Sciatic nerve

I wake up frequently with a very painful/pinched nerve feeling in my right lower back that travels down through my leg. My doctor said it might be the baby is sitting on my nerves and causing me sciatica. Has anyone had this during pregnancy and does anything relieve it? I see my doctor the 24th of this month but am wondering if i can alleive the pain a little before than.

Yep sounds just like your sciatic nerve. I'm sorry but there's really not much you can do to help it. I deal with it every time I'm pregnant and I've tried a million things and nothing has helped me.

I had it both times and I still have pain now and my youngest is 19 months. My Dr. in no different words told me and I quote "Deal with it, your pregnant" LOL I literally left her office crying.

a hot bath is really the only thing that helps me. Mine gets so painful that I sometimes get stuck standing up and cant move at all. Mine started at around 15 weeks which my dr said was weird

Massage the inside of ur thigh, like roll ur fist from top of ur inside leg to ur knee, worked wonders for me...  

YES! But nothing relieves it. I had horrible back pains and leg pain/numbness in my left leg last night. I tried a hot bath, massaging, moving around, etc.

hahah so sounds like not much i can do about it. Well ill try the inside leg massaging and hot baths. Thanks ladies. If not than hope its only for the next 18 weeks nd doesnt continue after i have the lil guy LOL : )

I have it and haven't been able to find anything to help it yet. I'm actually on the verge of losing my job, because I have to keep leaving early because it hurts so bad I can't stand it.

Quoting Becky Hathorn:" I wake up frequently with a very painful/pinched nerve feeling in my right lower back that travels down ... [snip!] ... anything relieve it? I see my doctor the 24th of this month but am wondering if i can alleive the pain a little before than."

My sis is a labor and delivery nurse. When it happened to me earlier on in my pregnancy (before baby dropped) she said that they advise people at her L&D unit when they call for help to drink something cold and sugary and lay on their left side. This will encourage baby to move. The relief could be immediate or take an hour or so, but baby should move and as the swelling goes down you should start to feel better.

i have it now when i wake up in the morning and i cant find anything to relieve the pain sometimes its so bad in the morning i cant walk at least i only got 6 weeks left lol hopefully itll go away when i have him

Quoting Brittany Nielson:" My sis is a labor and delivery nurse. When it happened to me earlier on in my pregnancy (before baby ... [snip!] ... could be immediate or take an hour or so, but baby should move and as the swelling goes down you should start to feel better."

Oh k thank you ill try that