Ligament damage on pubic bone.

[candr]

Well really it feels like I have been kicked in the crotch - hard! Was told it was ligament damage from DS birth and would get worse during pregnancy -it has! Am now 32weeks.
It hurts when moving around but night time lying down is the worst. Is really painful when I move my legs and try to turn over in bed. Any ideas how to get some sleep and if anyone has had this did it make birth more painful than last time.

Hi, sorry no up to date info as my pregnancies are far behind me but sound like SPD.
There are quite a few threads with good practical info.
Alert your midwife or obgyn as you may need to reajust your birth plan.
Really feel for you. It left me crippled at the end of my 1sr pregnancy. My 2nd was better managed with hindsight and i was very fit and active throughout with a totally natural birth.
Keep well!

Sounds classic SPD, get yourself to the GP or a private physio if you can afford it (much quicker and they should at least offer to try to help, unlike NHS)

I sleep with a huge U shaped pillow I got from amazon for about £40, it's a lifesaver. Incredibly comfy and you can get it between your legs from knee to foot as advised. Nothing will stop the pain when you move about in bed IME but physio should ease it. I also have a sacro iliac support belt and a wheat pack which I use hot on the pubic joint when it's particularly bad

HTH

SPD. If you can afford it, a memory foam topper for your mattress might help - IKEA sell decent ones for £140 at the top of their range. You can also get a support belt for your pelvis that holds everything together. Useful in the day as well as the night.

The Pelvic Partnership offers a lot of brilliant advice. It does normally go after birth if you're careful about safe distance between your knees, keeping everything as level as possible (lifts not stairs, sitting down to dress, etc etc). It hurts like hell, though, I know. I found moving very little helped as it reduced the strain on my pelvis - I'm usually really active!

The good news is it can actually make birth easier, or so my physio told me. My labour was certainly shelling peas, as soon as the latent stage ended. Plenty of room for him to get out! Just make sure the SPD is on your notes and the birth partner knows to insist on the safe knee separation distance, and exams are with you on your side and not legs apart on your back. But the looser, hyper-mobile joints help create room in the pelvis for the baby to exit - that's why we have all the relaxin (hormone) causing the SPD and why we have all those joints in the first place. Our hormones/joints are just a bit over-enthusiastic!