Both arms fall asleep at night when sleeping

[Ang2127]

I hope someone can give me an answer to my problem I am fed up with my arms falling asleep at night I just want to cry!

It started with my 1st child in 2000 my right arm use to go to sleep I would actually have to get up and walk around shaking my hand to get the feeling, tingling and numbness to go away. This happened every night constantly. It sort of tappered off after my child was born it happened every now and then.

Then last year I was pregnant with my 2nd child. Needless to say I slept on the couch for the last 5 months because the pain would bring me to tears. But this time it is both arms. It starts at the top of my arm on the inside the side that is pressed against your skin then travels down and around to the inside crease of my arm then straight down to my wrist and fingers. Well I figured it was from the swelling of pregnancy so I tried to deal with it by chiropractic visits, circulations pills cold packs, sleeping on couch but nothing helped. And now my baby is 4 months old and I still have the problem in both arms. Even during the day if I sit in my recliner to hold my baby to feed him my arms go to sleep.

If you have never had this happen you would never know the pain.
But it is unbearable. I have to get out of bed and continously shake, shake and shake my hands to I get the feeling back and the tingling which hurts goes away and as soon I lie back down there it goes again. My arms are so sore after this all night, please,please I hope you have an answer and a remedy for me!!!!!

[Adevotee]

do you sleep on your arms or with them above your head? Mine fall asleep if I sleep on them and if I sleep with them above my head, by morning I can't even move them, it's like they are dead. It's awful!!

[Ang2127]

It does not matter how I lay on them they still fall asleep. Front, Back, This Side, that side up or down I have tried everything! Nothing works. I wonder if it is pinched nerves but I have not had any accidcents just the birth but it was like this during pregnancy.

[twinsmommy]

I also had carpal tunnel in both hands in my first pregnancy and it's starting to come back again (I'm 21 weeks). I read at babycenter.com that you can see an orthopedist if it's really bad. They also have a messageboard where you can find more people with this problem:
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/prenatalhealth/234.html

[carolannrod]

My hands and arms up to the elbow fall asleep at night as well. The minute I wake up with this pain I elevate my arms, put them up on a pillow, and the sensation goes away.
I also experience tingling when I am holding something n my hands for a period of time, while shopping for example or reading. It's really irritating and debilitating as you know.
I went to my doctor and was scheduled for a test but the thought of them putting needles in my arms and sending electric shocks through them scared me more than waking up with dead arms.
I have worked on a computer for about 12 years but only mouse with my right hand so I'm not sure why my left hand and arm are being affected, perhaps pregnancy but that was  seven years ago.  
I am going to try acupuncture and will post the outcome after the treatment. Wish me luck and I hope my findings can help you as well.

[giorgia]

have you considered talking to your doctor about having your thyroid checked?  It is an easy blood test.  I have hypothyroidism and some of my first symptoms were both of my arms falling asleep at night.  I was also very tired.  This was before my three children and if you just had a child, or have children at home you may not know if you are more tired than you should be as we all know how tired we parents, especially new ones, can be.  Something to consider

[mar1234]

I read the posting you sent in 2006 about your arms falling asleep after the birth of your child.  I felt I was reading about myself.  I went to a vascular surgen and was diagnosed with thorasic outlet syndrome