In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, if the fetus’ head presses right on the mother’s sciatic nerve, the mother-to-be will experience pain, numbness, or even accompanied by a pins-and-needles-like sensation, a phenomenon known as sciatica. What is sciatica? In the middle and end of pregnancy, if the fetus’ head presses on the mother’s sciatic nerve, the mother-to-be will experience pain, numbness, and even a pins-and-needles sensation, which is called sciatica. For every mother-to-be, the anticipation of motherhood is undoubtedly a wonderful feeling, however, during the process of carrying a baby in October, the mother-to-be is likely to experience more or less pain of one kind or another. For example, in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, if the fetus’ head is pressed against the mother’s sciatic nerve, the mother-to-be will experience pain, numbness, and even a pins-and-needles sensation, probably in the buttocks at first, but later radiating to the thighs. However, as the position of the fetus changes, the pain may suddenly disappear, and this phenomenon is sciatica. Mothers-to-be with sciatica usually do not need to be overly stressed, but should inform your doctor during your pregnancy checkup. Why does sciatica usually occur in the middle to late stages of pregnancy? It has to do with a specific change in the mother’s body during pregnancy: in the middle and end of pregnancy, the mother’s body releases a pubic bone relaxing hormone to relax the pelvis and the associated joints and ligaments in preparation for a smooth delivery of the baby. The relaxation of the joints and ligaments will inevitably reduce the stability of the mother’s back. Moreover, the baby grows rapidly in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, which places an increased burden on the lumbar spine. If the body puts too much pressure on the sciatic nerve, it can easily cause sciatica, which can cause tingling in the hips, back and thighs. If some mothers-to-be have had strains and sprains of the lumbar muscles, they are likely to have a herniated lumbar disc, which is bound to compress the sciatic nerve and produce sciatica. Once this sciatica occurs, it tends to persist and the mother-to-be is urged to seek immediate medical attention. What can be done to reduce the pain brought by sciatica to the mother-to-be? 1. If the mother-to-be has determined that she has sciatica, when the pain occurs, try to do local hot compresses, using hot towels, gauze and hot water bags, for half an hour to reduce the pain sensation. 2, you can also soak in a bath with warm water every day, the pain can also be slowly relieved. 3, daily life should not be taken lightly, when moving objects, the mother-to-be had better not bend down, but use a squatting position. 4.When sitting, you can adjust the chair to a comfortable height and place a comfortable cushion on the waist, back or behind the neck to reduce the discomfort of back pain. 5, take care not to sit or stand for too long, work for about an hour to take a 10-minute break, get up and move around or gently stretch your limbs. 6, use the position you think comfortable sleep, you can put a pillow between the legs or stomach below. 7.Practice yoga several times a week is also a good way to reduce pain. 8, the symptoms are mild, you can do home massage exercises at home. At this time, but the father-to-be a great time to show affection, quickly learn a few professional, authentic massage techniques, for his wife every day regularly do sweet massage. In general, most mothers-to-be can heal themselves from sciatica after childbirth. 9, for the lumbar disc herniation caused by the mother-to-be sciatica is best not to do an X-ray examination, but to use ultrasound instead.