25 weeks and horrendous back pain

[MyMrKnightley]

All help gratefully received

Anything I can do to try and ease it, I have numb leg with pins and needles also shooting pain down leg and in lower back.

Tomorrow who do I contact if still bad gp or midwife?

Thanks in advance.

See the gp asap.

I'm suffering too as have Degenerative Disc Disease in lower spine. Not much can be done as the pregnancy limits treatment. I was told if I get numbness in thighs and start peeing or pooping myself I have to go a&e asap. 😕
Good luck.

Ladies I also have DDD and have had microdiscectomy 3 years ago. Currently 32 weeks pregnant.

Get yourselves to an osteopath sharpish. Yes you'll have to pay (physic on nhs has done nothing for me so I no longer bother). But it's worth every penny. Where I am it's £35 a session.

I'm currently having a treatment every 5 weeks and it's fine. Before I was pregnant I was going about 4 times a year. You'll need a few more treatments at the beginning obviously, and if you can get a good osteopath then it's likely the treatment will be a bit uncomfortable whilst they're manipulating you but you will thank them for it the next day!

Just to add, my back and hip pain has been minimal compared to what I was told it probably would be.

Yes I still get some hip and back pain but it's manageable without paracetamol most of the time now. I've also seen a chiropractor in the past when my legs and bum were so numb I could barely walk. He was a life saver. Again, same sort of cost as an osteopath.

If you know someone who can give you a recommendation then obviously that's the best way to go.

I'm too scared to even think about someone manipulating my back. I'm being referred to womens health physio. Not sure what they will do?

Theres no need to be scared Jodie - they will talk you through treatment and find out exactly what it is that is the issue and then recommend a plan.
Its not as scary as it sounds!

Thanks for the advice been to the gp and been referred to physio so hopefully that will help.

Hello, I know this post is old. I wondered how you got in in pregnancy? Dud physio or osteopath work for you. Im wanting my second baby but worried with my ddd snd pelvic problems. I redlly hope everything went well and you managed to be more comfortable