Back Pain Pregnancy Video

Back Pain Pregnancy

My name is Hannah Bajor and I am the Pregnancy Success and Health coach which over twenty years in the field taking care of women before, during, and after pregnancy. Our topic for now is "Back pain pregnancy or back pain during pregnancy, why you get it, and what you can do about it."

Normal weight gain in pregnancy is about 35 pounds, but lots of women I have met over the years have gained anywhere between 35 to 100 pounds during pregnancy. So, whatever it is you are going to put on a lot of weight, a lot of the weight is going to be on your stomach and your breasts. If the weight were to stay there without changing your posture you would actually fall over.

Therefore your body automatically accommodates by changing the position of your spine, resulting in a spinal position we call pregnancy lordosis. Pregnancy lordosis is a situation where your spine becomes super curved in the back and this can create a huge pull and stretch on your muscles. Your muscles are already relaxing, so they do not have the normal support that you would have otherwise outside of pregnancy.

Look at this model of the female pelvis. As you can see, here in the back you have two hinge joints. When you get towards the end of your pregnancy, a baby cannot fit to a normal-sized womans pelvis without the pelvis opening and expanding. So it expands here at the back pulling and stretching and the same here at the front by your pubic bone, pulls and stretches to allow this baby to be able to go down into the pelvis and to come out during birth.

All of these factors considering, it is not unusual for pregnant women to get back pain during pregnancy. If you get back pain during your pregnancy, straight away start doing things to prevent the back pain getting worse or getting out of control. I definitely recommend having nice warm soaks, putting nice warm compresses on your back, having some massages.

I would absolutely recommend that every pregnant mum go to a chiropractor during pregnancy. A lot of traditional OB/GYNs are terrified of sending the women to a chiropractor because they are just not informed as to what chiropractors actually do. Chiropractors would never do anything to you that is unsafe. They are experts in what they do and they can help your spine accommodate to all the changes and it would help your pelvis adjust better. In fact if you have a better positioned pelvis going into labor, you are actually going to function much better in labor, especially postpartum after everything is out of shape go to see a chiropractor.

Apart from that, let us look at what things can you do to your own body. Wearing a good supporting bra so that your breasts are uplifted and they do not feel so heavy will help with your back pain during pregnancy. This will take off a lot of stress and strain off the upper part of your back.

There is a lot of pregnancy stomach binders that is out there now. Again, if you having back pain or lower back pain during pregnancy wear them because it will help support your posture.

Look at your shoes. I cannot believe how many pregnant women out there are wearing ridiculously high shoes or low shoes during pregnancy. Remember as you become pregnant all these bones, muscles moves within your body. So during the entire pregnancy, please wear good supportive foot wear that support your arch to not end up like me. After one of my pregnancy, both of my arches prolapsed and I was wearing decent enough shoes, but obviously that did not have the support that I needed on the insoles and I ended up having years of pain due to the arches being prolapsed.

Please get yourself good shoes to start with and wear good shoes throughout your pregnancy. The more informed you are about pregnancy then the easier time you are going to have during your pregnancy and the happier you and your baby will be.