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Sciatica during pregnancy

You hear a lot about the common problems that come with pregnancy like constipation, fainting, incontinence and varicose veins but the one thing that has affected me immensely is sciatica. I have only heard one other pregnant lady talking about and that was on a mums group on Facebook.

Honestly, if it was not for sciatica I would have nothing to complain about this pregnancy, sciatica started when my pregnancy began and within 10 minutes of walking I'm in agony for the rest of the day.

When I put pressure on my foot I get a sharp pain shoot from the top of my hip right down into my foot, it makes sitting down uncomfortable and getting up and walking is just plain torture sometimes when I get up I nearly collapse and it brings me to tears. The only thing that I found has helped a tiny bit is taking a long warm bath but after that, I have to call my partner to the bathroom to help me out the bath because it hurts too much to get up.

They say do exercise to help the pain like go walking but when walking is the trigger for the pain the last thing I want to do is go out for a stroll! It has put me off going out and I dread the days that I'm meeting people or even going to the shop. All I want to do is stay indoors and lay in bed, watching stuff on Netflix but I just feel lazy when I do that. I've always preferred going out and doing things with friends and family but the sciatica has really affected my everyday life.

When I went to the doctors I felt like he didn't give a damn as he told me to order a lumber band online and take paracetamol, sending me on my way. For me being a plus size lady and pregnant I found none that would fit me, plus I had already been taking paracetamol and its done nothing. I really thought he would have referred me to physiotherapy but nope...nothing!

I'm really worried that after my pregnancy I'm going to have this for life, I really don't want to be in constant agony all of the time. I want to be able to go on long days out with my kids without needing a break and I want to have the energy to play with them without constant pain.

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