Hi girls, I’m 35 weeks pregnant and the last couple of days I’ve been in absolute agony in my left bum cheek!!
Ive been at work today and really struggled to weight bare on it. It’s just in that one side but honestly unbearable.
I’ve got sciatica anyways but jeez, never been this bad before especially there!!
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Your baby is moving down so it will be putting even more pressure on your sciatic nerve. Sadly, it ll likely only resolve when you give birth. I experienced similar pain, although not a severe as what you are describing and the only thing that worked was resting and being in bed. Xx

I had that I would just ask your OB what you can have

Hello, I have lived with sciatica even before I was pregnant so the best thing you can do is definitely sleep on the opposite side, take warm showers and do cold compresses, I would also recommend doing gentle stretches like you sit in a chair and then you twist one way and then you twist the other way and then just start doing more stretches like lean from one side to another!
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