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Effects of PGP a year after birth

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Breadandsticks · 22/09/2025 00:56

I had bad pelvic girdle pain during my pregnancy.

It has been over a year later, and honestly my hips are not the same. Sometimes I get a dull ache. The click when I get up from my seat. I thought after giving birth, I would go back to normal, but I worry that I’m “broken”.

Im waiting for a physio referral, so far Ive just been given some exercises. I guess im wondering if feeling hip pain over a year after having a baby is normal.

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Jimmyneutronsforehead · 22/09/2025 01:32

Yes it can be absolutely normal. Having a baby takes a huge toll on your body. Your body has changed, physically, your hips have widened, and everything has to slot back to where it originally was even though everything is a slightly different shape now.

I also had undiagnosed hypermobility postpartum, and it has taken 6 years to get to the bottom of why everything is still hurting, and why the exercises are making things worse not better, so there's a lot you can find out about yourself after having a baby.

Breadandsticks · 23/09/2025 23:20

@Jimmyneutronsforehead thanks for your comment. I just thought everything would feel normal again.

When were you diagnosed and did you have to ask for a referral to have your case looked at. At the moment my GP are only suggesting excercises, and I have pushed for physio but I am waiting. However it would be great to understand what’s going on with my body. My hips click everytime I stand up, I just feel like I need to continue being careful and I don’t want to cause any issues lo no term.

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Jimmyneutronsforehead · 24/09/2025 00:28

Only recently. I've had symptoms of it all my life. Funny pains as a kid, brushed off as growing pains, subluxing shoulders, told its because I have weak muscle tone and a heavy chest, but when I was pregnant from about 9 weeks I had such bad PGP, and my ligaments went too loose. I went for a walk in Asda, shiny floors, and went from being stiff as a brick to doing ballerina style splits in seconds. I know you produce more elastin when pregnant so I just brushed it off. That did get better post partum but the pain stayed.

In the past 12 months though I have been to first point physio about my arm not working properly, my shoulder getting stiff and not being able to lift my arm higher than a salute, not being able to get tops on and off, pain in my groin/hip, knee pain that never went away with exercises, a subluxing cuboid bone, peroneal tendinitis, and a lifelong pain when trying to grip pens and pencils, or plates, paper bags with no handles etc.

After my 5th physio appointment they said there's no point adding to the list of diagnoses when 1 will do the job. I barely scraped the Beighton test as the joints affected aren't scored for on the Beighton test, but I scored enough to be referred to MSK from first point physio, and I received my diagnosis this past month or so.

I've been on and off with physio all my life though for things like tight hamstrings and loose quads, having a fizzy feeling in my legs, being off balance all of the time, not being able to carry my newborn without significant back pain even with a well fitted carrier.

I think they only took me seriously though after my autism diagnosis as it's a known comorbidity.

AutumnBump · 26/09/2025 19:03

Do you know if the physio is a women’s health physio? Hip issues are often connected to the pelvic floor and a women’s health physio will be able to give you an exam to see if you pelvic floor is possibly too tight which can cause all sorts of issues. The best money I ever spent after my first was on a ‘Mummy MOT’ which sounds naff but was a women’s health physio trained in doing a full
body check including an internal check of the pelvic floor. Picked up issues with my muscles tensing too much to accommodate over flexibility in my hips and I was given exercises which really helped.

Breadandsticks · 28/09/2025 00:05

@AutumnBump i will look this up. I think this is the issue, not quite knowing exactly what I am asking for after the GP palm me off. They are constantly referring me to physio without examining the cause. I’ll look up mummy MOT.

@Jimmyneutronsforehead it’s insane how long it has taken them to take you seriously despite the history. I will look up the Beighton test.

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