Back ache and leg pain please help

Wiffie81 · Oct 12th, 2009, 22:51 PM

I am in agony woke up with major pain in my lower back. Not like period pain, this is aching. And the top of my leg, I have shooting pains going down it, and it's agony at the top of my thigh bone.

I'm really really sore, is this normal?

Please help I'm worried!

RaeEW89 · Oct 12th, 2009, 22:53 PM

Ive had this too, right at the top of my thighs then it shoots downwards, and the aching in my back, I can barely sleep b/c it hurts and I can get comfortable. Ive heard that this is normal though because your bones are softening and because the shifting can press on nerves. I dont know what to do about it though.

Wiffie81 · Oct 12th, 2009, 22:58 PM

It's so sore I've woken up. Does it feel like growing pains in your legs too?

RaeEW89 · Oct 12th, 2009, 23:01 PM

Yeah it feels like everything is stretching, its very achey all the time, then every once in awhile its very sharp pains.

happymamma · Oct 13th, 2009, 00:58 AM

It sounds like it might be sciatic (sp) nerve pain, I had that, but only in the 3rd trimester when the baby would lay in a certain position. Maybe its possible thats what it isÉ If it is, laying on your opposite side of the pain should help relieve it a bit. Also using a body pillow when you sleep, or any pillow put between your knees and lay on your side. That should help take some pressure off. Youd be surprised how comfortable it is when you keep your knees hip width apart. Well, at least for me it is, even when Im not pg I do that lol.

MissBroody · Oct 13th, 2009, 01:59 AM

I have had terrible back pain too

Sometimes its like AF cramps in my back, other times its a dull ache and sometimes its more like sciatica - a sharp pain in one spot especially when I put my weight on a certain leg. I've also been woken up in the middle of the night with cramps and growing pains in my legs, ahh painful!!
xx

SarahMelissa · Oct 13th, 2009, 02:03 AM

Im sorry i have no idea whether it is normal, but i hope you feel better soon and its nothing to worry about

Oct 12th, 2009, 22:51 PM	#1
Wiffie81 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 209	Back ache and leg pain please help I am in agony woke up with major pain in my lower back. Not like period pain, this is aching. And the top of my leg, I have shooting pains going down it, and it's agony at the top of my thigh bone. I'm really really sore, is this normal? Please help I'm worried!

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RaeEW89 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,500	Ive had this too, right at the top of my thighs then it shoots downwards, and the aching in my back, I can barely sleep b/c it hurts and I can get comfortable. Ive heard that this is normal though because your bones are softening and because the shifting can press on nerves. I dont know what to do about it though.

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Wiffie81 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 209	It's so sore I've woken up. Does it feel like growing pains in your legs too?

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Oct 12th, 2009, 23:01 PM	#4
RaeEW89 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,500	Yeah it feels like everything is stretching, its very achey all the time, then every once in awhile its very sharp pains.

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happymamma Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	It sounds like it might be sciatic (sp) nerve pain, I had that, but only in the 3rd trimester when the baby would lay in a certain position. Maybe its possible thats what it isÉ If it is, laying on your opposite side of the pain should help relieve it a bit. Also using a body pillow when you sleep, or any pillow put between your knees and lay on your side. That should help take some pressure off. Youd be surprised how comfortable it is when you keep your knees hip width apart. Well, at least for me it is, even when Im not pg I do that lol.

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Oct 13th, 2009, 01:59 AM	#6
MissBroody Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,218	I have had terrible back pain too Sometimes its like AF cramps in my back, other times its a dull ache and sometimes its more like sciatica - a sharp pain in one spot especially when I put my weight on a certain leg. I've also been woken up in the middle of the night with cramps and growing pains in my legs, ahh painful!! xx

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Oct 13th, 2009, 02:03 AM	#7
SarahMelissa Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 4,457	Im sorry i have no idea whether it is normal, but i hope you feel better soon and its nothing to worry about

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