Has anyone else experienced breathlessness? This is my 3rd pregnancy and I've not experienced this before. I'm 29 weeks and will occasionally feel breathless and feel like I need to make a conscious effort to get deep breaths even in bed at night. I've been seen at triage by a doctor twice and they've done thorough checks and said all is ok. Just wondered if others have had similar and any tips?
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Me! I need to sleep with 2 pillows. I think it’s the baby that pushes the diaphragm up and so lungs.. all our organs are crashing each other

Yep so bad

It’s just baby squishing everything (can also happen with low iron levels)
I can’t walk into the next room without feeling like I’m going to pass out because I’m so breathless 😅 at night I have to be pretty much upright else I feel like my ribs r going to snap and I’m being suffocated 🤦🏼♀️ it sucks

Yeah I’ve been breathless since I found out I was pregnant, it was actually my first symptom 😂.
I have been given iron tablets which I’ve found have helped actually, but sometimes (like when I go upstairs to bed) I feel like I can’t get a proper breath in which is weird.

Yeah especially lying down at night I feel like I can’t catch my breath sometimes