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YES!!!! This has been my biggest/only pregnancy complaint so far! I feel great except for this agonizing pain under my ribs all the way around, back to front. The ache is so bad, it just consumes me! It seems to start at the back, just below my scapula (shoulder blade) and radiates around to the front when it gets really bad. It is MUCH worse when I lay down and the only relief I get is to sit up or better yet, stand up! This makes sleeping very difficult! There are nights when I only get 2 hours sleep because of it. There also seems to be no relief - I've tried ice packs, hot packs and even bought a massager and nothing helps. I was so eager to seen the obgyn in hope he would have a miracle solution for me, but he basically said it due to expansion as things push up and not much can be done. It also seems like if you are one of the unfortunate people to get this "rib thing", we will be stuck with it for the remainder. I'm 29 weeks, so I guess I have a ton of sleepless nights yet to come - good practice I suppose!!!!

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