Sore pelvic bone

Hi

 

It sounds like you might have SPD Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. It can become rather painfull... Read up on it. I have it at the moment and it is excrutiating. Usually disapears after bubs is born, Talk to your MW & or OB about it and you might be able to get yourself a smiley belt which will bring you some relief... Good Luck Hun

Teresa, this is what i Had with Ayja, it got so bad i couldn't roll over in bed, I could barely manage a shuffle when it got bad, and sometimes i would try not to even leave the house unless i had to because we lived upstairs and going up or down those stairs was so horrible!

I agree on reading up about it, and definately see about the smiley belt thing. I got it with starting about, I can't completely remember, about 30-ish weeks I think. I found it kinda reached a peak but then stopped being so bad once she got down lower and engaged.. i guess her head being down the pelvis braced it's movements a little more.

So not fun. hope you get some releif.

Yep I have this, it started around 34 weeks with Spencer but then wasn't much trouble as I ended up on bedrest till he was born anyway, for other reasons. Then this time it started really early with niggles around 20ish weeks I think and has basically got steadily worse. Baby engaged about a month ago and since then it has been agony. Sometimes I bend over and can't get back up and other times it hits me when walking and stops me in my tracks. You have to be really careful about how you do things, i.e keep your legs together when getting in and out of the car, take extra care when rolling over or getting out of bed. Definitely talk to your midwife about it, you can be referred to a physio and they can give you exercises and/or the belt and also will show you the best ways to move about so as not to do to much damage. If it gets really bad you can end up on crutches so don't dismiss it.

Oh, well I thought I was getting sore hip flexor muscles, but I have a funny feeling I might be getting this too Hoping it doesn't get too bad, and that it may even go away. Or is this wishful thinking?

It should be free as you just borrow it from the physio, physio will be free as well as its pregnancy related.

Sorry whitewave from my experience your are stuck with it until the baby comes out, and then it can still be a couple of weeks until you are completely better if you've had it really bad.

haha sex what's that.....oh yeah that's what caused this in the first place
No until baby engaged recently I was very very horny and it never stopped me, just have to get in a comfy position.

Physio will give you exercises to strengthen other muscles to help take the load off and will show you correct ways to get in and out of car, on and off bed etc, they will also fit and show you how/when to use belt. They would also give you crutches if it got real bad. A lady I did yoga with was on crutches cos hers was so bad and the instructor gave her modified yoga moves to do as well because of it.

I really don't want it to get bad because
(a) we have stairs in our house and at work
(b) I was on crutches only last year (broken foot)

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I have just started taking preggy pilates classes, and am supposed to have one on Friday... anyone know if this will be good or bad for SPD?

I have an apmt with mw on Monday anyway but because of the time of year, I decided to give her a call today anyway. She basically confirmed your diagnosis (not that she knows though lol) and will get the physio/belt referral off asap because it can take six weeks usually - Christmas is a different story. Oh well I should still be pg in six weeks and probably even more keen for help than now! She gave me the legs together talk and also suggested swimming - which I might just do cause I love being in the water. Now I need to check if my togs still fit LOL

I also have to be even more careful about carrying stuff. I don't usually carry heavy stuff but I do help to get the groceries upstairs and occasionally carry Kryssi too (she's 13kg or so). So Kryssi has to walk everywhere from now on.

Does anyone know, does SPD make you more likely to go into labour early and/or have to finish up work early? I had planned to work until 2 1/2 weeks before I'm due... now I'm starting to wonder if that's realistic Also at a time when my pelvis was particularly sore tonight I also got BH and that felt like a little reminder of labour pains.... freaky!

I'm certainly looking forward to three weeks' holiday over Christmas though

The scacia nerve thing reminds me... what is that exactly? It's a shooting pain, right? I thought it was from baby sitting on the nerve but are you getting it as a side effect of SPD? The nerve going from my pelvis to inside thigh is a little sore at times but I think it's triggered when the pelvis is already sore. Is that what you're referring to or do you have something different again?