severe hip pain in 3rd trimester - symphis pubis? spent all day limping what do I do?

[VoodooCoconut]

It is becoming worse and worse, affected me today everytime I walked anywhere. Who else had this, did you buy a corset thing or see a physio? any tips? will it get better or worsen?

I am 32 wks with baby number 2. Never had any symptoms like it with dd.

When you say hip pain, could it be your sciatic nerve? Very common and usually goes away after childbirth.

I found daily walking (but not TOO FAR) to help. If I didn't walk, it was bad, if I walked to far, it was bad but if I walked just a bit, it helped. That and a nice warm bath. And strangely enough, if you slap it (or get someone else to do it for you) that helps the muscles relax. not wanting to sound kinky though!

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just been googling it, the Johnsons baby pages were very interesting, they said to see your doctor asap, well I told mine about 2 months ago and she told me nothing could be done..but the website said early treatment was preferential to avoid further pain? why did my doctor not do anything?

mine hurts most walking, climbing stairs and in bed at night, but if I keep moving like I do at work (part time retail, I finish next week for mat. leave) it just flares up occasionally then doesnt bother me.

the slapping sounds fun...more fun than wearing a girdle..

it will get worse
the corset/ belt thing helpful, but not brilliant.
get someone to have number one for as manyhourse of theday as you can. and rest rest rest.
also, when getting in and out of car, do it like the celbrities, keep legs together. dont move one leg independabtly of the other. is murder.
as little stair climbing as possible.
do not get into and out of a bath, unless sitting, and with legs together, swinging both in and out together.
is very very painful, but it should pass

thankyou I will try the celebrity car manouvering!! too scared to try and have a bath; half the time it takes 5 minutes to just stand up off the toilet

I had this when I was pregnant with my second baby. I had my two children with just a year's age gap which I don't think helped. It got worse towards the end of my pregnancy and even worse after I had given birth. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, it may not be the same thing. Although I did see a physio, it didn't help and just had to repair itself slowly which took about 4 weeks after the birth. Sorry, you probably really didn't want to know that :-) I hope you feel better and good luck with your baby.

voodoo, whatever, you do, dont dismiss it, or let anyone else dismiss it either, it is a serious thing. dont scare yourself with horror stories, but know this, finding yourself on crutches, and being in a wheelchair are not out of the realms of possibility. hopefully it wont get that bad, but, if you take it seriously enough, youwill be geting the help you need when you need it. iyswim

Not necessarily symph pubis - I thought I had it in the last 10 weeks or so (walking was tricky, sleeping for more than about half an hour on one side impossible) and so did the midwives, but 2 sessions at the osteopath sorted out my extremely painful hips before my son was born. Absolutely no idea how it works, but it did for me!

Had it, I could literally not willingly put one foot in front of the other when I've been sitting down, they talk about your pubis locking. I went to gp got a referral and had physio from 18 weeks til 6 months after birth of ds. Have it sorted.