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Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Chest pain

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Barbsta · 14/04/2014 20:51

Has anyone else had this? I was having a slow stroll into work and my chest felt right and it hurt when I was breathing in. Just wondering if this is another lovely side effect to pregnancy

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Barbsta · 14/04/2014 20:52

Chest felt tight* I wasn't breathless before hand it came from no where :s

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Makinglists · 14/04/2014 20:57

I would get it checked out by gp or midwife just to be on the safe side. I had terrible rib / chest pain with both ds mainly caused by them being up high in by abdomen and pushing my ribs up and out - it's not serious but vv uncomfy. There are other things it could be so getting medical advice is the best bet.

Barbsta · 14/04/2014 21:02

I've never had much luck at the doctors or with my midwife the thought of going to see either literally panics me. I always come away feeling more worried tbh and I know how stupid this sounds but the thought of going makes me want to cry

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Makinglists · 15/04/2014 07:13

Oh I'm sorry they make you feel like that. If its like my chest pain then it is not serious (but bl**dy painful!!!!) and the MW/GP will say 'on dear' and have you tried paracetamol. However I think its always best when pregnant to get any odd symptons checked out by a Doc/MW - 9/10 it won't be anything serious but its always best to be safe. I'm sorry they make you feel like that perhaps someone will be along soon who can give you further advice.

purplecoyote · 15/04/2014 07:30

How far along are you? It is worth ringing the midwife at least as the baby could be leaning on something, the pesky beggars :)
It could also be trapped wind, that's quite common for me during pregnancy...

Barbsta · 15/04/2014 12:01

I'm a couple days away from 30 weeks I'm not as worried now it's only happened once and hopefully it is just the baby pressing on something or wind. I wasn't sure if it was just a normal thing to happen in pregnancy or not

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