feeling breathless @ 35w

It sounds normal chonny. I too have asthma and my mw said that pregnancy has a tendency to aggravate asthma and to just monitor how your're feeling. I also read recently that being breathless up until the last couple of weeks (when baby really descends) is very normal.

Just keep an eye on your asthma - use your inhaler as necessary and if you think you're getting worse, contact your mw or gp.

Hope that helps to ease your mind a little. All the best.

Even if the baby is low, your lungs will be squished up. I was like Bizzy - no asthma but some days it was hard to speak cos I was so short of breath. mention it to your mw - she may consider referring you to a obstetric physician if she considers it outside normal limits

Chonny was just at Dr for the same thing and I don't have asthma, well I do at the mo but I didn't pre pregnancy.

Using the blue inhaler is just fine while pregnant and he said very hard to overdo it, my dr recommends using it at least 4 times a day to give your lungs a break.

Dr also said the current bug going round is a real chesty one which is affecting a lot of people, so it may be a bit of that too.

 

I don't have asthma but have also been breathless for a few weeks, Dr found I have low haemoglobin levels so I am now on iron tablets and the blue inhaler also. Might be a good idea to get your bloods checked just in case

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