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I am TTC and have been looking for others who are planning to take or have taken the baby journey with a back condition. I have been unsuccessful in trying to find information about it on the internet and my OB said the fusion should be not big deal when it comes to delivery, but I am still very nervous.

I have had 2 kids With my 2nd I was having really bad problems with my back and I was also having contractions at 16 weeks. My OB said I needed to get good shoes to help w/ both. Tell you what, BEST $120 I have EVER spent! I bought some Danskos and let me say my life is changed! I still have the occasional spasm but not really the constant back pain that being on your feet all day used to bring!

I'm also TTC. I've been pregnant for times (all four ended in miscarriage). Typically, my back is how I know I'm pregnant.

We are currently WTTC. I've got 2 herniated discs (L3-L4, L4-L5). I've asked my OB/GN and PCP about whether my back will affect anything that goes along with a pregnancy, and they have each said I should be fine. I'm not convinced, but I guess I'll just have to find out!

Thanks for creating the group... Hopefully we can all get answers we've been looking for and help each other out!

i didn't know i had real issues with my back until i was in a serious car accident... while in the hospital they did every test imaginable (CAT, MRI, etc. etc.) and aside from the injuries from the accident they noted on my file that i have spondylolysis and possible degenerative disc disease (yikes! ). up until then i had felt twinges and pain in my back but i had always thought that i had just done something incorrectly while working out (i didn't think much of it although it was obviously uncomfortable).

95% of the time i feel fine and don't feel pain in my back but if i push myself too hard (whether it be exercise, household chores, etc.) i definitely feel the repercussions. for whatever reason mopping REALLY brings it out... what a great excuse to have DH mop for me!

i was worried about TTC and how my back will handle the extra weight for 9 months but my specialist told me not to worry about it and that i shouldn't have any more back pain than an average pregnant woman . i'm just hoping he's right and that he didn't say that to make me feel better...

i'm curious to hear of other women with existing back problems who've gone through pregnancy and what their experience was like...

Mary - I will have to look into those shoes, especially if I get a BFP and start getting back pain!

Amy - Your story sound a lot like mine! I did a lot of read on DDD (Degenerative disc disease) and from what I read it sounds a lot worse than it really is. Most of the tings I read said that if everyone were to have their backs checked they could be diagnosed with DDD, it is just something that happens with aging, natural wear and tear on the discs. I never really thought too much of my back pain either until one day suddenly I couldn't move properly. I hadn;t done anything crazy that day either, I had spot cleaned the carpets and primed part of a ceiling we had done some drywall work on. The only difference was my specialist told me that a pregnancy could possibly let my vertebre slip forward even further and I would be in worse pain. That is why I opted for surgery.

christine you're right... we do sound like we have similar stories! strangely enough i learned about my back problems from... my attorney!!! not my doctors at the hospital! the doctors "forgot" to mention it (they later apologized) and i would have never seen it in the piles of paperwork after the accident. luckily my attorney was very thorough and he dropped me an email asking me about back pain & forwarded me the details on my file. the comments were that the degree of DDD was surprising considering my age (never a good thing to hear). *sigh* cosi e' la vita

I'm 37 expecting august 12th. I had a L5-S1 fusion October 2010. Looking for any advise on how to deal with back pain without medication. I use stretching and physical therapy. But sometimeS it just dont help. I'm on subutex but that dont help with pain.