When I was pregnant and I was about maybe 26 weeks pregnant, I started to feel my wrists getting like swollen and hurting every time I was working. I'm a dental hygienist so I thought I was using my instruments wrong or my ergonomics were wrong but I had talked to my doctor about it and she said that some women do get like carpal tunnel or arthritis I guess during pregnancy so I had to take some time off work before my 36 weeks.

The first thing that came into my mind right now was the contractions. I didn't know how contractions were gonna feel. They told me it was gonna feel almost the same as a period cramp. Honestly, I had never experienced a period cramp so I did not know what it felt like.