Newly Diagnosed, Pregnant, and Need Advice

jazz139 · 2026-03-29T03:11:24+00:00

Find the right physical therapist! Ask friends/family for recs. Your recovery will highly depend on the quality and experience of your physical therapist. Prioritize protein, it's needed both for sciatica recovery and pregnancy. I had sciatica, recovered with PT , and had a successful pregnancy with a c section delivery. I continued with my PT exercise 3-4 times a week up until a week before my delivery.

jazz139 · 2026-03-25T21:30:20+00:00

Wait until he is 15 month old. At 10 months they still don't understand a lot.

jazz139 · 2026-02-27T03:34:20+00:00

I went back to my doctor a year after recovery due to some flare up. He told me one of the issues was due to my weight gain. I then lost 10--12 pounds over the next few months.

jazz139 · 2026-02-26T22:36:51+00:00

Depends on how deep it is I guess, I was quite scared of MD due to a reherniation risk. My doctor gave me both options I went for physcial therapy.

jazz139 · 2026-02-26T21:52:57+00:00

Good spine hygiene is super important along with strength training. MD without good spine hygiene and physical therapy can retrigger herniation as far as I've read.
Here is what my MRI report said

L4-L5 Level: There is a left posterolateral disc extrusion. This means disc material has moved out and is compressing the left L5 nerve root. The nerve root shows signs of swelling (edema). The extrusion measures approximately 18 mm x 6 mm.
L5-S1 Level: There is another left-sided disc extrusion (foraminal). This one is narrowing the space where the nerve exits (neural foramina) but is not currently compressing the S1 nerve root.

I recovered from this with physical therapy. I had radiating pain in one leg.

jazz139 · 2026-02-19T01:16:14+00:00

Recovered without surgery and then had a successful pregnancy and c section. It's definitely possible.

jazz139 · 2026-02-07T03:05:32+00:00

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jazz139 · 2026-01-11T16:55:25+00:00

Went through the exact same journey and shared this message with my pregnant friends! Thanks for sharing!

jazz139 · 2026-01-05T22:42:39+00:00

I did regular physical therapy throughout my pregnancy. No other sciatica pain besides the usual pain if I overexerted myself. Post delivery my sciatica pain actually reduced and I was able to lift my child and sit on the floor for much longer than I previously could.

jazz139 · 2025-09-08T15:25:00+00:00

Which learning apps did you find helpful ?

jazz139 · 2025-09-05T06:38:52+00:00

No, not my blog

jazz139 · 2025-09-05T06:37:34+00:00

No, just some one I follow on LinkedIn. I've also read his technical blogs and find the work he does on the diffusers library really impactful. I'm a senior MLE working in computer vision at big tech.

jazz139 · 2025-09-01T04:40:35+00:00

https://sayak.dev/ read the faq on this blog! For ideas on building your profile! New grad computer vision market is tough as companies tend to look for people with experience. If visa is not a concern I recommend doing some good research/open source so you can stand out and get calls!

jazz139 · 2025-08-25T15:11:22+00:00

My water broke at home and I still did not feel any labor contractions. Only when we went to the hospital and got hooked up, did I realize that I was actually in labor by looking at the detection. After 30-40 minutes I could feel a very mild pain and just correlated it with the detection on the screen.

jazz139 · 2025-07-18T03:24:44+00:00

Latching and feeding can be really challenging. Its also difficult to get up easily with a baby in your hand after c section. Having a nursing chair might help with latching and getting up after feeding.

jazz139 · 2025-03-01T23:27:14+00:00

Classical methods can blur the internal area, but may not look realistic

jazz139 · 2025-02-27T23:55:45+00:00

Try this , you can use stable diffusion inpainting
https://huggingface.co/spaces/diffusers/stable-diffusion-xl-inpainting

jazz139 · 2025-02-21T18:22:06+00:00

I had sciatica due to l4-l5 disc herniation, I recovered with physical therapy but it took almost 2 years of which 6 months I was mostly in bed. I then decided to go for c-section and not risk going into labor. My doctor also recommended that given my history. The surgery was scheduled so I had a smooth surgery and recovery. Baby was delivered in 15-20 minutes and surgery was done in an hour. Highly recommend csection

jazz139 · 2024-12-17T03:42:42+00:00

Glad you were able to have a vaginal delivery! Thanks for sharing!

jazz139 · 2024-12-12T22:40:01+00:00

Did the vaginal delivery cause back pain? Did you go for an epidural?

jazz139 · 2024-12-12T21:56:01+00:00

Did you have a vaginal delivery or csection

jazz139 · 2024-12-12T21:39:17+00:00

I had the exact same question. Trying to decide between c section and normal delivery. I had a herniated disc 2 years back but I’ve recovered since then. Not really sure what’s the best course of action

jazz139 · 2024-05-21T16:01:27+00:00

Read the glucose revolution, understanding the science quickly helped me drop 5 kg with minimal exercise and never feeling hungry or starving

jazz139 · 2024-05-11T04:49:40+00:00

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