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Back pain

ElreidElreid member
in November 2013 Moms
I called my dr already and he said it was just pain from pregnancy, or it could be contractions.

Have any of you ladies had a lot of upper back pain lately? I know lower back pain and pressure is normal, but I was just wondering what you have done for it? I tried a heat pack but it hasn't worked really well.

Thanks :) hope all of you are "enjoying" your last few weeks/new babies!
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Re: Back pain

  • amberrrjadeamberrrjade member
    Honestly, anything to do with back pain will scare me for the rest of my life because of this damn kidney thing. However, mine was lower back pain. If you can't get the pain to lessen in an hour I'd call again. Also try a hot bath if you're up to it. That's what I do when my legs start hurting and it eases the pain.
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  • Littlemama01Littlemama01 member
    @amberrrjade was your pain super severe, or was it something you could ignore/pass off as normal pregnancy pains?? I'm curious how you realized something was amiss
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    Littlemama01 said:
    @amberrrjade was your pain super severe, or was it something you could ignore/pass off as normal pregnancy pains?? I'm curious how you realized something was amiss
    It started around 5 pm, while I was at work. It felt just like a period cramp but on the right side of my back. It hurt but I assumed it was pregnancy related and I should stop being such a whiny brat. A co-worker softly rubbed on the area and down my spine and the pain went away a few minutes later. Around 9:30 the cramp came back and again I thought it was normal and if I was in labor I'd start getting other symptoms so I took a bottle of water and laid in bed. After an hour the pain was still consistently a bit painful. I didn't want to call my Dr because I didn't know if back cramp constituted "emergency" but then I remembered (I always forget about it because it's never caused me any grief) I have a huge 9cm cyst on my right ovary and they said if I ever had severe pain I should immediately call. The pain didn't get excruciating until after I'd gotten to the hospital. By midnight I couldn't even lay flat on my back it hurt so bad. I was eventually delusional from the pain, I remember writhing so much in the MRI machine until they pulled me out and gave me morphine because they couldn't get any shots. 

    So, really until after I got to the hospital I had no idea something was really wrong. It makes me question every little cramp or pain now. However, what happened to me is rare and even rarer in pregnancy. My nurse said is 23 years of being a L&D nurse she'd never seen anything like that. Apparently I just had to be a super speshul snowflake.
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  • Littlemama01Littlemama01 member
    Yikes, thats so scary but lucky you had the cyst or who knows how it would have gone. I find I am achy on the right lower back too but it comes and goes so I really don't know but I'm going to closely monitor if it worsens
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  • 3Dewdrops3Dewdrops member
    @amberrrjade that sounds miserable(!!) and scary.  =(  So glad you called.  I probably would have put it off too long.

    OP:  I've had pretty bad back pain for the last few weeks. It's usually around midback but sometimes lower back too.  I think my body/spine just has too much pressure on it.  I haven't had this with previous pregnancies.  Can't wait til delivery!  I know I'll have a new set of pains but at this point the trade off seems appealing.
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  • EdvoncupacakeEdvoncupacake member
    I have had upper back pain for moooonths but little to no lower back pain. It blows. Mine wraps around to my sternum and feels very sharp when it gets really bad though. I think a lot of it is how we're carrying ourselves.
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  • Littlemama01Littlemama01 member
    Oh and OP I also have mid back, bra area pain, I find it coincides with my contractions. So I get the mid back pain, then a ctrx.... But I think that's just where I'm holding tension, many hold it in low back so I don't think it's unusual
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  • jennifertewartjennifertewart member
    I do get pain in my upper middle back, I would say it started in the middle of my pregnancy. It usually happens when I am sitting at a table for a long period of time..... I think it is because of my posture changing and being front heavy (my boobs have become enormous).  I usually just have DH rub it out and that works for a bit the only thing that really helps is going home and going to bed!
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  • ElreidElreid member
    @amberrrjade-that's crazy! I'm glad everything is better :)
    Thanks for the responses-I am kindof thinking that it could be my bra and just my boobs getting bigger in general. Looks like I'll be going to buy some new bras soon :)
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