Carrie, 24 from Okinawa, Japan asks...
I am currently 22 wks pregnant with twins and I have experienced a few feelings of numbness across the front of my belly. This feeling has come about 3 times over the 2 days. The first time I was bending over and then when I stood up it was numb. Then tonight after my walk it was numb again. It feels almost as if it has fallen asleep, like my but did earlier today when I was sitting for about 15 minutes. Is this normal? The OB nurse I talked to today said she never heard of such a thing???

Stacy Says...
When I was pregnant I would always feel my legs go numb every time I bent over. Since my belly was so massive, it would press against the nerves and blood vessels to my legs to temporarily cut off the circulation making me feel numb. And often times, women feel pain in their legs from their sciatic nerve (that's the nerve that runs down the hip/butt/legs) from the weight and changing dimensions of their belly.

That's what sounds like is happening to you. Especially with carrying twins. Plus the fact that your belly is growing on a daily basis, stretching the skin and tingling the nerves. You could just be really in tune to your body and feel all the changes going on. Since it happened after you bent over and after the walk, (when your body is moving the blood around faster but the target for the blood is the lungs, legs, arms--not the belly and gut), I wouldn't be too worried about it. But try frequent changes in position so your body doesn't have the chance to "fall asleep". And remember to take it easy when exercising!