Pain under rib

[buddhababy2019]

Does anyone have any suggestions to help with pain under my rib on my right side at all? I'm 35 weeks and by the time bedtime comes around I could cry with the pain. I mentioned to the midwife when I saw her but she just said it was where baby's feet are and as long as it's not right across the ribs it's nothing to worry about.
It's bearable when I get up but as the day goes on it gets progressively worse. Warm bath helps for about 20 minutes and I've tried heat packs and paracetamol but they don't seem to help much ☹️

I don't really have advice but I do have similar pain. I find lying down helps though. Also stretching my arms above my head, so that they stretch my chest a bit away from stomach. I've also taken to wearing crop top things instead of bras and try not to slouch. I find it gets worse through the day and I think it's partly because if I eat big meals and I possibly bloated or full it reduces the space for the baby so they get pushed up to my ribs more, so I'm doing a lot of grazing and small meals. I have been told that when baby drops it should get better, which might be quite soon for you?

I’ve had terrible rib pain in both pregnancies from about 15 weeks! Mine is a kinda severe cramp like pain when in one position for too long! It’s called rib flare. Hormones & ligaments & baby squashing everything! Current baby is breech & her head pushes upwards into my ribs & I could genuinely cry!

Im much the same, it’s not so bad first thing in the morning but gets worse & worse! Sadly, I never really found anything first pregnancy to help! A hot water bottle.. certain positions on the sofa (I find sitting up right the worst & laying down the best) and I have a wedge pillow that I stick under my bump in bed. It seems to take the pressure off my ribs a bit! Not long to go, the back end of pregnancy is a painful one I find!

It's absolutely grim!! I'm caught between a rock and a hard place because it is at its worst when I sit upright but that's when the heartburn eases. When I lie down to ease the rib pain, the heartburn escalates - can't win!! Thank goodness it's all worth it in the end!!

Baby could be breech. Worth mentioning.

@GreenTulips midwife checked the other day and he's head down - not engaged yet though. Hopefully relief will come when he does engage!

I had this from
About 30 weeks it was awful I really should of stopped work earlier. Luckily I got induced at 37 weeks as my baby was small because I don't know how I could of gone on.

I used to have to hold my hand under my rib and try keep dd down because she was constant under them! I feel your pain it's so uncomfortable! No advice although I recommend lots of walking/bouncing on birthing ball get baby in a good position :)

I had this. It was the most awful pain but the midwife just shrugged it off. I found that once the baby’s head decended into my pelvis the pain went. I think this happened around 36/37 weeks.

It’s awful isn’t it? I used to push dd back down (gently!) because she loved to bunch up under my ribs. And like you it was better when I was laid down, but then my heartburn was horrendous.

I bought a ginormous pregnancy pillow and used that to take the weight off my bump, which meant dd wouldn’t put so much pressure on my ribs. It also mean to was propped up a bit so the heartburn wasn’t completely awful.

Oh god I remember this pain so so well, used to complain ALL THE TIME as it actually felt like my ribs were slowly breaking.
So no advice, just absolute sympathy