Can someone explain....

back labor? My back is killing me today right around my hips. But otherwise no contractions that I am noticing.

Cheryl

Well my back labor was during labor when contractions had already been established. It's kind of hard to describe, but I felt excruciating pain occurring in my lower back every time a contraction hit. Counter pressure and massage helped some, but not much until the baby's head turned the way it was supposed to. It's from the head being posterior?
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Sue (mom to three girls)
"Cheryl D" me@grammas wrote in message ...
back labor? My back is killing me today right around my hips. But otherwise no contractions that I am noticing.

Cheryl

Ok so maybe I'm just over reacting to a back ache simply because I am by myself in the middle of no where lol. My back has been hurting slightly above my hips since last night/early morning. The pain never goes away, but does get worse every so often. I slept on the couch last night, but that usually helps when my back hurts so I'm not sure if that is the cause.

I guess being alone with nothing to do with a week left till my due date has left me with an over active imagination here.

Cheryl

"Sue" wrote in message ...
Well my back labor was during labor when contractions had already been established. It's kind of hard to describe, but I felt excruciating pain occurring in my lower back every time a contraction hit. Counter pressure and massage helped some, but not much until the baby's head turned the way it was supposed to. It's from the head being posterior?
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Sue (mom to three girls)
"Cheryl D" me@grammas wrote in message ...
back labor? My back is killing me today right around my hips. But otherwise no contractions that I am noticing.

Cheryl

Cheryl D wrote:
/back labor? My back is killing me today right around my hips. But
otherwise no contractions that I am noticing./
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/Cheryl/

Is your baby posterior? Mine was and so when I was in labour, I felt the
contractions in my back as well as my front. However, I felt no pain in
my back until I was actually in labour, having contractions.

Jacqueline

The last time I had an ultra sound baby was breech and facing my tummy. He has since turned to head down but as to which way he is facing I don't know.

Cheryl

Is your baby posterior? Mine was and so when I was in labour, I felt the
contractions in my back as well as my front. However, I felt no pain in
my back until I was actually in labour, having contractions.

Jacqueline

Is your baby posterior? Mine was and so when I was in labour, I felt the
contractions in my back as well as my front. However, I felt no pain in my
back until I was actually in labour, having contractions.

that's right, but I really don't think my contractions felt any difference
with Ada and Nathanael, both really really got me in the back, but only one
of them was posterior.

Anne

I don't know that I'd call it back labor, but my back always hurts low
down at the very beginning of labor . . . so maybe you are getting
close!

Leslie

I am. I ended up going in for a stress test and was almost induced. They just couldn't get that baby to move. Finally during the ultra sound to make sure things were okay, she was pushing pretty hard on my stomach and managed to get him moving enough to satisfy that he was doing okay. But she did say it looked as though things were starting. Which was why my back and hips have been hurting so much the last few days. Now she didn't mean necessarily that it would happen tomorrow or the next day but that it was happening, just slowly. My next appt. is on Thursday so we will see how things are then. But it was a very last minute call not to induce. Juice, cookies, soda, nothing got him moving. His pulse and breathing was fine, but he just doesn't like to move at all when there are contractions.

Cheryl

"Leslie" wrote in message oups.com...
I don't know that I'd call it back labor, but my back always hurts low
down at the very beginning of labor . . . so maybe you are getting
close!

Leslie