what is back labor? is it bad for u or ur baby?

Question

please real reasonable answers its my first baby thanks!

Answer 1

no it is not bad for you or your baby i have had 6 kids and have had back labor with them all it is just like regular labor but you feel the majority of the pain in your lower back. the contractions come and go the same way but in your back perfectly heathly and normal

good luck ask for pain medicine if you need it

Answer 2

The term "back labor" is often used to describe labor in which the woman feels the most discomfort in her lower back, just above her tailbone.

Often, back labor occurs when the baby is in an awkward position as it enters the birth canal — such as when the baby's head is pressing against the mother's tailbone (sacrum). But that isn't always the case. During labor and delivery, some women simply feel more tension in their backs than others do.

Many believe that back labor indicates that the baby is in the birth canal in a faceup instead of a facedown position. But this hasn't been proved.

Although you can't prevent back labor, you may be able to relieve it by:

Changing positions
Back rubs, using a tennis ball or other round objects
Directing the warm-water spray of a shower onto the lower back
Epidural or spinal anesthesia

Answer 3

Back labor happens because of the position that baby is in. In an 'anterior' position, the baby is head down, and it's spine runs along the outside of the belly. This is the optimal position for labor and birth. In the 'posterior' position, baby is still head down, but instead of the spine running along the belly, the spine is running along mother's spine. This causes a huge amount of pressure and pain for the mother during labor, and the pressure and pain usually does not subside until baby turns the right direction. If baby does not turn, baby will often get stuck in the pelvis, or there will be a great amount of struggle getting baby out. Many posterior babies who do not turn (most of them DO turn - my own didn't though) have to be delivered with forceps, vaccum or cesarean section, though, as I just mentioned, MOST do turn.

There are measures that can be taken to help avoid back labor. Once you have hit about 35 weeks gestation, avoid sitting on the couch, rocking chairs, or otherwise sagging into whatever you are sitting on. This causes you to slump and gravity will pull baby's spine back towards your back. When you are sitting on chairs, sit at the front so that your belly is pushed forward - this is working with gravity to slowly encourage baby's spine to face out. Also, swimming belly-down can be helpful, as well as being in a hands-and-knees position (which is great for sex later in pregnancy, too!)

It can sometimes be detected before labor begins whether or not you may have a posterior baby. You will feel more movement outside on your belly, because baby's limbs are against the outside of the belly. When baby is in ANTERIOR position (the spine running along the back) all of the hands and feet, etc are facing in towards your insides, and movement is less detected this way.

I hope this clears up your questions! a really great book to read about birth is Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin. It can give you amazing confidence in your body's ability to give birth and has lots of great birth stories!

Answer 4

Back labor is just labor that instead of feeling pain in the adbamen you feel it in the back! It is not bad for you or the baby. it just means that the baby is in a different position then normal. it's ok everything will go normaly.

Answer 5

I had back labor with my first child. It just means that the baby's face is facing the front instead of the back while giving birth. With each contraction its head presses against your tail bone. It did not harm my son...and I have never heard of it harming the baby before. I have heard of cases where the mother's tail bone was injured, but I think that is very rare. I hope this helps! :)

Answer 6

Back Labor hun is where most of contractions cause spasms that are so hurtful that that u can't stand it. It doesn't hurt the baby however, but it will cause you to want that baby out of you in the quickest you possible. Me i had it with two of the 4 kids i have. Trust me baby and I am not trying to frighten you, but it HURTS. It's like having someone take a steel baseball bat and repeatedly hitting in the back with it. The pain also travels from the front of your stomach and results are in the middle to lower part of your back and travels down your legs at times. For me I had to have an epidural just to be able to function through this part of labor. Hun I am not meaning to scare you, but I am being honest back labor is hurtful. It effects women in different ways. Some it can be only like having minor menstral cramping in their back and to some like me it can make u want to run that baby out the quickest way or pray for an epidural. I had an epidural for all 4 of my kids and to me it was a friend and lifesaver to me. I am a person with a low tolerance for major pain. IT's all in how you and your body can tolerate the pain hun. Now i have seen a woman go through labor with just minor cramping and it was like a picnic for her and she didn't require any meds or anything. I prayed for a labor like that one, but it didn't happen. But if u want sound medical advice ask your doctor, but i would also ask members or friends that are mothers and went through labor if they had it too. Then figure out a labor plan for yourself before, during and just before delivery. It will help u out more than u know. I knew that I couldn't tolerate pain so, i had plans to use pain meds and an epidural. The hospital and my doctor knew this and were prepared. Because of this it went smoothly. But i have to tell you sometimes if the epidural runs out of meds right before delivery they will not refill it and it's like having the baby naturally anyway which happened to me twice. So, it's all about doing your homework like u are doing now and planning your labor and delivery with all possible scenerios. That way you are caught off guard. Pray it's a good expereince.

Answer 7

My mom had back labor with my 10 pound brother. I guess it's when the baby is resting on your spine and putting pressure on it. She has really bad back problems now... her back still hurts her occassionally, and he's 22 years old this July.

Answer 8

its not bad for you or the baby.. well not in a medical sense... it isnt fun though... its just like regular labor but you feel it in the lower back ... I had it with my son

Answer 9

its where you feel the labor pains more in your back and its harmless to baby, but hurts like hell for the mother