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Ema uk - Monday, 4 Feb
thankyou for your comment..and congratulations..you'll have to keep me posted..xx

momof2.5 - Monday, 4 Feb
Hello just read your post about the pelvic pain and I am right with you. I have heard of that nerve but it is usually in the back and butt not in the pelvic area so I am still at a loss as to where the pain comes from. The bigger the baby the worse mine as been.

Jo-Mama - Monday, 4 Feb
I have had sciatica pain and it was in my butt, not my pelvic region. I had a massage and went swimming and it feels a lot better now.

lisar - Monday, 4 Feb
Hi. I had sciatica my last pregnancy & it was a shooting pain from my lower back down my butt into the top of my leg. I don't know if that helps, but thats what it was like for me.

lilylu - Monday, 4 Feb
Hi There, reading your post, it sounds as if you have SPD to me! Theres a section on this sight about it, you should give it a read and see if it sounds anything like what you are feeling!I have SPD and what you described sounded just like it!! I Also suffered with sciatica with my first pregnancy,and that was a sharp pain starting in my back and traveling down my leg! Really painful! Hope i have helped alittle,good luck xx

mommyinthesky - Monday, 4 Feb
Yes, it is sciatica. I injured my back several years ago and have it under normal circumstances, but pregnancy aggravates it a lot. It does sound like that is what you have. There are many stretches that can be done, massage helps a lot, and I have a back brace that I wear occasionally, I sleep with a snoogle pillow and have been able to at least control the pain. There is a muscle called the psoas muscle that gets inflamed for me and when it goes into spasm, it hits the sciatic nerve and the pain can sometimes run all the way down into my foot and at it's worst I could hardly walk. Another thing that has worked for me in the past, though I don't know why, is that my sciatica is worst when I am lacking a B vitamin with iron. However, your pre natal vitamin has iron I am sure, but I had to take a Slo Fe supplement for anemia and it ended up helping the sciatica as well, though I really don't know why.

kath - Monday, 4 Feb
It sounds like you are suffering from Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) NOT Sciatica.

In order to make your baby's passage through your pelvis as easy as possible, your body produces a hormone called relaxin, which softens the ligaments in your pelvis. As a result, these joints move more during and just after pregnancy. The movement causes pain in the pubic area and groin.

The pain may travel down the inside of the thighs or between your legs. The pain is usually made worse by separating your legs, walking, going up or down stairs or moving around in bed.

I suffer from it. At first on and off. Now it's just permanently there. Just try and rest as much as possible. It helps to ease the pain.

Good luck with everything.


sherree29 - Monday, 4 Feb
I'm a Massage Therapist buy trade and I usto work for a Chiropractor up tell 6 months ago. Many of pregnant women would come in while pregnant complaining of low back pain and butt pain. Here are a few things I have found that may help you. I am also a sufferer of this so i thought i would share with you what sciatica is and what it does. The sciatic nerve is a large nerve which comes from your lower back and travels down the back of your legs and then branches out to your feet. It allows you to feel sensations and move muscles in your legs. Sciatica is where inflammation or pressure from the back causes the sciatic nerve to become painful. Sometimes, the function of the nerve can become impaired resulting in weakness or pins and needles. Sciatica can be present with or without backache and can send pain down the back of your leg. The pain of sciatica can be shooting, burning or you may experience pins and needles or numbness. It may come and go, often affects just one side and can occasionally be so severe that every movement is excruciating. You may experience lower back pain, pain at the back of the thigh, a pain that extends down the back of the leg to the foot, a burning or tingling sensation in your leg, numbness or pins and needles in your leg or foot. The pain may just be in small patches or affect larger areas. Many women develop sciatica during pregnancy, though sciatica isn't a result necessarily of being pregnant. Pressure on the sciatic nerve during pregnancy can lead to backache or other discomfort. Some women assume that the baby presses on the sciatic nerve resulting in pain or discomfort. This is not necessarily however the case. Many times sciatic pain during pregnancy results from damage to a disc in the spine. This can cause inflammation in the tissues surrounding the never or result in direct pressure to the nerve (if for example, the disc has slipped out of place and is compressing the nerve). Women who are pregnant are more prone to disc injury, hence the relationship. Seeing a chiropractor and getting adjustments helps. Stretching your leg muscles helps also, and last ,wearing a maternity girdle helps it pull your belly up and gets the pressure off your lower back . Hot and cold compressions help, hot baths and also Massages. After you have the baby it should go away, but is you do have some type of back injury it will not. I hope this will help you and I hope you feel better.


marlenadee - Monday, 4 Feb
Yes I have heard of sciatica pain!It's very painful and usually I feel it in my left leg or the left side of my pubic bone area,sometimes even when you sit making it hard to put on pants get in and out of a car or anything separating your legs.It is because the baby is putting lots of weight on that nerve.Maternity braces help me tremendously along with Tylenol and sleeping with my snoogle.You will be surprised the difference it makes.GOOD LUCK!

mamajess - Monday, 4 Feb
http://www.womenshealthcaretopics.com/preg_sciatica.htm

here is a link to an interesting article about sciatica or sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy. Hope that helps! It is pretty common during pregnancy so don't worry. You aren't alone!

tamika-t - Sunday, 3 Feb
THANKS FOR THE PIC COMMENT CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK, I HAD HIM ON DEC 11

startingoverat37 - Sunday, 3 Feb
Did you go out and get the rtantidine (zantac)?? It is absolutely safe while pregnant. The norm dose is 75mg morning and night but I take 300mg morning and night. My GI doc said 300mg twice a day is the max and it was totally safe in pregnancy. Don't suffer with the heartburn sweety! Its miserable!

startingoverat37 - Saturday, 2 Feb
I will continue to pray for your pain. I know all the previous health issues have made it more difficult for you. I wish I could tell you everythings going to be okay soon--though it probally will be--but I am in the same boat just crawling to the end feeling like it will be months more. I really want to be a good trooper and not complain and drag my feet resenting these next weeks but I can't help it. I want to clean house but I just can't I am still way to weak and sick to do much. I stayed in bed til 1pm today hoping that time would make the nausea go away but it was still there. Finally I just said screw it I need to eat. I gagged down some bread and eggs and so far it hasn't projectiled back up. I hope it stays down. Are you planning on nursing after? I wonder if there will be any extra pain in the scars as you are contracting back. Can you take tylenol everyday now? I would ask what pain relief you could get to ease the pain. Some of the reliefs after will pass through your milk--so start asking the pharmacist and doctor what will be safe while nursing. (if you plan to nurse) I have severe acid reflux and the muscle that closes your stomach off does not close for me. (I was scheduled for a surgery 2 days after I found out I was preganant to go in and repair the muscle--I of course canceled it) so I take a lot of meds to neutralize the acids. Nothing works that can be prescribed while pregnant. The prescription bottle of zantac says DO NOT USE WHILE BREASTFEEDING! So great now I have a new dilema what to take after shes born. I have to get an appt with the GI--which takes about 2 months to get into so I am going to have to beg and plead to get in before shes born. I won't get the surgery done while shes nursing either as I will be on pain killers, have 4 incisions right under my breast, and don't think iot would be real comfy having a baby near those incisions. OUCH! Well I am going to run and take a shower...its almost 2pm and I am sitting in PJ's. Have a good day. Your shower's coming up...yeah for you! Have fun!

laura327 - Saturday, 2 Feb
Aw thanks. Yeah i'm super excited to have a girl, i have a little boy already so one of each will be perfect for my little family! =D hope you're doing great!!!!

startingoverat37 - Saturday, 2 Feb
Hi how are you doing? You are always in my prayers as I know how painful your pregnancy has been for you. I can not believe how much pain you have been in for so long. I am tired of everyone saying were almost done. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT! I had another sick day where I had to go to bed for 5 hours today. I just want the end to come. I know if I can get to 37 weeks I will feel good about praying my guts out that my water breaks! haha but for now I know I have to hold on for another 4 weeks. Have a nice evening.

collsbaby - Saturday, 2 Feb
Well having been an actress all my life, I personally LOVE the limelight! haha. Another fun game to play with guys there is to blow up a bunch of balloons and give them to all the guys. They have to put the balloon in their shirt and while keeping it in place, they have to see who can bend down and untie their shoes and take them off with their socks too and then put them back on the fastest with the big balloon in their belly! Then they will know how YOU feel! (Also it would be really funny if you made them hold their breath too! Since WE can't breath while putting OUR shoes on! That might be a fun twist!!) I didn't play it because we didn't have any guys, but I've heard it's very funny! The bigger the balloon the better!!! If they pop it, they are out! have fun!!!

mandapanda - Friday, 1 Feb
lol....no, they are not regular jeans....I wish they were!!!!!!!!!
they are just ridiculously expensive maternity jeans...made to look like real jeans.....nice thought though! lol
:)

mesi - Friday, 1 Feb
Thanks for the comment, although I really do feel like I'm about to pop ;0) My husband says it looks like if he stuck a pin in my belly that it would just deflate, lol. How are things going with you?

SarahCamilleri - Friday, 1 Feb
Thanks for your comment. I hope i will start a little early cause now my back is hurting like crazy :) good luck to you too, keep me posted

jscottn401 - Friday, 1 Feb
heyy well i go back monday for my check up so ill talk to them about it.. umm i usually am in the 70's in the morning and then they say to stay under 120 2hours after u eat ur main meal... ughh but like im always hungry or then im not hungry for my snacks its so annoyingggg but im going to ask them what i can do bc its just impossible :( whats ur mnumbers like??? this past week they were basically 2 were high in a day... but the first week i was home all the time and tried to follow the diet and it worked but now hahaha no way lol

Ema uk - Thursday, 31 Jan
hello..thanx for the photo comment.. i had my baby Boy 24 weeks ago..he's such a cutey..congratulations on your pregnancy..do you know what your having yet?..Xx

simplyme - Thursday, 31 Jan
Personally banking the blood cord is a good idea..but way way way to expensive so im not sure its even worth it. Hope your pregnancy is going well.

Ausiebabe - Thursday, 31 Jan
No prob - maybe look up on net the advantages of keeping cord in tact until after pulsing and do some more research on the cord blood banking. Best of luck, whatever you decide. Hope goes well and not too long now before you meet your little girl.

ashleyd23 - Thursday, 31 Jan
Hey again. I just got back from my doctor, I am 32 weeks now and she wants me to go get an ultrasound this week, and again at 36 weeks to measure the baby. How many ultrasounds are you getting? Also I have to go in once a week for a non-stress test. It's a lot on my plate right now. Hope your doing good.

lilfishn - Wednesday, 30 Jan
Thanks for the baby comment:) Congrats to you too! I was induced and things couldn't have been better! Hope you have the same luck. Take care

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