What does your back pain feel like?

[sillygoosegirl]

I'm starting to get back pain, but it's not really what I expected. I imagined it would feel like muscle fatigue. Instead, it feels like I have a pinched nerve on my left lower back and extending under my left buttock. It started around 30 weeks.

What does your back pain feel like? And also, what have you found helps relieve it, if anything?

(I'm really hoping mine is normal, and not a bonus kind of back pain I'll be having on top of regular pregnancy back pain soon.)

[motzie]

Sounds like your sciatica could be acting up. I had that last time for most of the third tri. My separate back pain was just a constant dull ache. I used to turn on my seat warmer to and from work and that would alleviate it for a few hours.

[Bonita]

That sounds like sciatica - I had that most of 1st Tri and 2nd Tri, definitely painful and annoying.

I would end up sleeping on my back a lot, and that made it worse. I've now wedged myself in between two pillows and that actually helps a TON. Also doing some stretching - cat/cows, and just stretching for my legs helped alleviate it a lot.

I also had my massage therapist work on my back a little more...I'm not sure if any one of those things is what made it go away, or if it's the combination of them, but I haven't really had the sciatica pain in 3rd Tri like I was in 1st and 2nd.

[linz]

Sounds like your sciatic nerve.

Mine feels like a pulled muscle or that I'm just sore. It's usually in my lower back.

[estrellita]

I'm not really that far along but I keep having pain like I need to crack my back. Usually I can sit a certain way and fix it, but it's not helping anymore not sure if it's just some uncomfortable things I've sat on lately or something else!