35 weeks 4 days pregnant... part top part of stomach has no feeling in skin....?

the top left side of my stomach has no feeling in the skin.... yet i have a shooting pain coming from that area. i also have a hard time breathing, like i have bruised ribs bc my baby is so large shes under my ribs at times... should this be of concern? the skin that has no feeling but hurts at the same time?
35 weeks 4 days pregnant... part top part of stomach has no feeling in skin....?
No, mine was like that for a couple of weeks. All feeling will return to normal after the baby is born.





Congrats.
35 weeks 4 days pregnant... part top part of stomach has no feeling in skin....?
I have never heard of this. I would rest, take some Tylenol and if the pain continues maybe go ahead a call a doctor.


I hope you are ok.
Reply:Very common.





Most likely your baby is putting pressure on a nerve. The fact that it is numb at times and is painful at times, dictates that it is probably a pinched nerve.
Reply:You skin is just stretched so tight. The last few weeks are very uncomfortable because the baby is pushing and kicking against you with no room for her to move around. You should be seeing your doc every week now, right? Ask him/her for ideas to be more comfortable. Hang in there, you are almost done.
Reply:My son was under my ribs also. I had to have a c-section because he was too large for my body. Not a big deal tho. Talk to your doctor .... thats why we pay them the big bucks!
Reply:She's pressing on the nerves in that area, so it hurts and is stretched but appears to have "no feeling".





If she's up under your ribs, she's also pressing on your diaphragm that separates your lungs from your stomach etc. It means that you can't breathe deeply (when we breathe correctly, we breathe downwards which pushes the tummy out) something you can't do at the moment anyway because she's there! If the diaphragm is pressed, it can be painful and make you feel short of breath too. Try putting your hands high on your waist to lift your ribcage and open it up. Looks a bit odd, but might give you a little more space when she's pushing around.
Reply:The same thing happened to me with my second child. Only it was the entire top of my belly just above my navel. Very painful most of the time, but just as you said, numb at the same time. It seems like a contradiction but that's exactly what it felt like. I told my doctor who said it was simply from being stretched so taut that the nerves were constantly firing. The feeling of numbness lasted several months after giving birth. And, an area of about two inches across just above the navel continues to feel kind of numb, or just less sensitive than the rest of my skin. (My second child is now nearly 18 months old.) I guess that's just another part of my badge of honor from pregnancy to go along with the stretch marks. Blessings to you!


The hard time breathing is because there is so little room inside you that your organs are being pressed up into your ribcage and that doesn't leave much room for expanding your lungs. My son had his head under my ribs for the last two months solid! Very uncomfortable, you feel like you can never take a deep breath. It all goes away with delivery!!!


Congratulations on your pregnancy.