How long does spd last after the birth?

[Queenmarigold]

I am 6 weeks post. Horrendous birth, truly horrific . Bad hip pains since October to the point where I couldn't walk in nov, dec and jan. never bothered to get it diagnosed officially as had lots of complications and priority was babies at that point.
However- surely it should be improving by now? It isn't. I can now walk big my hips are still so very sore. Anyone have similar experience?

BUT hips still so sore..

Mine was gone immediately after birth. I think you should get it checked out.

Sorry to hear about your horrific birth. I had one of those, too

Mine was straight away, just had pain at the time of month. But mine was more in pelvis and I didn't breast feed, as breast feeding makes it carry on.

Ask for GP referral to obstetric physio - make sure it's obstetric/women's not general. There are things you can do to help, exercise, postural things, with the right guidance. (I had PGP/SPD with both pregnancies. It went within days of my first birth; I'm still not quite right - but lots better than I would have been without the physio - two years after my second.)
Also, the general advice in this leaflet is brilliant.

Hope you feel better soon.

I am an extreme case, but my DS2 is 16 and I still have it. I have had to have major operations on the front and back of my pelvis and can not walk unaided. Mine will never go away!

I think you should see an osteopath, if you get no relief from them go to your GP and request he sends you for flamingo view X rays of your pelvis.

I hope you get some relief soon.

Honestly? Mine lasted about a year after birth but was slowly improving the whole time. Lots of cake gentle exercise helped.

Mine went almost immediately, sorry to hear you're still in pain.

Mine improved significantly within 2 months but I still (10mths on) have residual issues and inflamed ligaments (according to osteopath). I'm still bf and will be for a while longer and I know it won't improve any more until I stop bf and no longer have the same levels of relaxin in my body.

Pilates has helped a lot with rebuilding my core strength.

Sounds like you need to see someone and be checked out though.

I had a very odd hip pain (on my right hip) that started soon after I had my 3rd child. I felt it whenever I had to bend over, like when I bend over to shower and wash my then-toddler daughter over the bathtub. I thought it was the position of my legs or something, so I tried bending my legs more, straightening them more, wiggling my hips a bit, etc. Nothing worked. And the worse thing was once that pain struck, it was quite painful and I would usually finish whatever I was doing and then limp a little back to back. A bit of bed rest, maybe 10 minutes of lying down or sitting up on bed with legs stretched out, back propped up with pillows, seemed to help make the pain go away.

This went on for months. In fact, I don't think it truly went away until I started a proper exercise regime about a year or so down the line. I'm still not sure what it was. I think it felt a bit like my hip dislocating or something, and I carried my 3rd child very low (with each subsequent child, I carried the baby lower and lower) and I think it might have something to do with that.

Sorry, lots of typos in my previous post.
Should read :
..... like when I bent over to shower and wash my then-toddler daughter...

...and then limp a little back to bed.

My youngest is 26mths and mine still plays up sometimes esp when my period is due.

Wearing tight jeans/control type pants helps as it gives pelvis more stability.

Also doing core exercises and pelvic floor exercises.

Watch how you move, knees together etc.

Get a referral for physio.

Did you say babies? So twins? Congratulations on their arrival!