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Is there some way you can work with a good physical therapist to find ways to lift and hold her in ways that don't hurt your back? Are there devices that can help you? I hope you can find ways to relieve your pain AND give your child the cuddles she needs. As she grows older and more self-sufficient, the problem should ease quite a bit.
I threw my back out lifting my first daughter, who was born weighing 9 pounds, out of her crib. With the second one, I had "back labor" which stressed my back even more. I had a lot of low back pain from a herniated disc and related problems for years and needed cortisone shots 2 or 3 times a year.
The one thing that helped me was acupuncture. After a few weeks of acupuncture about 7 years ago, I no longer need cortisone and rarely have back pain. Physical therapy taught me exercises to stretch the area if I overdo things with garden work.
Having a mother with chronic but unexplained pain was the story of my life until she died when I was in college. I think she had fibromyalgia, which was virtually unknown in the 60s and 70s. She was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis but test after test was negative for rheumatoid arthritis.
Good luck to you 
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