New mother shares experience as half of her face paralyzes due to pregnancy
A new mother has shared her experience of developing partial facial paralysis during pregnancy, detailing her journey in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
In her post, she revealed that she was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes weakness in the facial nerves, leading to paralysis on one side of the face.
Explaining the condition, she wrote: “Bell’s palsy is a condition where the nerves on one side of a person’s face become weak, essentially paralyzing that side.”
“This makes it difficult to smile, laugh, drink water, eat, close your eyes, or even speak properly. The mouth bends to one side, and sometimes, there is drooling. It is most commonly seen in women in their third trimester or those who have recently given birth.”
Her story quickly gained attention, prompting many concerned individuals to flood the comment section with their thoughts and words of support.
See some reactions below:
Ntu_Oyi: “I woke up one morning and couldn’t speak.”
Rey Chelle: “Mine is my wrist. Still hurt badly after 7 months pp.”
ezeobi Stella: “same thing happened to me I am ashamed to smile now because mine refused to heal totally.”
_carthy007: “Mine was thyroid,just had it removed through surgery last month.”
Memory❤️🎀: “After one somebody son will be asking what do you bring to the table😭 their papa.”
Nancy’s closet✨💴: “Kaii ..Pregnancy comes with a whole lot and it’s beautiful how we want wholeheartedly want to experience childbirth regardless.Weldon woman king and thank God for healing ❤️❤️❤️.”
salmah’s stiches ✂️: “It happened to me when I was in jss3 I dnt think it happened to only pregnant people,it affected my right eye till date.”
Mandy Skenty: “Pregnancy is a whole lot ooo was having pelvic pain during my pregnancy and my husband said I was pretending I shed tears and heart broken.”
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@ethan_onu Bell’s palsy is a condition where the nerves on one side of a person’s face become weak (basically the person is paralyzed on one side of the face) making it difficult to smile, laugh, drink water, eat, close your eyes, you drool sometimes etcetra basically you can’t do anything with that part of your face. The person’s mouth bends to one side cause you can only talk with one part of your mouth. It is common in women in their 3 trimester or women that just recently delivered. I’ll make a video explaining it soon. #firsttimemom #bellspalsyrecovery #bellspalsy #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #foryou #momiesoftiktok #ftm #pregnancyjourney #fyp
