[Sigyl]

My sister was in town day before yesterday and we shopped and shopped and shopped. I ended up with crippling lower back pain yesterday and into last night. I woke up feeling a lot better, but it came back this evening. Back pain has been an issue a lot lately, but this is pretty crazy.

Nothing is helping- walking, stretching, standing, sitting, heat packs, massage, etc. This is my first pregnancy so intense pain and discomfort is scary. I always have menstrual cramps in my lower back so it makes me think it's labor pains or something bad.

Any advice? Is this normal?

[lovely.carlie]

Dropping in from Oct. DDC and actually some ladies are talking about back labor in there right now and sounds similar to what you're describing. I would get it checked out even if it's not too bad just to be sure. Good Luck!

[destiny hope]

I agree it could be back labor

[Sigyl]

I called the overnight triage nurse. She said to try chiropractic adjustments and get a yoga ball. Fingers crossed!

[Lyz]

hope that works and you get relief. I just started getting back pain this week but it's not crippling, yet.

[Kaema]

My back pain is to the point I can barely walk and the weird part is that it's focused on what is normally my good side. I generally have no problems on the lower left side, but the lower right is a chiropractic nightmare because of a rather nasty throw from a horse years ago. But my left is so locked up at this point that I have been dragging around a heated rice bag like a baby every where I go. I sleep with it and it goes everywhere I might be sitting down. Tylenol, stretching, nothing touches the pain otherwise.

[Blessed Mommy Of 5]

I hope you start feeling some relief soon! You said it happened after doing a lot of walking and shopping; so I am thinking it is probably related to that. However, I just thought I would mention that UTI's can cause extreme back pain. Just in case. More than likely it is probably due to the weight of the baby causing a strain on your lower back.