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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

SPD (Pelvic Pain)

14 replies

Aurora365 · 05/12/2011 16:50

Hi there!

I am interested to learn how to cope with SPD and whether there are different techniques alternative etc, out there to get you through the day and night?
An osteopath has created more problems then necessary.

Thanks!

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CarolCervix · 05/12/2011 17:28

get a referral to a physio who will do hands on manipulation.

and look at the pelvic partnership

Aurora365 · 05/12/2011 17:30

Thanks for that.

I have just found that link myself :)

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Imnotaslimjim · 05/12/2011 17:31

My biggest problem was sleeping. I was in constant pain but being able to get up through the day adn move about did ease it a little. Lying in bed made me sieze up and getting up as hell. I found sleeping sat up with a pillow under my knees to lock the pelvis made a big difference.

Get as much help from family as you can, I didn't have much support and DH nearly lost his job as he took so much time off

CarolCervix · 05/12/2011 17:33

ad if anyone tells you it is because of 'hormones' or 'relaxin' tell them that is bollocks and to go and do some up to date research.

mediawhore · 05/12/2011 17:45

You may find physio is useless - I know I have (they literally gave me a leaflet about it, a leaflet for the belt and some crutches).

I have coped by whinging constantly to anyone in earshot and taking copious amounts of paracetemol. ANd sitting on my arse, whinging.

CarolCervix · 05/12/2011 17:46

a leaflet is not going to fix you. you need hands on physio manipulation.

CarolCervix · 05/12/2011 17:47

and there is no point lobbing a belt around an out of line pelvis. it needs to be lined back up first, then belted.

Aurora365 · 05/12/2011 17:51

I've had a friend try Neuro Skeletal Re Alignment therapy, which she tells me is no manipulation and worked wonders for her.

Has anyone tried alternative therapies?

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goodnightmoon · 06/12/2011 12:16

my fantastic osteopath has kept me going since it kicked in at 14 weeks while the physio i saw twice on the nhs was really useless and seemed to make things worse.
the good news from me is that it's actually gotten better in the later weeks of pregnancy than it was in the 20-33 week range. (I'm now 38 and a half weeks). I have hardly any back or hip pain now, just a bit in my groin and trouble sleeping and rolling over. That's probably rare because in my first pregnancy it only kicked in at the end, but in the meantime I'm enjoying feeling like a normal person albeit not totally nimble with this big bump.

Listzilla · 06/12/2011 13:31

What is it, if it's not relaxin that causes it? Not that it makes any difference to the pain, I'm just curious!

SwanseaMum · 06/12/2011 17:37

Hiya all can I join you?
I had spd in my second pregnancy. it was hell, i had a fab physio who i saw every 2 weeks any weekly near the end. It came on from 12weeks with me i was so unlucky.
Worse than that tho is i am now having my 3rd and I am only 9weeks and I think it is starting again. I have got pain in the dimples in my lower back which is were i had it last time :(

notcitrus · 06/12/2011 17:57

Thing is, it can be caused solely by too much relaxin (hormone), though this is uncommon - usually it's partly that and partly the pelvis slipping out of alignment. In the latter case physio manipulation and exercises can help a lot, as can some osteopaths. But if it's the former, then all you can do is cope.

My first pregnancy - my great osteo and an expert NHS physio both confirmed my pelvis was perfectly aligned which meant there was sod all they could do apart from talk to my work, ban me from commuting, suggest some exercises, offer a support belt, tell me where I could get a wheelchair, and reassure me it should get better soon after birth, especially if I came to their postnatal exercise classes. Which it did, luckily, as three months of using a wheelchair was a right pain.

Currently in 2nd pregnancy, 29 weeks, had really bad SPD pain at 8 weeks (only began at 16 weeks last time), was very worried, but this time the same NHS physio team have manipulated me and put me on a strict exercise regime, and I can walk 2 miles a day - slowly and carefully, but that's a huge difference to being reliant on a wheelchair to go 100 yards!

It probably helps that this time I know all the stuff in the leaflets - pace myself, keep my knees together at all times especially in bed and when walking, take lifts/buses whenever I can, clench my buttocks and lower abdominal muscles when getting up/down or walking, etc.

I hope you have an NHS obstetric physio team as good as mine, but if they say it can't be fixed they aren't necessarily wrong!
Also you can be prescribed codiene with your paracetamol which I'm allowed 60mg 4x daily, and used that much last time, but this time I only use it to help me sleep - getting a decent 6 hours sleep makes everything more bearable.

Good luck!

SwanseaMum · 06/12/2011 19:01

Thank you so much i really wasn't sure if it would come on this early so at least i know i am not crazy now :)
It just seems to have come from nowhere. won't see my mw till next week so i will mention it to her.
Thanks again x

thebean82 · 07/12/2011 07:01

I would definitely recommend acupuncture! I have had spd since 20 weeks (now 39) and nothing worked at all. A few sessions with the women's health Physio at the hospital and my life was transformed! I went from utter agony - not being able to walk at all - awful pain to only occasional pain and no where near as bad (even as I've got heavier and the baby has moved down). You need to push for it though as its not offered routinely!

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