Today I noticed some very sharp stabbing pain in my lower back on the left side. I was pushing a shopping cart with my youngest in it and each time I took a step with my left foot I would get this awful stab. It was very sharp and took my breath away! I stopped walking and told my husband who was with me. We took a few minutes so I could sort of stretch and try to work whatever the kink was out. Eventually it went away. It was mildly concerning since I hadn’t had this before but since it went away so quickly it slipped from my mind until later in the evening when it came back. I have been wanting to get a good long run in but I started to get this stab again! I got ready anyway, this time it wasnt as severe but I decided not to run but to get a good brisk walk on an incline on my treadmill and see if I couldn’t work out the back problem. I have always been able to get my back pain under control with a good run. This stabbing continued through my warm up but once things got loose and warm it went away. I spoke to my midwife about it and she told me there are three sets of ligaments that surround the uterus. One set is basically around the lower part of your belly, I get pain here a lot! Then there are a set that are more on each side of the tummy, I generally ha-vent noticed them at all and then there are a set in your back- exactly where I said my stabbing was coming from. So it was round ligament pain and nothing to be concerned about. Definitely a sign the baby and my uterus are growing quickly!

Posted by Shelley in Journal on July 30th, 2007 |