Thanks for this! My placenta is anterior this go around and my uterus is retroverted so I'm learning all I can about back labor as I understand my chances of having it this time are high!
Yesss I had back labor and oh yeah, the contractions would end and my back would still be spasming than it was time for another contraction lol. Baby girl definitely had her head on my spine . Do you think the placenta cord snapped on her way out because it wasn’t truly “time” to push? Just curious your thoughts on that happening 😊
@@birthtoolbox My husband didn’t have to cut the cord because after Our daughter was born the cord broke and they clamped it right away 🤷♀️ I thought everything was fine but They than called for the hemorrhage kit and I was on Pitocin for 10 hours
Thank you for talking more about back labour! I was very well researched before my labour but nobody had ever prepared me for the fact that if you have back labour you will still experience pain even when there are no contractions. I'd always been told things would be manageable as you will always have those breaks in between regardless of the type of labour you have. I had a 4 day back labour which was very stop start however I never call it stop start as I had no breaks where I had no pain! I'm now very proud of myself for managing through my labour considering I wasn't able to sleep through any of that time. Hoping a second labour would be more straightforward for me ❤
Also, would you consider making a PDF for use during labour which would give us a quick guide to positioning and pain relief options etc for circumstances that may occur? I wish I'd have had a PDF quick referral guide where I could flick to the part that was relevant for me during that labour at that time and adopt some of the strategies! Even when you're very knowledgeable it's easy for the info to go out of your head and then you look back and realise what you could've done in the moment which may have made it easier
@@toni3546 That’s what I wondered too. In my hypnobirthing course they said that you will have breaks where you feel absolutely nothing so the actual length of time you will be feeling ‘pain’ or discomfort is actually fairly short compared to the length of labour. That certainly wasn’t my experience with my back labour… Also people told me to sleep during early labour when the contractions are manageable. Even with my TENS machine I couldn’t sleep in early labour due to the back pain
If you feel your first labor in your back (although ypu still get breaks between contractions) and your doctor suggests to you it was because your uterus was tilted, does that mean it would probably happen again if you had another baby?
Yes, that would be my guess. A tilted uterus can make those contractions be felt more in your back. You do have the advantage that second labors are usually much shorter!!
I had my first baby on Dec 4th 2023. Am 37 years old. I laboured for around 36 hours with back labour. I of course have no knowledge of any other type of Labour, but that Labour is PAINFUL!!😫
Thanks for this! My placenta is anterior this go around and my uterus is retroverted so I'm learning all I can about back labor as I understand my chances of having it this time are high!
I’m so glad you are preparing! I hope you don’t experience it but I’m glad you have strategies to deal with it.
Your delivery is so soothing, interesting, informative and easy to follow 🙌🏼
You are so sweet. Thank you! I love teaching on RUclips and am working hard to grow my channel and help more people. ❤️❤️❤️Alice
Yesss I had back labor and oh yeah, the contractions would end and my back would still be spasming than it was time for another contraction lol. Baby girl definitely had her head on my spine . Do you think the placenta cord snapped on her way out because it wasn’t truly “time” to push? Just curious your thoughts on that happening 😊
Tell me more about the cord?
@@birthtoolbox My husband didn’t have to cut the cord because after Our daughter was born the cord broke and they clamped it right away 🤷♀️ I thought everything was fine but They than called for the hemorrhage kit and I was on Pitocin for 10 hours
Thank you for talking more about back labour! I was very well researched before my labour but nobody had ever prepared me for the fact that if you have back labour you will still experience pain even when there are no contractions. I'd always been told things would be manageable as you will always have those breaks in between regardless of the type of labour you have.
I had a 4 day back labour which was very stop start however I never call it stop start as I had no breaks where I had no pain! I'm now very proud of myself for managing through my labour considering I wasn't able to sleep through any of that time.
Hoping a second labour would be more straightforward for me ❤
Also, would you consider making a PDF for use during labour which would give us a quick guide to positioning and pain relief options etc for circumstances that may occur? I wish I'd have had a PDF quick referral guide where I could flick to the part that was relevant for me during that labour at that time and adopt some of the strategies! Even when you're very knowledgeable it's easy for the info to go out of your head and then you look back and realise what you could've done in the moment which may have made it easier
Yes, I also wanted to add that there were no breaks in between and I thought, “what? was I being lied to?”
@@toni3546 That’s what I wondered too. In my hypnobirthing course they said that you will have breaks where you feel absolutely nothing so the actual length of time you will be feeling ‘pain’ or discomfort is actually fairly short compared to the length of labour. That certainly wasn’t my experience with my back labour…
Also people told me to sleep during early labour when the contractions are manageable. Even with my TENS machine I couldn’t sleep in early labour due to the back pain
If you feel your first labor in your back (although ypu still get breaks between contractions) and your doctor suggests to you it was because your uterus was tilted, does that mean it would probably happen again if you had another baby?
Yes, that would be my guess. A tilted uterus can make those contractions be felt more in your back. You do have the advantage that second labors are usually much shorter!!
@@birthtoolbox How much shorter?
They are often about 1/3 to 1/2 shorter/faster. (doesn't always hold true with induced labors)
I had my first baby on Dec 4th 2023. Am 37 years old. I laboured for around 36 hours with back labour. I of course have no knowledge of any other type of Labour, but that Labour is PAINFUL!!😫
Whoa! You are a strong mom!! That’s so challenging.
I have had a back labour, and I was in labour for 3 long days and gave birth to a baby boy on November 18,2023
That sounds challenging!
Lots of lower back pressure come and goes
Yes, lower back pressure is common in pregnancy.
Obsessed!
Thanks!!