Pregnancy Back Pain

Lower Back Pain Pregnancy

Back Pain During Pregnancy – Managing Techniques

Pregnancy back pain is a common complaint among women with child. So common in fact that many women have accepted it as a normal part of pregnancy and do nothing to alleviate the pain.

Well, they’re wrong. While there is always that feeling of discomfort when you are carrying a child in your uterus, pregnancy back pain is something that you can reduce, perhaps even prevent, with the use of certain techniques.

Additionally, consider these pregnancy back pain techniques as early training when your back bears the strain of constantly lifting your 7 to 10 pound baby or your 20 pound toddler.

Causes of Back Pain in Early Pregnancy

• Your Baby - If you are pregnant, and have to care for your older child, as cute as it may sound, yes the 20-pound toddler could be the reason of your discomfort. Your center of gravity shifts forward and naturally you automatically adjust unconsciously. The effect would be as you notice; you will observe that you are actually standing with your upper body pulled slightly back. This unconscious action shifts the center of your gravity on the correct position, which is not your normal posture. This, in turn contributes to a strain to your back muscles.
• Extra Weight - Its is recommended that you should gain weight during pregnancy as this would be beneficial to your baby. But the added protein, carbohydrates, calcium and vitamins could be bad for your back.
• Progesterone - Progesterone is the hormone your body releases to relax smooth muscle tissues throughout your body. Unfortunately, it also includes your intestines. Now, here’s the funny part, as it slows your digestive processes, bacteria have more time to do their stuff that slowly wounds their way through your digestive tract. The chemical reaction creates plenty of trapped air which is ultimately released as flatus. Most pregnant women experience constipation, bloating (due to the buildup of air and waste matter), and gas. Naturally, the most effective way to reduce constipation is cutting back on the foods that seem to cause it, and shift to high fiber foods. But if you eliminated everything that causes gas, you won’t be achieving the balanced diet that your baby requires.
• Round Ligaments - These muscle groups support your uterus. As you begin the child bearing stage, they thicken and lengthen to accommodate the changes of the uterus. These changes can be experience as a dull ache that just stay over the fringes of your consciousness. But as you do sudden movement they create a brief, sharp, stabbing pain, especially if you shift position while sleeping or rise from a seated position. So, the best thing to do is to move slowly, as pain associated with round ligaments are usually attributed from sudden movement.

Usually back pain in early pregnancy should cause no alarm. Still, you have to look out for certain signs that could tell you that the back pain is nowhere ordinary. If that is the case, always seek professional help.