Pregnancy Pain
- Created in When to Seek Care, Types of Pain
Largely because of the physical and hormonal changes to their bodies, many pregnant women can experience various kinds of back pain.
Here's a look at some of the kinds of pain pregnant women are prone to:
- Coccyx (tailbone) pain
- Groin pain
- Pelvic pain (which usually begins during pregnancy, but typically during the end of the final trimester).
- Pubic pain
- Sacroiliac joint pain (the sacroiliac joint connects the sacrum, or triangular bone at the bottom of the spine, with the pelvis, or iliac bone).
- Upper leg pain