Sciatic nerve pain already? (~13 weeks) ?

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I really do not mean to scare you but I have a girlfriend that the baby sat on her siatic nerve the whole pregnancy. Hope this does not happen to you.

With my first pregnancy, I got the sciatic nerve pain at 13 weeks also. I had been on progesterone suppositiories and thought they might have contributed to it - relaxing everything. (It was so bad that if I sat down I couldn't get up without help!! Very embarrassing!) Anyway, the pain went away after a few weeks only to return later in the pregnancy.

I went to a physiotherapist who showed me some stretching exercises which helped.

I'm on progesterone again with this pregnancy, and am expecting the same thing in a few weeks! (I'm just over 10 weeks pg at the moment.)

I'm 23 weeks pregnant and just began experiencing this yesterday. I talked to a nurse friend of mine. She says to put ice or something cold on your lower back for one of two reasons. First, babies don't like cold and it might make the baby move off your nerve. Second, it will help take the swelling down and make you more comfortable.

my sciatic nerve pain (and I've had it with all three) started very early on (around 8-9 weeks) but eased by mid pregnancy. Towards the end of each it came back again, and also, unfortunately, in between pregnancies as well: I now have it pretty much permanently, and can't walk more than a mile or two without starting to limp.

Heat and rest are the two most effective things I've found; also, my SIL gave me a course of reflexology (working on pressure points in the feet) which helped a lot too, for quite a few months (but I then got pregnant again).

I had it really bad until I started sleeping with a pillow between my knees. I rarely have the pain at all now. When I do I stretch the nerve by bending my knee up towards my chest and stretching it as far as possible towards the opposite shoulder.