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I have back pain in general, but this is different. Definitely pregnancy back pain. It's so painful.

A massage won't really help my situation and until you are done the first trimester it is not recommended to get a massage. Plus I find the pregnancy massages aren't that great. I prefer the regular ones but pregnant... they can't do it.

I saw my doctor today and told me I should see a Physiotherapist or go for acupuncture. He said no Chiro because it could do more pain down the road. So I trust him. Need to call to make an appointment, but hear acupuncture has helped a lot of pregnant ladies with pains.

@winniebee: When I was pregnant with my first, my horrible back pain (like I feel now) started at about 6 months. Now, with baby 2 I've been feeling it since day 1. Not fun.

The thing with pregnancy massages is that they can't go fully in depth. Something to do with your body's fluids that would affect the baby. I know I didn't feel like it did me any good and I they wouldn't let me leave until I drank 500 mls of water. Something again with moving stuff around.

@winniebee: I have some back pain and just use the heating pad when I need it. I haven't had bad lumps show up or anything, thankfully. Have you tried that?

I'm a huge advocate for the chiro and I find it makes a big difference. I get bad lower back pain especially if I've been on my feet or walking for too long. I find monthly chiro visits definetely help a great deal. She also adjusts my ligaments (in front) to help with some of the RLP I've been having. I swear by it and recomment it to all my prego friends too. She specializes in pregnancies, and even the RMT in their office specializes in pre-natal massages that really help.

@jbhops: Ya said something like it can last up to 5-6 years. I definitely don't want to have those bills for years. During pregnancy is good enough

I had horrible back pain from weeks 14-16, but it eventually got better and went away. On thing that really helped was adjusting my chair at work and making sure I was sitting in a position that didn't add strain to my back.

I'm now nearing 28 weeks and haven't had too many issues with an achey back since, but am worried it could hit over the next two weeks. I think in the beginning (at least for me) a lot of it had to do with everything growing and getting stretched out.