SPD and labour

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

I keep being told by midwife and osteopath that my labour shouldn't be impeded by the SPD but after a really agonising day today I'm so worried that I won't be able to cope. Supposed to be having a homebirth.

Please tell me your experiences of giving birth when you've had SPD

Coped great for the first 12 hours, 6 of those in birthing pool which was wonderful. It was less good after that and I did move from the MLU down to the delivery suite for an epidural, but it's very rare for SPD to get worse in labour like mine did

On the plus side, I recovered really quickly - took a couple weeks for the SPD to go properly so some help for that period might be an idea, but after that I just built up walking regularly - my vagina and all was fine two days after birth!

Are you on maternity leave yet? I found I coped much better once I didn't have to really do anything other than be pregnant. Anything you need can be bought online! :)

I didnt notice my SPD at all when I was in labour! I kept active throughout and had no problems walking at all.

I will never forget after having dd2 I carried the wash basket upstairs with no problems! I was so happy that I could do it again.

Good luck

really good to know - thankyou. I'm feeling much better today so think I might have just pushed myself too much yesterday, a night of lying down has helped a lot.

Midwife confirmed that she didn't think the SPD should impact on labour at all either - I birthed DS in 3.5hours last time so at least even if the SPD is there, I won't have to deal with it for too long

I had a home birth with ds1, I had spd but the labour was fine.
Good luck.

thanks - had a homebirth with DS too and had mild SPD towards the end, but it's been much more severe this time which has put me into a panic because I really don't want to go to hospital unless it's a medical emergency

3 HB with SPD.

1st: didn't really notice pain wise, but mentally fixed to spot because I didn't want to aggravate it by moving

2nd: water birth. Bliss - I could move in the water, I was far more mobile than on land

3rd: going great guns in water until baby dropped down into my pelvis with a tilted head, thus jamming my pelvis "open" Fuck me that hurt. And stalled labour - I wasn't going to progress because IT HURT. I had G&A (unlike HB #1 & #2) and spent a lot of time wailing - and refusing to go up the stairs sideways My SPD had taken years months to go after previous pg and I couldn't walk upstairs while pregnant let alone in labour with my pelvis jammed open. That midwife really annoyed me. Luckily her colleague was brilliant and unflappable, DC was well, she corrected a cervical lip once they'd finally convinced me to get out of the pool, DC still ok... they wrapped me in blankets on the sofa on my side, gave me the G&A and some head space, and eventually MW "chinned" DC out.

So in my experience, SPD can make no - and all- the difference. I'm lucky dc4 was born at home with a confident IM - a stalled labour like that in hospital would probably end in CS. And if I hadn't had such a "I am woman" labour with DC3 and expected the same with dc4, my feelings would be very different.