Mamma Mia

Okies so i have some questions....

I have this pain sorta hard to explain, its down by my "fu fu" on the right hand side but in what feels like the leg meets "fu fu" area joint, anyone know what this could be? It hurts to walk for a little and i am hobbling along its awful.

Also i have been having period type cramps, not bad ones at all and they come and go, any chance this maybe my version of slight but barely noticable braxton hicks?

i dont know Should i prod it next time?

Yes i know the pains too. I get them going from sitting to standing and have to limp for the first 4-5 steps but only ever on the left hand side (my left).

I used to get the pains in my leg socket too. It was kind of like shocks, basically it was Joey pressing on a nerve or something and I had to put up with it... I know it hurts though!!

Ok so i thought i would be a bit better today and im not so i did some research and i have a few symptoms of Pelvic joint pain (symphysis pubis dysfunction). Should have guessed it could happen due to my "free joints" before i was pregnant. This sucks its really painful! I have heard that wearing support for your bump can help?! Any ideas?

Jess, the research on pelvic support belts show that it doesnt make much difference in reducing pelvic pain - but it may be worth a try to hold everything together. Maybe ask your midwife for a physio referral

I used a tubigrip support stocking which I foudn more comfy than the support belt, but to be honest it didn't help much. I did find that sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees helped.

I saw the physios at Nat Womens who were really good, they recommended that I didn't sit for longer than 1/2 hour at a time without getting up for a (gentle) strecth, and not standing for long periods either.

Talk to your midwife about it tho because if you do actually have SPD it can affect which positions you are able to labour and birth in.

yep all that stuff that Emma and Robyn have said. so things slowly, use lots of pillows for everything lol, and hope it'll all just go away some time soon.
I was worried about positions i could birth in and my midwife said to me that it didn't really make too much difference? i still thought well, surely if i have legs far apart it'll hurt like heck and maybe do damamge... but i guess it depends on the degree of how bad it is, and she also pointed out to me that by the time most people are in a position where they have their legs far apart, they are pushing and it's painful anyway. couldn't argue with her there.

Yeh the other night i was having "relations" with cory lol and my right hip cramped up and wouldnt go away talk about a mood killer lol i always used to get it before pregnancy to but not so often. Last night it was so bad i could hardly walk and i just wanted to cry. Thank god cory has been really good! I had to tidy up the lounge by walking around on hands and knees slowly i felt like such a tard lol

Yep, I remember it too - I was 21 and felt 100 years old! But am clinging to the knowledge that SPD is completely random and that women who get it in one pregnancy are no more likely to get it second time round...