I am 37.5 weeks with number 2 and had a very painful and long labour with my first. I went into labour at 40+8 with DS and prior to that at all the midwife appointments, he was lying head down with his back to my left hand side, so in the optimal position. But when I went into labour, the pain of my contractions was all in my back and it was excrutiating. I had the occasional (like one every hour or so) pain in my stomach and it felt like such a relief compared to the back labour pain.
I have read my labour notes from last time to specifically find out if DS had moved back to back during my labour but the notes make no reference to that so now there is no way of knowing - and at the time, I didn't think to ask.
The reading I have done suggests that if a baby is back to back, contractions are mainly felt in your back and I am desperate to avoid it this time as it was just so painful last time compared to the stomach contractions I had. But I just wondered if back pain is only felt in back to back labours, or whether maybe that's just the way I laboured last time (or, God forbid, that's just how my body 'feels' contractions).
Anyone know?
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Contraction pains in back - only in back to back labours?
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IWantToGoToThere · 23/01/2013 20:33
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