Nerve pain

BillysGrl27

So in the past week I have developed some pretty intense sciatica. Has anyone else dealt with this? Do you have any tricks that helped you through? I am on my feet all day long as a Kindergarten teacher so my chances for sitting are pretty limited until I get home, and by that time both my calves and feet are usually numb and tingling and my back/hips are throbbing.

anonsouthernbell

Go to a good chiropractor.  That's what I did and it helped me a bunch!

ThePastor'sWife

I don't have advice on the sciatica b/c that was one pregnancy "highlight" that I skipped... but as a fellow K teacher, I know your pain!  I had extreme swelling in my feet/ankles during my pregnancy (it set in at 21 weeks and only got worse from there), which of course was only aggravated by being on my feet all day long.  It got to the point, though, that I HAD to force myself to sit as much as possible during the school day and just cope w/things as best I could, b/c my OB was concerned over the severity of the swelling.  Sitting as much as possible was our compromise.  It was tough, but you need to make sure you put your health first, even though the job isn't the best for doing that.

BillysGrl27

I know! I am trying hard to spend as much time sitting as possible and luckily I co-teach plus have an assistant all day so that helps too! But even yesterday's trip to the grocery store was a painful one!

kelleymark82606

I had it bad a few times and then minor throughout.  I laid in bed and cried one night when it snowed and MH was out plowing.  I had to shovel and it was just horrible.

I still have it here and there.  I never really have found anything to help with it.

salc21

I'm 29 weeks and I have had it my whole pregnancy - although it's starting to get worse. I saw a chiropractor on a regular basis before I got pregnant, so that's helped me. A body pillow at night has also helped some and making sure I don't sit/stand for too long.

Also, I just started doing pre-natal yoga and that has really helped as well! My instructor has shown me some good positions/stretches to help with it.