post partum sciatica?

gradbeth

any one else dealing with this?  At least I assume that's what it is.  I have shooting nerve pain that starts in my butt thigh area and shoots down my thigh.  Only on the left side though.  Some days it's so painful I can't even walk.  I thought thought this would go away when the baby came, I didn't even have it this bad when I was pregnant!

tdmd09

I have a lot of sacro iliac pain and sciatica that started after a miscarriage and continued into my last pregnancy. I ended up seeing a sports medicine doctor who got it back into alignment and warned me it might come back. I think postpartum your pelvis starts going back to its normal size/shape which can cause some new problems. Mine is so bad I was having back spasms and couldn't pick up my baby, so I'm back in with the doctor and doing lots of stretches. I'm hopeful that if I can fix it, it'll stay away now.

mrmrsh

Yes! And it stinks. I've been going weekly to both a chiropractor and osteopath. After 9 weeks, I can say its starting to improve. Every now then I get horrible stabs of pain, but I can at least stand up after sitting now. I've heard that acupuncture helps as well.

lmilab

So true as suggested above, your body is getting back to normal, or NEW normal so your hips shift and may cause pain. I had gone to chiropractor who specialized in pregnancy cases. Hope it helps, try to get a referal from your OBGYN to one. Hope you'd feel better soon. PS I also did some stretching that helped and I remember my trainer mentioned specialized massage can put things in order as well.