Back labor is the discomfort felt by pregnant women on the lower part of their back. It is caused by the baby facing the mother’s stomach with its head pressing against nerves near the spine and tailbone. One in four pregnant women is afflicted by back labor. While not dangerous, it often leads to a longer labor period. The baby can sometimes be enticed to change positions by either mother’s exercise or a doctor’s application of a procedure called ECV. If neither works, heat pads and cold compresses can be used to alleviate the pain.

Key Takeaways:

• Labor is a tricky time for women, and includes a lot of pain.
• There are ways to manage pain, especially pain that occurs in the back during labor.
• Back pain is common in both first time mothers and those who are pregnant longer than fourty weeks.

“First-time mothers, as well as those who go past 40 weeks of pregnancy, might feel extreme pain due to back labor as well. On top of that, artificially ruptured membranes and induced labor are also risk factors you should be aware of.”

Read more: https://www.babywearinginternational.org/back-labor/