Hey Mel,
Lets hope that you do go the whole way! That's great that the pain has settled down for you too. I'm sure that the sonographer would be able to see if anything was amiss, maybe just let him/her know that you've had some lower back pain. The stretches that Laranna mentioned would be great to do too, especially since it is always good to spend lots of time on all fours in terms of positioning of bubba in the final trimester. The other stretch you could do to help with the pain near your hip joint is a glut stretch. On the side that you are experiencing the pain, just rest your ankle on the opposite knee and lean forward. The tail bone pain may be due to it moving out in preparation for birth (which it is supposed to do to make room for bub to come sown the birth canal).
thanks for your post. Well i got some answers today, after getting the ultrasound done. The woman nearly fell off the chair (well that might be a bit extreme!lol), but said that bubs is already measuring 37 weeks, 3.5 kilos, when im only 34 weeks pregnant!. She did the measurments twice just to make sure, and it was the same result. She said there is no way the docs would allow me to give birth in 6 weeks, but earlier. If i was to wait till the due date, bubs will be well over 10 pounds by then!!!!lol.
She says probably ill be induced in 3 weeks time, but thats her opinion. And believes i should get another ultrasound done to see whats going on with the growth rate. I told her i had a big baby before, my son was over 9 pounds, and was born 9 days over due. And she said, well this baby your carrying is going to be much bigger!
So that pretty much explains my back pains!. Ive got a doctors appointment this arvo. Hopefully he will give me a physio referral or something, because its driving me nuts. It comes and goes, but doesnt go away. Hubby had to drive the car, because i cant even do that!.
Hi Mel, I'm glad that you are feeling happier about things and that you have some answers as to why you have pain. Hopefully the doctor can give you some more ideas on how to help your back. You might also be interested in some of the articles about having big bubbas that are on BB to prepare yourself, if you are interested I have posted a link Here.
Goodluck with it all
well i went to the doctors, and he was just a jerk. Didnt offer any help. Except to say thats its the pregnancy..bla bla bla. And that im likely to suffer till the end of the pregnancy. So he gave me some panadein tablets. But said not to take too many as it can effect the baby!. I said can i see a physio person or something?. And he said no, as im in the later stages of the pregnancy. So that was basically it!.
This thursday ive got a midwife appointment, so ill see what she says.
As for now, looks like ill have to stick to the hot baths, and taking things extremely slow. I wont even bother with the panadein tablets.
Mel, you don't need a doctors referral to go and see a physio and it's perfectly fine to see them towards the end of pregnancy. I only saw mine a couple of weeks ago and it helped immensely! I also saw the hospital physio (where I'm having the baby) with DP there and the physio showed him ways to rub my lower back to help with the aches and pains.
I agree with Laranna, it is fine to see a physio in the later stages of pregnancy. I went to see an osteopath specifically in the last stage of pregnancy for PSD and she also helped with positioning of bub.
You can also get massage which I'm sure would help, just ensure that it's a person trained in prenatal massage. My massage therapist had a pregnancy bean bag - which is a big bean bag with a hole in the middle for your tummy. It was SOOOOO comfortable, just being able to lye on my front was heaven in itself!
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hope you find some relief soon
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