Yesterday morning I noticed my left side was starting to hurt. It kind of felt like gas pains or constipation but nothing was making it better. Didn't hurt much when I was sitting or lying down but as the day progressed when I would stand up I couldn't bring myself to the full upright position without having excruciating pain in my side. It felt like someone was stabbing me. Midway through the day I was seriously considering going to the ER. At the end of the day I was sitting in bed and stood up to go finish washing the dishes and as I stood up I doubled back over and had to lie back down. It was 11pm by this time and it felt better when I was lying down so I just went to bed and decided that if it still hurt badly in the morning I would go the ER.
This morning when I got up it only hurt a little bit but after I went pee it hurt more. Jake in the mean time looked up my pain on the internet and found out about Round Ligament Syndrome. It perfectly described every one of my symptoms and reassured me that it is normal during pregnancy. What scares me is that the forums we were looking at had people saying that once it started it went for weeks or even months for some. I don't know what I will do if it is going to be this bad for the rest of my pregnancy. Basically it said all you can do for it is use a heating pad and take some Tylenol. Also what is crazy is that none of my baby books mention it and the doctor never told me that this could happen. The forums were full of woman who thought they were having a miscarriage because no one told about it. So all you pregnant woman out there if you are having pain in your sides that hurts more then you have ever felt check out this webpage and hopefully your fears will be relieved.
