I'm woken up early in the morning by a pain so intense around my ribs and back (at rib level) that I can barely breathe.
This happened for quite some time pre-pregnancy with DS1, and the first time it happened (it was lower down at the time) I thought it was appendicitis or something, but once I'm up and moving around it just disappears. It carried on throughout my pg with DS but interestingly disappeared completely after he was born.
It started again recently and has been getting increasingly worse. My whole body sort of goes into a 'spasm' - I have really itchy legs and it's like my body is trying to stretch it out but out of my control, if that makes any sense at all??! I had forgotten until this morning that the spasm-ing happened at roughly the same time in my pg with DS1. At the time it was quite scary and I wondered if it was Braxton Hicks, but now I'm pretty sure not.
It's SO weird. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any idea what it could be? I've tried different pillows and sleeping in different ways, trying to make sure I'm really relaxed when I go to sleep, but so far I can't find anything which helps.