Pregnancy carpal tunnel

Anyone else experiencing this? I don’t know what to do about it, it’s manageable during the day but keeps me awake at night with the pain. obviously getting a doctors appointment is near impossible these days. NHS website just seems to say rest your wrists, but that’s impossible as a self employed hairdresser! Help and advice please 🙏

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I have the exact same issue….during the day it’s no problem but at night it’s excruciating and nearly brings me to tears. I asked my midwife and she said to rest it where possible. I also wear splints to bed each night and they do help a little but I have recently been sleeping a bit more up right with pillows behind me & use my pregnancy pillow for arm rest support and this helps a lot. GP was useless and just told me to rest it, ice it & elevate it. My husband also massages my wrists before bed and this helps too. Hopefully it will improve over time but I feel your pain….its a never ending list of pregnancy symptoms that nobody tells you about lol x

I have no advice, but I had it in my first and just muddled through. I got zero help from GP. On the plus side it disappeared as soon as baby came out!!

I have a splint i got online or at pharmacy, it really helps me x

Thanks guys ❤️ it’s awful isn’t it 😭 I’ve ordered a splint, thanks for your advice x