Relieving Lower Back Pain After a Miscarriage

The reasons for Miscarriages are unclear. Some experts postulate one cause to be that the union of the male sperm with the female egg is defective due to chromosomal incompatibility.

Whatever the case, first pregnancies often end up in miscarriages. Since there will be no remarkable physical indication of miscarriage, most women will mistake a miscarriage for an unusually heavy menstruation because the discharge will be accompanied by more cellular debris, including the displaced fetus.

Miscarriages are frequently accompanied by bright or dark red spotting and abdominal and lower back pain. Miscarriages may happen over a short or extended period of time, depending on how quickly the fetus can detach itself from the ovarian wall. The first thing to do when you notice these symptoms is to consult with your gynecologist. The doctor may decide to perform D&C on you to hasten cleaning up the ovary. While bleeding is present it is usually advisable to refrain from strenuous activity.

The lower back and abdominal pain experienced in miscarriages is due to the contraction of muscles surrounding the genital area of the body. If the bleeding has stopped and lower back pain still persists, a mild form of exercise may relieve the muscular tension in that area. There are many un-straining exercises that you can perform regularly. For instance:

1. Lying flat on your back, repeatedly flex and stretch your ankles.


2. Lying flat on your back, slows flex and stretch one knee alternating with the other.


3. Lying flat on your back with your hands resting on your abdomen, draw in your abdomen at the same time doing upper lung breathing. Then loosen the abdomen and repeat.


4. On your back with one knee bent and the other straight, slowly raise the stretched knee and then lower it. Repeat for the other knee.

Those are only a few of the easy exercises you can do to relieve the tension in your abdomen and lower back region.