back ache / muscle spasms in belly and back...

LogansMama · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:52 PM

So a few days ago I thought I was starting with some Braxton Hicks... I noticed my belly getting tight and hard. It seemed early to me (16 weeks) but after I did some reading, I guess its not too uncommon.

Well - today it seems like I was getting them all day... and now my BACK is killing me too! I have this terrible tightness in my lower back. It gets SO BAD any time I walk around... eases up when I sit or lay down.

Now I am wondering if this is BH, or something else, or a combination of BH and something else. Some of what I read said it could be ligament stretching... but that doesn't sound right to me. I don't know ... maybe it is, but it just doesn't seem like it should feel like THIS if it is!

I don't THINK its something to really worry about (yet), but maybe? Anyone else had this? Any ideas of whats going on with me??

vixta · Nov 14th, 2009, 15:58 PM

i get this too and i had it with my last pregnancy aswell. I think its maybe a combination of BH and normal back pain caused by the growing uterus. Your back arches out when you start getting bigger so it causes back pain. If you are too worried then i would see your midwife.

LogansMama · Nov 14th, 2009, 16:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vixta

If you are too worried then i would see your midwife.

I hate to call my doctor again... unless I'm REALLY worried. I feel like I keep bugging her with nonsense, and this is my SECOND baby. I'm supposed to know whats up this time around!

sammy_jane · Nov 14th, 2009, 16:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LogansMama

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Originally Posted by vixta

If you are too worried then i would see your midwife.

I hate to call my doctor again... unless I'm REALLY worried. I feel like I keep bugging her with nonsense, and this is my SECOND baby. I'm supposed to know whats up this time around!

HI THERE LOGANSMAMA , IM 16 WEEKS ASWELL DUE APRIL 28TH, IVE BEEN HAVING THIS ASWELL, I WAS IN AWFUL PAIN THE OTHER NITE THOUGHT I WAS GONNA PASS OUT IT WAS SO BAD IN MY LOWER BACK FELT LIKE MY KIDNEYS THEN I ASKED AROUND AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE LIGAMENT STRETCHING ETC, AND WAS GETTING TIGHTENINGS, SEEMS TOO HAVE PASSED HOPE IT DOES FOR U TOO HUN XXXXXXXXXX

LogansMama · Nov 14th, 2009, 16:13 PM

Sammy-Jane - Thanks. Its reassuring to know you have been there and it got better. Hoping it eases up soon.

LogansMama · Nov 14th, 2009, 19:15 PM

Well - I just read some interesting info... not sure if its accurate, but according to what I googled, UTI's can bring on Braxton Hicks. I am on antibiotics right now for a suspected UTI..... hmmmmmm

Nov 14th, 2009, 15:52 PM	#1
LogansMama Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 2,841	back ache / muscle spasms in belly and back... So a few days ago I thought I was starting with some Braxton Hicks... I noticed my belly getting tight and hard. It seemed early to me (16 weeks) but after I did some reading, I guess its not too uncommon. Well - today it seems like I was getting them all day... and now my BACK is killing me too! I have this terrible tightness in my lower back. It gets SO BAD any time I walk around... eases up when I sit or lay down. Now I am wondering if this is BH, or something else, or a combination of BH and something else. Some of what I read said it could be ligament stretching... but that doesn't sound right to me. I don't know ... maybe it is, but it just doesn't seem like it should feel like THIS if it is! I don't THINK its something to really worry about (yet), but maybe? Anyone else had this? Any ideas of whats going on with me??

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Nov 14th, 2009, 15:58 PM	#2
vixta Pregnant (Expecting) Inactive Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: gloucesterhire Posts: 1,261	i get this too and i had it with my last pregnancy aswell. I think its maybe a combination of BH and normal back pain caused by the growing uterus. Your back arches out when you start getting bigger so it causes back pain. If you are too worried then i would see your midwife.

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LogansMama Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 2,841	Sammy-Jane - Thanks. Its reassuring to know you have been there and it got better. Hoping it eases up soon.

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LogansMama Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 2,841	Well - I just read some interesting info... not sure if its accurate, but according to what I googled, UTI's can bring on Braxton Hicks. I am on antibiotics right now for a suspected UTI..... hmmmmmm

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