Back pain - how much is normal?

This sounds exactly what I had, and it started at really early pregnancy too - it was so painful. It was pain in my sacrotic (sp?) joints, cos everything was getting loose cos of the pregnancy hormones. Unfortunately it lasted right through pregnancy, and yeah was excruciating rolling over in bed. I really recommend you get onto a physio asap as they'll teach you exercises to make it feel a bit better, and if it's worse can lend you a smiley belt to support it.

I just went to a physio through ACC (cos I moved desks around in my classroom lol so I pinned it on that), but I think your mw can refer you to a physio.

I've had the same thing recently and just went to acupuncture and she put some needles in my back and it's made a real difference. Not cheap but worth it if it's going to hang around for the whole pregnancy.

Thanks ladies.

I went to the docs yesterday afternoon cos it was really getting awful. He ruled out UTI, and said if I get any spotting I'm to go straight to A&E in case its ectopic. He also said there was a pretty good chance that its the beginnings of a miscarriage, so a bit bummed about that. If its still painful on Monday, and I haven't been to A&E in the meantime, I'm to go back and we'll have a look at other things.

I'm still pretty hopeful that its a pulled muscle, seeing as in the 24 hours preceding the pain I did quite a lot of physical farm work. Guess I'll have to stop that!

This is what I had (and still get sometimes, grr)

Sacroiliac joint inflammation

Symptoms include:

    * Pain located either to the left or right of your lower back. The pain can range from an ache to a sharp pain which can restrict movement.
    * The pain may radiate out into your buttocks and low back and will often radiate to the front into the groin. Occasionally it is responsible for pain in the testicles among males.
    * Occasionally there may be referred pain into the lower limb which can be mistaken for sciatica.
    * Classic symptoms are difficulty turning over in bed, struggling to put on shoes and socks and pain getting your legs in and out of the car.
    * Stiffness in the lower back when getting up after sitting for long periods and when getting up from bed in the morning.
    * Aching to one side of your lower back when driving long distances.

Thanks for the info, arohanui. At this stage the rolling over in bed pain is about the only symptom that fits. The pain is very centred on my lower spine, kind of feels like someone is drilling into it
Its very similar to the pain I had when I had a bad kidney infection a few years ago - so in that case it wasn't actually my back at all, it was just transferred pain. Its still throbbing but not quite as bad so I'm hoping that whatever it is will come right. And at this stage there hasn't even been a spot so I'm hoping baby is staying put
I'm seeing the doc again on monday so will update then.

Awesome news! Congrats.

oh man i have the same thing now, i got my BFP yesterday (although my lower back has been sore for a week) and I'm almost 4 weeks. I hope it goes away :(