Back and Foot Pain during Pregnancy Posted: 11-11-06 00:58am
my friend is 5 months pregnant and has
been having lots of pain in her back and
now she is having pain in her right foot
and it hurts to walk on it what can be
causing this
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Pregnancy Answer A1848 Posted: 11-30-06 07:03am
Back pain and pain in the lower
extremities experience by pregnant women
is usually due to the pressure that fetus
creates on the lumbar and sacral nerve
plexus.
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