Back Pain

Anyone else have upper back pain early on in pregnancy?

I am only 5 weeks pregnant but my upper back has been killing me for the last two days. With my first pregnancy, I didn't have any pain until the end when I was huge. With this one, my back just hurts. Anyone else experience this? Do you know what it is from? I will ask the doc but I don't see her until Apr 30th. Momma to a 7 month old and 5 weeks pregnant with number 2 Thanks Ladies!

Public Comments

1. This is actually quite common even though you rarely hear about it. It's caused by the hormone progesterone softening up your ligaments to prepare for delivery (all your joints and muscles loosen up, not just your hips and pelvic region). It's also due do weight increase, growth of the baby, etc. It's supposed to go away by 20 weeks but that's not to say that it won't go away earlier. Just like round ligament pains, it can start or stop at any point, but rarely ever goes past 20 weeks. 47% of women experience this, so just under half of all pregnant women, but I'm willing to guess it's not really talked about because it can always be attributed to something else, since during pregnancy, most back pain is heard of experienced in the middle to lower back. Congrats and good luck :o)
2. Hi, I'm 6 weeks pregnant with twins and have had the same thing. It is almost unbearable. This is my 4th pregnancy and I have never experienced this before