Sciatica, SPD, something else?

[Rockchick1984]

I'm 17 weeks with dc2 and for the last 2 days have had bad pain in my right bum cheek It literally feels like someone is twisting a knife into it, and the more I do, the more it hurts. I had similar pain with ds1 but only at about 39 weeks so I'd presumed it was him pressing on a nerve or something, but it feels to early to be that this time.

Anyone know what this is likely to be, and what I can do to ease it?

Try going on your knees and putting your arms on the floor, so you are in a cat position and raise and lower your back and bum.
This worked when I had it, I was slightly over 20 weeks.

Thanks Yellow, will give that a try. How long did it last for you, if you don't mind me asking?

Sounds like SPD to me u should probably speak to your midwife about it xx

I have this too and I think its the piriformis muscle. One exercise I do is this : Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet on the floor. Raise leg on the affected side and put your foot on the other knee so it forms a triangle. stretch your knee away from you and you should feel a pull in your bum cheek, then raise both legs towards you, you can hug the thigh of the supporting leg, if that makes any sense at all.

If its the piriformis thats hurting you you should feel it stretching out with this exercise. Sorry for garbled explanation.

Here:

www.spine-health.com/fig-19-hip-and-knee%E2%80%94supine-piriformis-stretch

Does it go down your leg? If so it's likely to be sciatica. I've got the same. Very painful - trying to rest on the other side helps.

If it continues I'd see the GP for a referral to physio though. You're very early on - I'm 32 weeks now and it started a week or 3 ago, I think from the pressure of the baby onto the nerve.

Apologies rockchick, dealing with 8 week old Ds. That particular pain generally went away with exercise but if it carries on, get a referral for physio. I got spd later on in my pregnancy but this could be to do with my hypermobility which makes my ligaments basically turn into chewing gum.
But do all the stretches as it may be the baby lying on a nerve.