Nearly half of pregnant women often suffer
from backache.
How to deal with backache during pregnancy?
Here are a few things you should know about backache and some suggestions to
help you feel more comfortable when facing it. At the third month of pregnancy,
your body becomes heavier as baby’s weight is increasing faster and faster.
Backache will make you move more difficultly, even difficult to sleep at night,
and many other inconveniences.
How
to deal with backache during pregnancy?
Nearly half of pregnant women often suffer
from backache. That is not strange because your baby’s weight makes your belly
heavier. Moreover, hormones that are discharged in pregnancy will stretch
abdominal muscles and decrease activities of ligament. During pregnancy, back
has to bear weight of babies; the bigger babies are, the more back pains you
have.
Thus, to the fifth month, back pain
increases more seriously until birth. Pain usually occurs at the end of the
day, when pregnant woman begins to be tired. The only solution to remove
completely backache during pregnancy is birth.
However, there are some ways to prevent and
relieve symptoms of backache for pregnant women.
·
Exercise before and during pregnancy (according
to recommends of doctors). Practice light exercises (walking, gymnastics, yoga,
swimming) frequently can help your body overcome the last third month of
pregnancy. In order to do excises safely and easily, you need to consult
advices and accord to guidance of obstetrician. Pay attention to relax slowly
muscles after finishing exercises.
·
Exercise
before and during pregnancy (according to recommends of doctors).
·
Be careful when sitting and standing; avoid
putting too much stress on the back area. Posture must be very firm so that the
legs can be raised gently, do not squat. When sitting, choose the kind of seat
having fulcrum and add a small pillow behind your back. Note that change
positions regularly, avoid standing in long time. When standing, keep your back
straight to avoid straining back. You should try to sit with legs cross and
back straight, and finally wear comfortable shoes. You can also use abdominal
belt to assist in supporting for your oversized belly.
·
To treat backache, try covering hot compresses.
Taking a warm bath, covering hot towel, and using warm water from shower to
spray on painful areas are also helpful ways to reduce pain.
·
Sleep positions. If back pains disturb you at
night, let lie on one side, do not lie supine when sleeping. You can place a
pillow between knees, around abdomen or use a long pillow. These methods can
help you lower backache effectively.
·
You can also use massage therapy to alleviate
pains. Massaging lower back helps ease muscles pained and strained. You can sit
on position that your face lean against the back of chair or lie on one side,
and have someone massage muscles along spine, focusing on lower back. To be
more professional, you should go to consultants about massage, bone, spine, and
acupuncture to have appropriate advice.
Massaging
lower back helps ease muscles pained and strained
You should pay attention if backache
spreads across the back, buttocks, thighs, legs, and sometimes both feet. In
case of prolonged pain, go to the doctor promptly to be tracked. Backache,
accompanied by rhythmic contractions, may also be an early sign of beginning to
labor.
