Regular backache Or Labor Backache?

How can you tell the difference between back labor and a regular old backache?

I’m almost 42 weeks and also I have not had any back aches through my pregnancy till now.

Answers in ‘Comments’ below…

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10 Comments so far

  1. jennanderton2006 on November 14th, 2009

    back labor starts in your back then comes around to the front every pain.

  2. suzieowens41 on November 14th, 2009

    I had back labor with my first baby ., You need to go to hospital.

  3. judith r on November 14th, 2009

    back labour will comein waves, regular back pain will be constant. good luck!

  4. Ingrid on November 14th, 2009

    I never had back pain….I waited and waited…nothing…I had no GF to ask..so I went shopping…then my belly got really hard and didn’t stop…I drove to the Hospital, pulling over during labor pains, giving birth 3 hours later….

  5. kitty_kat842003 on November 14th, 2009

    I know I felt TERRIBLE pains in my back to where I was afraid to move it would hurt so bad.I felt more pain in my back then anywhere else.Good luck to you and your baby.

  6. jmarliesj on November 14th, 2009

    Back labor is very painful and not an ache more like someone hitting your back with a paddle. No, do not go to the hospital they will make you wait around and when they do get to you they will send you home. Instead call you Dr. explain what you are feeling and get an appointment for monday. Do not take any drugs, try a heating pad and lying on the floor with your legs bent and your calves resting on the couch. Congrats & best wishes.

  7. claudineintexas on November 14th, 2009

    If your back is hurting mostly at the same time as your uterus/abdomen get very tight and hard (so hard that you can’t indent it with a finger) then chances are you are in labor, especially since you are ‘ready’. Your back may hurt between contractions too, but not usually to nearly the degree as during the contractions.

    The most common cause of back labor is the bony back-side of the baby ’s head pressing on your sacrum. To help relieve the pain try getting on your hands and knees, or on your knees with head and shoulders resting on a bed, birth ball, sofa, etc. This pulls the weight of the baby off the sacrum, and will also help the baby to rotate around so that his face is pressing on the sacrum, which is the best position for the baby to get into. (Gravity helps roll the baby over so that his back is facing your abdomen.) Sometimes if someone presses right on the area that hurts the most (usually the sacral area) it will also relieve the pain.

    Good luck!

  8. rebecca on November 14th, 2009

    Back Labor is intense and you could definitely tell. Your stomach could get very hard feeling after a minute or two

  9. nsg_2006 on November 14th, 2009

    If you’re in labor, a baby comes out.

  10. pixeedust79 on November 14th, 2009

    42 weeks and you havent been induced??? go to L&D



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