Does anyone know why im having so much tingling/numbness in my fingers??..

[ManyMonkeys]

Particularly in my right hand middle fingers? Im 36+2 with no.4 - never had it before, its ok most of the time, but when im in bed i wake up with complete numbness in my middle fingers and nothing i do gets rid of it - its quite scary, laying arms straight by my side seems to clear it after a minute or two. Ive just been on the phone for 10 minutes and as ive put the phone down ive noticed it in that hand (left this time) how can circulation struggle just that little bit?? Sorry its abit of a random question - just quite baffled by it?....

Carpal tunnel syndrome. If it gets bad your m/w can give you splints to wear. Its pressure on one of your nerves in the wrist and 99.9% of time will go immediatly after birth.

www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/physicalhealth/fingerpainandnumbness/

Oh ive heard of that, but never had it before!! How strange! Is it quite common??

It's carpal tunnel, very common in late pregnancy. Try sleeping with your hands slightly raised on cushions and relaxed. Hard I know.

It will most likely go when you give birth.

Ooh crossed! thanks - will go and read....

Thanks GD and SOH ive obviously been fortuntate enough to have avoided it in prev pregnancy's so id overlooked that possibility, thankfully its only a recent thing and i only have a little while left so i wont bother worrying too much. Thanks again!! xx