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Some of the common
side effects that a woman suffers during pregnancy are back pain,
nausea, vomiting, diabetes, increased blood sugar, foot swelling and
weak muscles. Pregnancy sciatica is a symptom that shows in four out
of ten women. The pinched or compressed sciatica nerve causes a lot
of discomfort to the body. This can cause numbness in the legs and
the lower back. The common symptom of pregnancy sciatica is –
needling pain in the affected leg or the lower back. A sense of
burning and shooting pain in the buttocks area and the legs. There is
usually pain in pelvis area of the back along with the pain in the
lower back. Usually, pain is accompanied with a feeling of numbness
in the area of sciatica nerve on the back and the legs.
The sciatica pain
mostly occurs when the sciatica nerve suffers compression or
pinching. The most possible cause of the pain is the size of the baby
and the exertion of pressure by the womb on the body. The body
produces extra hormones like progesterone and estrogen during
pregnancy that weakens the ligaments and the joints of the spinal
vertebra. The disc can slip out due to this, causing a sharp pain.
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