spd in labour

[mumtoo3]

I am preg with dc4, but not due until the end of july, I am going to see the consultant in a few weeks. Need opinons on what to do - dc3 had epidural put in place and then the induction started, spd was more painful than labour itself, I get pre ecl, gest diab, and get induced at 37 weeks!!! I also have rapid labours first contraction to delivery 3 hours each! I am not allowed a home birth or a water birth, and must have monitoring all the time!

does this sound like a good plan to have an epidural then the induction start? I am worried about this as when i delivered dc3, something went inside and spd was really painful for 2 years after!

any suggestions????

thank you for reading

Wow, am completely overwhelmed by everything you are putting up with, I wish I could say something helpful other than good luck!

Yep - get epidural in place before they start the induction for sure! But also make sure severe SPD is included on your notes, together with the distance that you can safely open your legs without pain. Make sure your birth partner knows about this and actively champions for your throughout your labour about your SPD difficulty - most important for transition stage and don't, whatever you do, put your legs on MW to push! Worse thing for SPD and often the cause of problems for years after.

Signed an SPD veteran!

thank you so much feel like crying I know when I had dc3, that the midwife had hold of my right leg as I was lying on my left side as the babys head was not quite in the best position! would this have caused all the problems???

Also the 'something going' meant that when i delivered her, you feel relief when the head is out but once she was out something inside collapsed and that was what was so painful and it was 'boney'! any ideas what it was????

xxx

Your pelvis shifting would be my guess. You poor thing. Get thee to a private physio - it will help before birth. x

thank you at least i can say that to the consultant in a few weeks, i will get a referal to physio so should be in with them by 20ish weeks, is a private physio better? has anyone tried an osteopath or chiropractor?

am willing to try anything to prevent this happening again

xxx

Have a look at the "pelvic partnership" website - really, really helpful! It has loads of good points to put on your birth plan / make midwives & consultants aware of etc, as well as tips and tricks for during / after labour etc.
Good luck. (Am about to head into labour #2 with SPD) xx

Definitely make sure that your legs are not opened more than is safe/comfortable for you. One way to do this is to take some ribbon, wrap it around your knees and tie off at the comfortable point. Take this to hospital so that they can see - you can even demonstrate to them. (hope that makes sense)

Has a c-section been sugested to you? I had an elective CS at 38 weeks with DD precisely because of severe SPD.

Definitely get a good chiroprator too. I went in on crutches for my first appointment and walked out without them.

I had spd and felt "wierd" after dd popped out. my GP referred me to physio when dd was 4months and I was unable to hop or kick or steer the double pushchair. magic. nice easy exercises which sorted me out.

I had spd for both pregnancies, with my ds it was so bad i was on crutches from 18 wks gest and was seeing physio every 2 weeks. I gave birth to him on my knees,and hanging on the bedhead and it was the easiest labour (3 pushes and he was out ) i found that i could get my legs to a comfortable width apart, without worrying about moving them further apart.
I wish you the best of luck
x x x

I have hypermobility syndrome - HMS - it makes my joints move more than they should. It already effected my hips before I became pregnant and the hormones and the weight makes it worse and is very similar to SPD.

My regular phisio mentioned that you can end up with a misaligned pelvis (That point in the middle where the connective tissue helps your pelvis move to get the baby out) - thats the same for SPD as it is for HMS.

An appointment with a phisio as soon as you can get after the birth is best treatment. If you are misaligned it can do damage not being treated - but can be treated very effectivly, so I am told.

Though I have been told it should make the birth easier as long as you are managed properly and in the correct position, I wouldn't know - I've never done this before.

Interestingly quick labours are another HMS thing. Do your joints normally click/pop/hurt/move?