Pubic bone pain

[toomuchtooyoung]

Sorry if this is a daft question, but does pain in the pubic bone area mean spd?

During labour with dc1 I had pain there, rather than where I was expecting it in my back. Tens did nothing, hot baths helped, diamorphine in hospital didn't touch the sides and epi didn't always work in one leg.

Dc2 due soon and induction booked for Wednesday. Have been experiencing same kind of pubic bone/pelvis grinding sensation since about 34 weeks, but not painful enough to stop squatting, knees apart etc. Walking can be v uncomfortable but I just slow down.

Being 2nd dc haven't exactly been closely monitored by mw, seen gp more often who told me all normal some women just experience pain in different areas.

Worrying myself silly now about induction and possibility of drugs not working. Can you tell I've not had much sleep lately!

I had lots of pelvic pain while pregnant but presume I didnt have spd - it didnt completely floor me anyhow. By 34 weeks I was getting to the stage where anything requiring effort was very difficult anyway! I know everyone is different but keep badgering them if you have an epidural and it doesnt work - Took three attempts to get mine going but my God the relief when it actually did!!!!

Sounds like you do definitely have Pelvic Girdle Pain. I suggest you look here for some advice about safe and comfortable birthing positions:

www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk/pregnancy-and-birth-with-pgp/how-will-i-get-my-baby-out.html

Also, be sure to write Pelvic Girdle Pain all over your birth plan. Try opening your legs and see how far you can open them without any pain. That's your 'safe gap'. Measure it and get a piece of string (I'm serious!) to loop around your legs during labour. DON'T use stirrups and be aware that interventions can make things worse. If you are still having pain after birth, see a specialist physio, chiropractor or osteopath. All the best :)

It's fine to open my knees as far as they go, two sweeps in the past week so no problems there. It's the fact that I only got the pain in the pubic/pelvic bone area, with nothing in my back that confused me.

This time I know what's coming so will definitely be more forceful with demands for topping up epidural. When it did work it was bliss, but when it didn't!!!

Anyone else or am I just an oddity?

I would say that if you are still squatting/opening your legs wide without pain then it's not SPD. These are two big no nos with SPD, it can do irreversible damage to your pelvis to do such.
It sounds to me (I'm not a proffessional, so just my opinion) that it's probably to do with baby lower in your pelvis causing the pain? Maybe have a chat with your midwife and see what she suggests.

It is possible to have SPD without pain opening your legs. I did. Although really this is why more and more people are referring to Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) rather than SPD, simply because it's a wider term. I thought like you that because opening my legs was fine, I didn't have SPD, but I was on crutches from 35 weeks. I second the advice to look at the PG website and also see if you can get an urgent physio referral.

This is interesting. I'm having first DC and am 22 weeks. I've got some pubic bone pain. I've had it since about 16 weeks I think. It's not agony but getting out of bed can be a bit sore. It's been helped massively by sleeping with my dream genie long pillow.

I'm a bit worried after seeing the post above that you can do permanent damage. Will speak to the midwife. I just assumed it was part of the whole thing but is that not right?

Some pelvic pain is just a normal part of pregnancy yes. So don't worry by my comment. Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction is a condition which causes excessive movement of the symphysis pubis (joint in your pelvis) which is what causes the pain in the pelvis. If your pelvis is already misaligned or the gap has opened a large amount then squatting and opening your legs beyond your comfort zone can indeed make the problem worse. But good management of spd can reduce the symptoms a lot and hopefully it should disappear after birth (unfortunately not so in my case)

Ah mrs paynie - thank you. That is realty helpful. Hope you're not living up to your name too much and are ok.