (it was painful, yes, and seemed to go on forever!!) The other 3 have stayed buried.

That said, I do feel like sinus/cold issues make my molars more sensitive and swollen and I every time I have a bad cold I think another one is coming through.. but I'm over 40 now so I've probably got all the wisdom I'm gonna get 😅

@MorphandMindy was it very painful? Did you just manage it with paracetamol?

Well I was pregnant so there was not a lot else I could take!

And I drank a lot of ice cold water and held bits of ice in my mouth to numb the gum.
I think it was almost a couple of weeks before it settled. I remember going out for lunch with friends and my gums were so swollen at the hinge of the jaw that I couldn't open my mouth wide enough to bite into my food. It's bloody miserable, you have my sympathy!

...but this too shall pass!

I have all 4 of mine, don’t remember them coming in and they’ve never caused me any grief