SPD. Nearing the end. Active or rest?

[belindarose]

I'm almost 38 weeks. SPD much worse over this weekend and feels bad today. I have a support belt which has been helpful up to now. Does 'resting' (as far as you can with a nearly 3 yo) help much, or is staying active through the pain okay? I mean walking the dog rather than running up mountains.

I am 28 weeks and spoke with my midwife about SPD last week. She said that the only way to handle it was rest. Whilst you're 38 weeks, your pregnancy can go on for a few more weeks and managing the pain through rest is probably still a good idea.

My experience with SPD is that too much of either rest (ie sitting in wrong positions, sitting for too long) or too much exercise both make it worse.

I think the ideal is to keep your pelvis moving but not to over stretch it. Short walks on flat ground and perhaps then sitting on a ball (keeps it all moving nicely) at the table to do colouring or something with the 3yo is good mix. Any form of sitting on the floor, too much sofa time kills me!

Good luck!

Thanks. Yes, a gentle mixture of both sounds sensible, and necessary. You're right, sofa sitting is SO bad! Dining chairs much better. DD wants to do 'sticking'. Hurray...!

exactly what gingerbread said, too much sitting or lying in one position not good, too much walking (or running after a toddler!) not good either.

be very caerful about sitting on a sofa, not good for spd, if you have a birth ball sit on that instead :)

btw its common for sofas to not help spd, modern sofas are not good for posture etc and the postion we often adopt on them is a pita for spd, ideally you need to be able to sit so your feet are flat on the floor, knees together etc.

Definitely a mixture of both. Definitely not walking a 3 mile round trip to the park/shops pushing 3yo in buggy then spending the next day on the couch

Take it steady, keep your hips well supported, you're on the home stretch now. And in my experience it disappears the moment the baby arrives

Last time it disappeared straight after birth, fortunately. I remembered how bad pushing trolleys is yesterday! DD doesn't use a pushchair so haven't been doing that. Unfortunately the birthing ball causes too much excitement for DD and dog, so I use that in the evenings!

Might forgo the walk (he likes long ones!) and play in the garden instead.

Its so awful isnt it, I remember getting up from the dining table at a friends once and thought my bones were goign to collapse I swear the pain was just as painful as labour pains!

I had to be referred by the GP to hospital - I think she felt sorry for me as when I was called it took me over 10 mins to walk to her office! I was sent within 3 days to the hosp for physo, was given a bandage type support and had to do exercises at night, the minute I gave birth it all disappeared! If you are struggling get referred immediately by GP Midwife cant refer

Agree with gingerbread as well - if i overdo it with my 2 1/2 year old then I am in agony and yet if I rest all day I get too stiff. The chart given to me by my physio recommends gentle movement. I really regret spending so much time on the sofa until I had advice on this, I think the slouching into it put baby in ROP (back-to-back) position and made my SPD worse!

I am 39 weeks with SPD and mine also flared up big time over the weekend because I did too much walking. I have spent as much time as possible today lying on my side with my preg pillow between my legs and it is a lot better already, so in my experience I say rest is the best thing! Difficult with a 3 year old though!!