I too was curious about Siatica, Hmmm. I also have the pain around my butt/thigh. Interesting. Thanks for that. Will mention it to Ob. Hmmm, now I am thinking. Thanks for sharing. Not happy you have it too but happy to know that I am not alone. Will try the heat packs. About to go for a swim, hoping that will help : )
I get sciatic pain, in both of my butt cheeks (near the hip area) and then it also extends down my thigh and into my calf muscle. My husband gives me a rub every night and that usually makes it go away - until the next night anyway, but at least I can sleep with no pain.
Be wary though, when my SPD first flared up - my sciatic pain was the first sign of it. So definitely get someone to work on it, whether it be physio, chiro, osteo or massage therapist.
I've had quite bad pain since around that time, Tams. I got a referral to a physio, who was useless, so I ended up booking in for a massage and that did help. I love chiros but I don't have one here in Melbourne and I'm not willing to go somewhere new when I'm pregnant (plus DH hates them and doesn't want me to go to one ever again ).
I bought a body pillow from Lincraft for about $25 and I LOVE it. I also started doing prenatal water aerobics and I can honestly say it does help my pain issues. When my back is bad even just floating around in the pool is absolutely heavenly. I have a lot of pre-existing back injuries so I think I was always bound to have hip and back pain in pregnancy, but massage + body pillow + water aerobics has really helped me.
I have a tens machine and a fit ball that i use pretty much daily, perfectly safe (as long as you dont do what i did the other night and get stuck bent backwards over the fitball! ) and you dont have to wait for an appointment.
Tams - I'm getting that pain as well, it's horrible when I have to chase after a toddler all day, but I'm pretty sure that for me it's from a pinched nerve, possibly even sciatic pain, as I had a similar thing with DS, though not this early in the pregnancy lol
I was in agony yesterday, and we've only got panadol in the house so I had to keep dosing up on that every 4 hours just to be able to move from the lounge room to the kitchen and toilet and back again when I needed something.
Some of the worst back pain I get is from my kidneys. I went to chiros and everything before I found out what it was and once I had drunk enough water it went away. The pregnancy pillow was great for relieving the hip pain and 2 pillows is even better so you don't have to move it when you roll onto your other side.
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