sara, don't you realize that if you keep asking the same question over and over again, you'll eventually get the answer you want?
The customers I support, they will LEARN they are dealing with Ms. Stubbornass Contrarian, oh yes.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Feb 13, 2006 5:28:27 am PST #6851 of 10002
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2006 5:31:17 am PST #6852 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
flea, like everyone else said, pain down your leg is almost always a sciatic nerve issue. It could just be that the back muscles around the origination point of the sciatic nerve could be all inflamed and therefore pinching the nerve. That's pretty common.
And, AFAIK, sciatic nerve pain is pretty common in pregnancy. But I think there are ways to alleviate it -- but for that, and given that you have an armadillo in your belly, I agree that it's a good idea to see a doctor.
Amy - Feb 13, 2006 5:38:59 am PST #6853 of 10002
Because books.
AFAIK, sciatic nerve pain is pretty common in pregnancy
I had it all three times, and the second two it started a lot earlier than the first (which began when I pretty far along, and I assumed from the weight of the baby pressing on stuff). Definitely ask your doctor, though.
sarameg - Feb 13, 2006 5:54:30 am PST #6854 of 10002
OK, I now honestly believe the person I am dealing with is dumber than dirt. How he's managed to acquire a PhD, no wait.... how he's managed to leave his house without a fatal domestic accident, eludes me.
flea - Feb 13, 2006 5:55:34 am PST #6855 of 10002
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This is what I was afraid of. Dang armadillo.
Jessica - Feb 13, 2006 5:57:38 am PST #6856 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Puppies in a monorail! Too cute.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 13, 2006 6:00:14 am PST #6857 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
If that doesn't spur the Monorail craze, I don't know what will!
Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2006 6:03:39 am PST #6858 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
"Is there a chance the track could bend?"
"Not on your life, my canine friend!"
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2006 6:15:32 am PST #6859 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I call the little one Bitey.
P.M. Marc - Feb 13, 2006 6:16:41 am PST #6860 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Flea, it does sound like sciatica. I had it during the last half of trimester the second, and boy, did it suck.
The good news is, it did go away when she got bigger, for whatever reason, so you might not have it the rest of the pregnancy. Call your OB or midwife and ask if they have any tricks for it--there may be some stretches you can do. (I can't remember what I did. I think I just suffered.)