I feel so pathetic... ='(
I have sciatica. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's when your sciatic nerve that runs through your hip gets severely pinched up during pregnancy (and sometimes it happens without pregnancy at all). I had it mildly before pregnancy, but not too bad. Well, today it was particularly bad, but manageable. I laid down for a little while earlier, intending to take a nap, but I didn't and just ended up laying there for a while. But now... oh, god, now.... I can barely even walk! I was trying to fix something small to eat because I missed dinner while laying down (and trying to get answers for my friend's dilemma) and needed something to compensate. Well, I went to the bathroom first and it took me a good 2 or 3 minutes to go from a standing position to a sitting position! 
And it hurt SO bad! But I figured I could manage walking enough to make food. Big mistake. I can't even walk two feet without it hurting so bad that I broke down in tears! I tried so hard not to cry, but it didn't work. 
Now I just feel pathetic. If I let a pinched nerve make me cry, how am I going to handle labor?! I tried the stretching that the dr told me to do, but it doesn't help anything, really. The only thing that makes the pain stop is either sitting down or leaning against a doorway so that it has pinpoint pressure on the nerve. I just don't know what to do anymore! D'x
And it hurt SO bad! But I figured I could manage walking enough to make food. Big mistake. I can't even walk two feet without it hurting so bad that I broke down in tears! I tried so hard not to cry, but it didn't work. Now I just feel pathetic. If I let a pinched nerve make me cry, how am I going to handle labor?! I tried the stretching that the dr told me to do, but it doesn't help anything, really. The only thing that makes the pain stop is either sitting down or leaning against a doorway so that it has pinpoint pressure on the nerve. I just don't know what to do anymore! D'x
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@mam082711 It does! I finally got it to stop being so bad... I can walk, but I can't bend down more than a few inches, and rotating at the hip is a huge "ain't gonna happen" right now. I don't know how I got it to stop, but I laid on my side on that hip. Dunno. -shrug- lol. But I hope you get through everything okay, too!
@EmmaLouise I tried heating pads once... it didn't help. =/ A vibrating foot pillow seemed to help when it wasn't so bad... but now only pressure seems to do it.
@Lilybug04 Sucks, doesn't it? Hope you get through work a bit easier next time! -hugs-
@SharkMommy The only thing that wakes me up at night is blocking blood while laying on my back (rolled there, not on purpose) or because of being waaay too hot. >.<