https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:28:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820846 Fri, 31 May 2013 01:04:54 +0000 MrsStar 820846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an induction without an epidural and back labor. It was terrible. Dh and my mum had to take turns massaging my lower back for 10 hours straight because the counter-pressure seemed to help me cope better. I spent about an hour near the end of my labor lying on my left side getting Lo to turn (which she luckily did) I would never wish back labor on anyone. I could feel the contractions in my stomach but the pain was all in my back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820833 Fri, 31 May 2013 00:46:16 +0000 Mrs. WinterWheat 820833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my births were sunny side up babies. This caused an immense pain in my back with every contraction. I had the "normal" uterine contractions (where you could feel through your belly the uterus contract) but I didn't care about those cause my back hurt so much. I agree with the sledgehammer reference in the pp. It is mostly because the back of baby's head is pressing against your coccyx.<br /> Lots of counter pressure helps, it is a technique of squeezing the pelvis together, done by a birth partner (DH, SO, or doula etc)<br /> I guess I don't handle pain well cause I literally could not move from the squat/kneeling position and delivered her that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820240 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:48:10 +0000 matador84 820240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had seriously bad back labor...a med-free birth with a sunny side up baby. i had to be on some serious oxygen because i literally couldn't breathe the back pain is so bad and indescribable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820198 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:40:37 +0000 aprk 820198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had both too. The pain of the contractions started in the middle of my back, wrapped around my hips and came to the front. It's nasty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820197 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:40:34 +0000 lovehoneybee 820197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel a single contraction in my stomach, they were all in my lower back and wrapped to my hips. It felt like my back was being smashed with a sledgehammer every few minutes. I was in agony when I had to lie on my back. The only time I cried out/cursed during my labor was when I had to lie on my back to get one last quick check the position of the baby's head U/S while they were admitting me. It was excruciating.</p> <p>ETA: It (usually) happens when the baby is "sunny-side up" facing up towards mom's stomach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820180 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:38:05 +0000 mediagirl 820180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's indicative of where the pain is. It usually occurs because of a baby being face up, I believe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820178 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:37:51 +0000 blackbird 820178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Back labor is where the contractions are literally in your lower back versus your stomach. I had both </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/back-labor#post-820164 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:36:36 +0000 LaughLines 820164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen a couple references to "back" labor on hellobee. How does this differ from "regular" labor? Is because you're laying on your back the whole time or does it have to do with where the pain is the worst?</p> <p>Are there any indicators/risk factors that you will have back labor? </p>