Feel like horse kicked my tail bone, ouch

[butterflyz2]

Hi ladies,

well i dont know what else to do. My tail bone and left inner butt cheek (leg joint on hip), are absolutely killing me. Im 34 weeks preggers now. And the pain started last sat. I cant move much, except like a robot. Its seems to have gotten worse. Im presuming if i go to the docs they will just say, oh its just the pregnancy and not much can be really done. This is all i need to hear, as if when going into labour wont be painful enough!. So im wondering if there is anything over the counter i could get from the chemist.
Ive already done the hot showers, and put deep heat creams on, (not sure if your allowed while pregnant, but if your desperate, youll do anything!, and even this has not helped.

Im close to tears today, because i feel do dibilitated. I cant go up and down the steps, i cant lean over to pick up things, i cant sit, stand or lay without the pain. I feel like im going crazy. A friend of mine has gone so far as to say, maybe ive broken my tail bone!!!! WTH???

Any one with a similiar situation, and have found some remedies to ease the pain, please tell me!lol

Thanks

Mel

p.s. this is my third pregnancy, and i know i didnt have such severe lower back/tail bone pain with the previous two.

[Laranna]

Maybe see a physio? I saw one for a few weeks last month for my lower back and hip pain and OMG it was good.

You could always try pelvic tilts standing against the wall. Otherwise I do these exercises...
* cat stretch - on all fours, tuck your tailbone under and draw your chin to chest curving your back upwards, then reverse it tailbone, drop your belly, lift your chin up...I get a nice flowing motion which helps loosen me up

* dog tail - on all fours again, move your left hip out and turn your head around to the left to look behind you and do the same on the right side...like a dog chasing its tail..

* on all fours (again!) and reach your right arm under your body as far as comfortable reaching out to the other side of the room, you can rest your shoulder on the floor/bed and you'll feel a nice stretch along the top of the hips/lower back...do the same with the left arm

I tend to do these when i wake up and before I get out of bed, which is when my back is the sorest and it helps loosen things up and then I have the nice hot shower, makes everything more bearable during the day.

HTH

[butterflyz2]

Thanks Laranna for your helpful reply.

Unfortunately things got worse for me last night, and hubby was close to ringing up an ambulance!. It got to a point that i couldnt walk at all, without yelping out in pain. My kids were in distress at seeing me crying, so i said i just need to lay for awhie. I didnt want to drag my kids along with me to hospital when it was already after 10. The pain didnt stop trobbing. I couldn't turn in bed, as my left leg was like lead, and any movement was agonising. After midnight i struggled to the bathroom and had a hot soak in the bath. The only relief i could get. I almost felt like sleeping in the bath.

After i said to hubby, if this doesnt help, just to ring up the hospital. And ask them for a wheel chair, cause there is no way i can walk!. I never thought a sore tail bone could get this bad.

After i struggled out of the bath and lay down and managed to get some sleep. This morning, my back is thankfully a little easier to deal with, although still quite sore. I said im not going to go through this again tonight. If the pain starts again, im going to the hospital without thinking twice about it.

Mel

[Carrie]

Hi there,
Just wanted to say that I think any really bad back pain in pregnancy should be checked out by your Doctor/ob/midwife just in case. If it is just normal pregnancy pain then that's great, in which case I would recommend going to an osteo! I esperienced shocking public symphasis pain in both my pregnancies and found that massage and the osteo helped. Although I don't want to alarm you, I did have my first baby premature and the labour started with bad back pain, so I just think it is better to err on the side of caution.

[butterflyz2]

Thanks carrie for your reply.

Yes im thinking on and off, that i probably will have this baby earlier than expected. So i wont be surprised if it does happen. This pregnancy has not been easy. But if i do go early, hopefully it wont be too early, as ive still got another 6 weeks to go.

Im relieved to say that my back is more managable today, and last night it didnt get as bad as the night before, thank god!. Had a soak in the bath with the Radox muscle soak, which was of some relief. Hubby went to the chemist and also got me a hot water bottle and some deep heat cream, but didnt use it, as i was ok laying in bed.

Im starting to feel better as each day passes, although still sore, and not keen to walk around. or use the steps! Ill keep in mind about the physio and ob. Tommorrow ive got an ultrasound appointment, i wonder if anything would come up on that?

Mel

[Carrie]

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).

Hope the back pain continues to feel better!