To be in a massive sulk about my stupid stupid pelvis sympubis whatever the hell it is?

[ButterpieBride]

I'm sat here, in pain, when I move it hurts, the baby is waking up and I am going to have to carry her about which will hurt more, the house needs tidying, I can't get through to the GP for an appointment to be referred to the physio and i can't ring up my old physio because apparently I'm not postnatal any more.

SPD. Baby is nearly NINE MONTHS OLD. I get married in three weeks. I do not want to limp. It would be bad in many ways. Not least that DPs ex couldn't walk, and people WILL comment on that.

ARGH. I just want to tie some kind of hard board to my mingal area to keep it all steady.

Somebody tell me it will be ok. I hate limping about. I actually gave serious thought to buying some crutches from the charity shop. Anything to ease my pelvis- the bones grind against each other. It is horrible.

And it comes and goes too, with no warning, so I can't even plan round it, and I bet it will be better when I do get a GP appointment, and then it will come back.

I used a fantastic physio (privately) with my SPD/PGP. She specialises solely in pelvic area and was brilliant. She is private but I had 2 sessions (after having about 10 with an nhs one who did nothing) and was totally "cured". She's in the South West if you wanted contact details

What works for me are deep muscle exercises such as Pilates and yoga. However, this is all done under the supervision of a good physio which it took me a while to find. Good luck.

total sympathy

i had spd fairly severly with all 3 dc's, getting worse each time - with dc3 it was literally crippling and I was so unhappy.

However, with me it disappeared as soon as I gave birth, it's awful that you're still suffering so much

I had accupuncture which helped greatly - could you try that? Maybe get a referral from your GP? And you need the srongest pain killers you can get.

Sorry I can't offer you more help. Just wanted to acknowledge your pain. I totally understand.

If you've got the money you can just phone a private physiotherapist and make an appointment, you shouldn't need a referal if you're paying. As a guideline my phsio charges £56 for an initial hour long appointment and £44 for follow up half hour appointments. Not sure what sort of comments you're expecting, or why your DP's ex being unable to walk should be relevant, but I know some people can be weird (and extremely rude) so it might be a good idea to have your response prepared just in case. I hope it gets sorted in time for your wedding, good luck!

YANBU. I was just the same. Got very, very frustrated. Then I got desperate and shelled out for a chiropractor, which was the best decision I ever made, am back to normal (or normal for 39 weeks pregnant) after less than 3 weeks.

Private is out of the question I think, at least for the moment. Maybe it could be my luxury after the wedding?

Can I take the coedine from when I was pregnant and still breastfeed? I found that I couldn't look after DD1 when I took them though as they made me too dizzy so, until I was at the point of not being able to talk or walk myself to the loo (at which point I decided enough was enough) I used to ration them so I was only on the full dosage for night-time and a blissful druggy almost painfree afternoon nap.

Oestopath or chiropractor. If you're on the pill or coil this can make it worse because of the hormones. I used to wear a 'panty girdle' now called contol pants with a thick sanitary towel, it helped to cushion everything.