[Due 5/21/09!]

I am 18 weeks preggo...































This just started moments ago.. i keep getting a sharp pain in what feels like my bones of my right hip or tailbone and it radiates down my right leg- it lasts for about a minute and i can't move my leg or anything or i am in excrucating pain. Just when im about to grab the phone it goes away. It has happened 2 times in the past 5 minutes and if it happens again im calling my doc pronto. I want to think it feels like a pinched nerve but anyone else experience this or know what i could be feeling? I was just sitting here at work when it started out of the blue. Thank you....















Thank you, i wound up calling a nurse and she said for sure that it sounded like Sciatica and my husband is taking me in to get checked out now, she said they have to look at my discs and make sure theres no major damage.. eek.

[Nykki]

you have a nerve called your sciatica nerve and it can be very painful when the baby is sitting on it. I get it all the time and when I asked my midwife about it, she said that if you get down on all fours, put your head down, and sway your hips from side to side, that encourages the baby to move (also helps move the baby off your bladder). You can also have someone massage the area that hurts or take a warm bath. I use the bath method a lot. It really helps. Good Luck!

[Aniayah L]

if your concern talk to your doctor

[**Haileigh's Mommy**]

it is most likely your sciatic nerve. ive been having that same problem with my pregnancy. Try a heating pad or a warm bath. when you rest, lay on your left side to try and take some of the pressure off the nerve. Pain medicine (Tylenol 3, Vicoden) will not help. it will only make you even more tired than you already are. try to take it easy and rest.