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jen - Sunday, Oct 29th
It might be GullBladder diease

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lucy2 - Saturday 31 July 2010
It sounds like intercostal neuralgia which is inflammation of the nerves between your ribs. Most likely because of the hormones involved in pregnancy that cause your pelvis to expand to allow you to give birth. Those hormones also cause other joints to expand. Causing your rib cage to shift and put pressure on the nerves. Ask your doctor to see if maybe a Lidoderm patch would help.

Margaret - Wednesday 7 May 2008
Addition to comment below....It is not just knots..it is a pinched nerve with muscle spasms. It refers to the front area. I am getting acupuncture tomorrow.

Margaret - Tuesday 29 April 2008
PROBLEM FOUND! I too have had this pain. The awful pain. I had an ultrasound because I was so positive that something was going to explode in there! When it came up as nothing I didn't believe it. I have this stabbing, shooting, awful pain. It hurts to sit, feels better to lay flat on my back or stand. So I started Physical Therapy and she wanted me to go for a massage. I knew that I had knots on the right side in my back because of the pain, but never in a million years did I think that AWFUL pain was KNOTS! UNDER MY RIBS. She worked on them and man did it hurt, but it made it better. I ice and use heat at night and am continuing to go get a massage and PT. Find someone that will work under your ribs...you might be amazed to find out that you have the same problem. The issue is that it keeps going into a spasms and it still huts, but if massage will make it better I WILL DO ANYTHING! I have read all the descriptions below and this is the same way that I was feeling. Good luck! I hope you have the same success that I had because I did not think that I could take it 1 second longer.

Answers - Wednesday, Mar 26th
Hi, I'm almost 35 weeks and asked my doctor about my same pains, he said it was due to ligaments in the area: Pregnancy, Round Ligament Pain Causes - Round ligament pain refers to a type of pain caused by stretching of the round ligaments. This occurs more commonly on the right side of the pelvis. Your uterus is normally the size of a pear. Thick ligaments, one of which is called the round ligament, hold your uterus in suspension within your abdomen. As the uterus grows in size and weight, these ligaments become very long and thin, stressing and tensing like rubber bands. The ligaments pull and tug on nearby nerve fibers and sensitive structures, causing pain. The severity of pain can worry you. Although round ligament pain is uncomfortable, it is also very normal. A ligament spasm, an involuntary contraction or cramp, usually triggers a sharp pain. These spasms are found more frequently on the right side than the left because of the normal tendency of the uterus to turn to the right.

Sonu - Tuesday, Mar 4th
IT is really amazing to see so many other girls having this same problem. I asked my doctor and she has asked me to do an ultrasound of gall bladder suspecting a stone there. Even if anything was wrong they cannot do any treatment of it. I have to wait till i deliver. I am on 31 week and reading this forum i feel i will do the procedure after delivery as i am not able to take the treatment now. I am showing to specialist also as i am high risk pregnant and he said that it my be contraction. I am totally confused. Best part of this pain is I talk to my baby and ask baby to please check what is happening inside as baby is closest to this discomfort and doctors are not able to give the right judgement for it :-) Hopefully my baby will grow as a doctor and invent some solution to this pain...

angela - Saturday, Jan 26th
UPDATE: Have just been speaking to my friend who is a physio she said it is to do with the thorasic area of your back. If the back muscle is under stress i.e. by not having correct posture being hunched over a table or on a unsupportive chair it will annoy the nerve and cause the nerve end which is at the front of your ribs to become inflamed and painful. The burning stabbing pain is to do with nerve pain. Hope that helps ladies

Angela - Saturday, Jan 26th
Again as with all of you ladies I have a burning pain just under my bra line. This is my second baby first and I did not have this with my first. It started a few weeks ago with my ribs feeling bruised and sore it felt musclular my doctor sent me for physio, she said 'oh it will be the baby kicking and bruising your ribs'. It starts off after I have been sitting upright like when sitting at dining table. However just last night when turning over in bed it twangged and a massive burning sensation started and a numb feeling on the skin around that area also I feel pain in the same area on my back. Its getting really annoying especially as I am now huge (suspected to have large baby 10lb +) so can barely move and have this annoying pain. I cannot understand how nobody in the medical profession knows what this is.

Robin - Thursday, Jan 3rd
There IS a medical explanation for the numbness under your right rib...unfortunately, my doctor told me what it was this morning and I forgot the name. the word starts with an X though.

Jamie - Wednesday, Jan 2nd
Okay Finally.. I am 25 weeks and on my third baby. I have right upper flank pain and it will not go away sometimes it still flares up when I am not pregnant. My ribs feel like they have moved but I don't understand what the problem is. The pain is from front to back and the only thing that takes to edge off is pain meds. The pain is so bad it has sent me into labor before. I am scared it will never go away. I have been to a gastro dr and we have ruled out ANY gall or kidney there are two large muscles that are right in that area... it has to be a pulled stretched muscle the problem is.... How do we fix it. I totally understand how all of you feel. Nobody understands how I feel. How can you be numb and hurt so bad all at the same time. Well you can and I do. Rubbing it hurts but feels good all at the same time. The only relief I have ever had is before this baby I got a professional deep tissue massage and she said that my organs are almost hardened feeling. She said that when you have a baby your orrgans and ribs tighten to protect thereselves and mine seem to not want to loosen back up? what kinda dr. do you see for that. UGH Let me know if you have any ideas?

fran - Saturday, Dec 29th
Just wanted to add to this.. I am currently 34 wks pregnant and have the same thing. Right side just under my rib it burns and stings and feels like it goes right through me, I dont think I can stand it for another 6 weeks its torture and nothing seems to relieve it. Im going ot ask m/w for an ultrasound to see whats causing it.

JessicaM - Tuesday, Dec 11th
Mine started at 22 weeks. This is my first pregnancy and I'm now at 33 weeks. I thought it was the baby but the doctor said it was still too small at that point. He suggested a swollen kidney and now says maybe gall bladder. The area is numb to the touch and feels like there's a knife sticking in me. My back hurts in the same area depending on my position but the front pain never goes away only varies in intensity. I've found no relief until I go to bed at night.

Sara - Wednesday, Dec 5th
Okay. I have found about 3 blogs online that have been related to this pain issue. They ALL say the same exact thing. I can't believe that no one has found a medical explaination for this pain. I started feeling this SAME EXACT pain when I was 16 weeks pregnant. Am 28 weeks now it is just unbearable and getting worse. Had upper abdominal U/S for gallstones, kidney infections and to check out my other organs and everything was normal. Went to a chiro and that didn't help one bit. The only relief I have is lying down with an ice pack. My skin in that area is completely numb and extremely sensitive to the touch. It's a contant feeling but varies in levels of intensity and hurts so bad sometimes I just feel like crying. I can't sleep at night and it just feels like someone is stabbing me from the inside right there in the same place. Now my ribs are sore too and the pain still radiates to my back in the same location. I think it is so strange how many women have this problem and it all seems to be on the right side! I am so determined to find out what is causing this. Pinched or sverly torn abdominal muscle,intercostal nerve, dislocated rib? Ahhh. What is it??

aliandjoeuk - Monday, Nov 26th
Wow! I can't believe you all have this pain. In some way it makes me feel better! Has anyone tried going to an osteopath? I can NOT sleep on my right side, and if I roll over to it in my sleep I wake up in so much pain. It IS like a stabbing pain and almost feels like a bone is poking into a lung! I can't believe no doctor's are finding solutions. I will bring it up again to my midwife.

Owie - Tuesday, Oct 9th
I have this exact same pain, but on the left side. I'm 28 weeks pregnant, and this started probably around my 24th week or so. I thought there was something seriously wrong with me, it hurts so badly. The skin over the sore area is very sensitive to the touch. A bra is agony, and sitting even slightly slouched HURTS. It wakes me up multiple times a night. I find lifting my arm above my head helps, or any sort of stretch that flexes the area. I love being pregnant, but this part is not that great!

michelle - Tuesday, Jul 24th
i've had this pain since i was 14 weeks. sad to say it has only gotten worse, so bad that i can no longer work. i'm now on disability & can barely get out of bed. my Dr gave me a belt, a thick piece of elastic with velcro, that puts pressure on that spot & it really helps with the pain. it's been a life saver when i've had to be up.

Tanikit - Wednesday, Jul 11th
I have had a sharp pain in this area since I was 27 weeks pregnant and it seems to be getting worse. It feels like someone is stabbing me from inside with a large needle - sometimes I want to push back and see if it hurts more, but it never does. Sitting up straight or pushing my shoulder blades together seems to help some, but since it is a stabbing pain it comes and goes. It is so sore I often feel like crying.

meisha - Tuesday, Jun 19th
Had baby. Pain left as soon as baby was born. havent had any problems since. not even soreness in that area. I guess it was just the aches and pains of pregnancy.

Greta - Monday, Jun 11th
I have the same pain, I have not talked to the doctor about it. I just assumed it was because I have a short waist and my organs and stuff is running out of places to go. So its putting pressure on my ribs.

frankies mommy - Sunday, Jun 10th
p.s. I should mention i no longer have gallbladder, so that's ruled out.

frankies mommy - Sunday, Jun 10th
I just started getting these same pains just under my ribs this week. I had it with my last pregnancy as well. It hurts and it gets worse if I set a certain way, mostly when I slouch. If I lay on my back it hurts. Only thing that works is standing, sitting straight up or laying on my right side.

SarahEliza - Wednesday, May 30th
I have had this same exact pain with every pregnancy. I am on my third and thought I would escape it this time....but no. It feels like burning, my skin is very sensitive to the touch and I feel like I'm being stabbed from the inside. It goes away after birth but for about 3 months after that, my skin will be numb!! All of my doctors have said it's got to be a nerve but have never offered any solution, I've tried ice packs, hot baths, etc... Only thing that helps is giving birth!!

sarah - Wednesday, Apr 18th
wow! This is the first place i've found where you all are describing EXACTLY the same symptoms as me! I've been checked and treated for gallstones and colic so far, and now the docs have decided it's muscle pain, tho midwife says rib/joints are most probably causing it. Funny, not one has suggested any remedy. I've had this since a week before I even discovered I was pregnant, and it's constantly changing and getting worse. The aches in the back and ribs goes away if I'm relaxed or distracted. The worst part is the pain in the middle of my chest between my ribs, like a torn muscle if I move certain ways or try to lift heavy things. If I knew this would definitely go away once the baby is born I'd never utter another word. Shame the docs seem to know so little!

karen - Monday, Apr 16th
i've had this pain too since week 26, i had a chest infection which didnt clear up and the doc thought it was inflammation on my right lung causing all the pain, another said i had just pulled a muscle (pain is on the front and back), then midwife said its just pregnancy aches and pains, put up with it! i really empathise with you all, when i get home from work i am on the verge of tears and in alot of pain, i just lie on the sofa feeling sorry for myself, and it upsets my little boy (3 and a half) too cos i can't get down on the floor and play with him very much. i'm 31 weeks now, and the thought of another 9 weeks of this is like torture, i almost wish the baby could be born right now! good luck everyone. oh, massage helps slightly, but only whilst actually being massaged! x

Cynthia - Friday, Apr 13th
I have had this pain for about a month, I am only 14 weeks pregnant. My pain doesn't go away when I lay down, it actually gets worst. It hurts when I breath deeply, cough,or sneeze. My gall blatter has been checked, and I was told that was normal. I don't know what's wrong,and its very frustrating. I'm I really going to feel this through out the rest of my pregnancy?

meisha - Friday, Mar 23rd
Hey Lasies, I posted about this pain in my 20th week I believe. today I am at 34 weeks and 2 days and it has not subsided. It's still here. I expect it will go away after the baby is born. It is so weird to me how each dr. will describe the pain as something diffrent. It would be nice to know what it actually comes from. som say gall bladder, some say uterus, some say, rib pain, muscles, and etc. I hope one day some Dr. really really investigates this pain and figures it out, cause it can be unbearable to deal with at times. It'll all be over soon though and we will be holding our babies only reminiscing about the pains we once had. good luck to you all!

Mama2beAgain - Wednesday, Mar 14th
I have had this stabbing pain in my ribs (front and back) on my right side for the last couple of weeks. It's awful, I'm only 26 weeks pregnant, and I sit in a stupid chair all day at work, which I think is making it worse.

Huma - Wednesday, Mar 7th
i am week 19 right now and i've had this pain for the past five weeks. the doctor ruled out gallbladder problem but says it's because of gas. i should eat smaller less oilier meals. but it happens more when i eat anything now! lying down does help but like many of u said, how long can u lie down for. the pain goes to the back in the same spot and just makes u want to scream. i don't know how i'm going to handle it for another 20 weeks. i don't think it's my uterus because i don't think the uterus is that high yet. whatever it is, it really does hurt. feels like a muscle pain but God knows what it is!

Susan - Monday, Feb 26th
I am also having pain below my right breast which feels like burning at times and goes to the back. My doctor says it's normal. I am 29 weeks pregnant. The only relief I have found is laying down on the opposite side or on my back. It seems to get worse when I am driving and sitting up.

susan - Monday, Feb 26th
I am also having pain below my right breast which feels like burning at times and goes to the back. My doctor says it's normal.

Misty - Sunday, Feb 4th
I also have this pain under my right to middle partof the rib cage. Some days it doesn't hurt to the toch...other days it hurts so bad just to touch the area. It is so bad and the only thing I find helps the pain is laying down on my back. Uterus pain is what my Dr. says. Ouch...but, I am so close to having her. I feel your pain ladies. It hurts like heck!

Hermetia - Wednesday, Jan 31st
I came to this site to find out about this rib pain. I am 30 weeks and have had this pain for a have had this pain for a week on the right side. At first I thought I had pulled a muscle but it is getting worse. It is OK when I walk around but if I lie down it hurts to take my weight on my right arm, and it hurts when I roll over too. It makes me cry out with pain sometimes, it is like someone is poking their fingers into a very tender muscle.

Tabitha - Wednesday, Jan 31st
i agree i have the same pain only i am 34 weeks along and it hurts the worst when i cough or sneeze. or just trying to get up hurts really bad. im so glad im almost done with this pregnacy and i will have my lil girl soon.

Nesreen - Monday, Jan 29th
I can´t believe there are so many women out there who suffer this pain that I´m experienceing! I´m 20 weeks pregnant and I´ve had the same same pain on my right rib cage. I´ve had it for 4 weeks now. My doctor just told me it´s the expanding uterus putting pressure on the stomach and that the pain mainly occurs right after eating. She hasn´t told me what would help though and it keeps getting worse. Lying on my back helps but it still doesn´t go away entirely. I can´t take this for another 20 weeks!

Tania - Wednesday, Jan 17th
Me again! Still have the pain, and it's worse, like being stabbed, and the skin is incredibly sore to the touch. I've seen a doctor about the pain, and it is apparently inflamed ribs. All I can take is paracetamol and rubbing some Deep Heat on. You can't use anything with ibuprofen or anti-inflammatories in it as it will harm the baby. I have found the best thing for the pain is lying on my back, and also taking really deep, slow breaths. That apparently helps gently flex the ribs (and sometimes gently hold my breath in for a bit for a bit of extra stretch) and also releases those good old endorphins!

Samantha - Monday, Dec 25th
Ditto! I have been in excruciating pain for the past 5 days. I thought I might have pulled something but the pain is so different from what I am used to. The burning/stabbing sensation is odd. Plus the pain would emanate outwards from a central location from the first muscle on the upper abdomen on the right hand side. It is so tender and sore, I don't know what to think. I'm 20 weeks but I noticed that I was having issues with this muscle since week 4.

Sarah - Thursday, Dec 21st
I am only 17 weeks and started having this same pain about 2 weeks ago. Right under my ribs on the right side, feels like it's numb and bruised. Very annoying, it hurts a lot when I sleep on my left side. I can't deal with this for 23 more weeks!!! I stretched this morning and it felt like I ripped something open inside, it stung pretty bad.

Leslie - Tuesday, Dec 19th
Me, again. I spoke to my doctor...she thought it might be that my bra was too tight and affecting a nerve in my chest. I bought a looser bra, and it helped a tiny bit. However, I did read somewhere recently that your ribcage will expand to accomodate the baby as it grows...I am starting to think that this soreness/pain is due to my ribcage expanding. I just can't explain why it is on the right side for so many women.

meisha - Sunday, Dec 10th
I've had this same pain with both my previous Children. This time it seemed to start earlier. I am only 20 weeks and once again right under my right side breast is beginning to go numb/painful.During my first to pregnancy's I though this was my childrens foot stuck there and kicking when there was a sharp pain. But since this time it is starting so early that theory has flew out the door.It almost feels like a bruised rib. So sad that I have 20 more weeks to go with this pain!

April - Saturday, Dec 9th
I've had this pain too - the numbness and pain seem to be on the outside (not the inside/ribcage, which my dr keeps telling me it is). It seems to be more on the skin. The only thing that helps is to shift positions, but that only makes it mildly tolerable. Hasn't gone away at all.

mel - Wednesday, Dec 6th
i too have the same pain,mine is also on the right side although it is moving towards the middle too,i have a small streth mark near by,i think it's where the uterus is growing,sometimes it worries me but im guessing its just another part of being pregnant

Tania - Wednesday, Dec 6th
I have this as well. The pain has gone from bad to worse in the last month, and I'm only 6 months pregnant!!! It honestly feels like someone is stabbing me with a knife, but only on my right side. Lying down helps a little bit, but I can't spend all day lying down. Any suggestions on how to deal with this???

Leslie - Friday, Dec 1st
I, too have this soreness on my right rib, just under my bra line. Sometimes it feels like I am having a muscle spasm, and when I touch it, it hurts. And it feels like the tissue is swollen under my skin, like I bruised it. I will ask my doctor about it, but no pregnancy book I've read has mentioned anything about this area of the body being affected.

Cristina - Tuesday, Nov 28th
I have been experiencing the same thing for the past few weeks! The pain is on my right side, just below my breast. It is so tender to the touch that I can't wear certain shirts. And it burns on the inside all the time. My Dr. told me it was my abs stretching more they they have before- I just wish it would stop!!!

Megan - Monday, Nov 27th
I have the exact same pain!!!!! It seems like its going to be unbearalbe at times, like when i try to sleep or im sitting down!!! I was told that it was a pinched nerve.. pinched from the back because that's where it starts and the ending is in your ribs!! and now its numb/severly painful to the touch!

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Alma - Sunday, Jan 21st
I have had terrible acidity in my abdomen. I wish I could eat and not feel pain. AHHHHHH

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Olya - Wednesday, Sep 12th
i had the same problem! My Doc said that this is due to some sort of gas building up there and he simply told me to drink tums. Ask your doc before you do thought to make sure its okay!

ibu - Thursday, Jul 26th
i juz cant breath anymore. it juz 12 weeks! god, can't imagine when it got 13,14,15....40!

zwwin - Friday, Jul 13th
this may sound wierd, but for the last 3 months i have been having the weird movements in the upper portion of my abdomen, muscle movements, right before my menses extrem nausea,no missed menses,there is no assoicated pain with the movements they happen standing or sitting, up to 6 times a day,any suggestions as to what may be going on with me....

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jennys - Saturday, Aug 4th
why don't you try something natural... this sounds kinda simple and even funny...but whenever I start to get constipated I eat something that will clear it up in a matter of hours... I love spinich...if I eat a large serving of that lovely green stuff I'm regular in no time. another food remedy is watermelon remember as a kid your paretns said not to eat the white part... well nows your chance... also grapes can do the trick as well as grape juice and other juices... the diabetic chocolate has something in it that will make you go in no time too..I hope these have helped at least hopefully they have gotten your mind turning. I wouldn't take a med for it unless I absolutly had too because they make you cramp and get really gassy...good luck

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Lyndsey - Saturday, Nov 3rd
I have that currently, I was told that it is from the stretching of my muscles. My Dr. told me to roll on my side and use my side muscles to get up and lay down and let me tell you! BIG difference!

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jen - Saturday 19 April 2008
I have tingle then numbs ness

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Petal - Friday 25 March 2011
Sounds like ibs or irritable bowel syndrome, I have this and it makes eating a very uncomfortable business and has caused me to be a very fussy eater and lose 2 stones within a very short period of time, this is my first pregnancy since being diagnosed with it and it's made it even worse and I can't take my medication while pregnant :( my main symptom is severe bloating after eating with hardly any gas.. Which unfortunately would probably relieve the bloating... Oh It's a cruel world :)