Conference moira::parenting

    Charlene,
    
    I had a similiar pain in my tail bone during the first four months of
    my second pregnancy.  If I would move I would get a shooting pain down
    my right leg.  
    
    The pain went away however.  My doctor told me that the baby was laying
    on a nerve.
    
    Angie

    What you're experiencing is Sciatica.  The baby is pressing against
    your sciatic nerve.
    
    Lori B.

    
    I can relate to this one...I had major sciatic pain with my pregnancy.
    I couldn't lie on my back on a firm surface (dr's visits were the pits
    on that exam table!), when I did lie on my back on the couch (only
    place), it would take forever to get up, usually had to go to all
    fours, then get up.
    
    I don't know what to say about it, my doctor said as others stated,
    that it was the baby pressing on the spine/nerves.  Said there wasn't
    much to do about it.  
    
    Take some comfort in knowing though, that it should be gone once you
    deliver.....
    
    It is VERY painful!  I feel for you.
    Although, I figured with all the back pain during my pregnancy, that it
    definatly meant I would have back labor during delivery, but it wasn't
    the case at all...didn't notice my back at all during the whole 13
    hours.
    
    Chris
    Good Luck
    

    Well, I am not sure if this is the same thing. I have sciatic nerve 
    pains already that shoot down my leg, but this is actually in my
    tailbone and does not shoot up or down anywhere, my back does not
    even hurt, just my whole tailbone and butt! 
    
    Very strange.
    
    Charlene

    You should by all means discuss this with your physician. Although
    there is not very much diagnostically that can be done now there are
    steps which can be taken to make your life easier, heat, gentle
    stretching exercises, and if it continues and is severe - pain
    medication and rest.

    	If this is your second child, it is quite possible that you may
    have injured your spinal tip during the delivery of your first child (I
    know of two women who actually cracked their tailbones during delivery)
    the growing weight of this baby may be putting just enough pressure on
    the area to irritate it. From the sounds of what you are describing, it
    sounds more like inflammatory muscle/nerve pain specific to the coccyx
    than sciatica (but remember, I'm not a Doctor, I just play one on TV)
    the treatments may be different for these two conditions which is why you
    *really* should be off to see your physician.

    	Good luck, I suffer from intermittent spinal pain and I know how it
    can literally paralyze you with pain.

    				Wendy

    Thanks for the tip.
    
    Charlene

    My back also hurt me during pregnancy, and I turned to swimming for
    the 2nd trimester.  I really felt good in the water.. almost
    weightless, and the exercise was good.  However, the pain I had was
    different (shot down my left cheek into my leg) so I can't say that
    swimming would work for you (but feeling "weightless" while pregnant
    was wonderful!).
    
    Good luck,
    Mary
    

    I had both sciatic pain and concern over the tailbone.  I broke my
    tailbone many years before pregnancy.  My OB said there should be no
    problems - there weren't.  With my second pregnancy, I had such bad
    sciatica my toes would go numb or tingle.  I was assured it would go
    away once the baby was born and it did. However, labor was another
    story.  I had no difficulty until the doctor told me to push!  I gave
    one good push and thought I could see stars.  He couldn't imagine what
    happened.  I told him the leg pain was excruciating.  I had to have a
    nurse press against the leg the whole time I pushed, otherwise I was
    concentrating more on the leg than the pushing.  Once the baby was out,
    the back pain was gone (no drugs during delivery), the leg felt
    wonderful, but my toes tingled for two days.  That eventually went away
    and I haven't had any problem since (5 years).
    
    -sandy
    

    I'm at the being of my sixth month and I've been having lower back
    pain.  I told my doctor and she said to lay on a heating pad, half hour
    on, half hour off and so on.  This has helped me a lot.
    
   ( Heating pad on low heat )
    

    
    I don't know if your insurance will cover it or if you OB will go along
    with it, but my chiropracter (spelling?) was my best friend during my
    pregnancy.  They have special techniques and tables for pregnant women
    and the baby was never in the way.  It was a life saver for me.  
    
    Just a thought.
    
    Rose Marie