SPD and keeping active - how do you do it?!

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I'm 26 weeks and have recently started to get quite unpleasant pain in my pubic bone - I'm told this is SPD. I had it right at the end of my pregnancy with my dd so I'm a bit worried that this has started with 3 months left to go. I've ordered one of the serola belts on the advice of a physio but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Anyway, until now I'd been doing one gym session a week and 3 or 4 walks just to keep active (and the Jaffa cake calories at bay), but it hurts to walk so I just don't know what to do now. Please can anyone tell me about their experiences with SPD and how on earth you kept moving?! Also, if you had it quite early, did the pain stay the same/get worse/get better? Any advice would be really appreciate, 3 months is a long time to sit on my bum and feel sorry for myself.

Hello

I got it qite bad about 3 weeks ago- 27w.
Since then it got better. Just by avoiding typically SPD iritating movements and doing gentle excercises my physio gave me. I am wearing belt too, but not every day.

I had pain while walking but it went away by just one physio session. So now I am doing lots of walking as exercise and prenatal yoga. I do all exercises in my yoga class as my physio said I can do anything what doesnt irritate and I did not have problems except this week when I felt one particular excercise flared it up a bit. But I have no pain opening my legs, unlike other people.

I feel especially the physio exercises helped lots, he gives me every week harder ones.

Unfortunatelly I am not trying to do bellydance anymore to be on the safe side, that is the reason I got SPD in first place as my hips are very loose from years of bellydance trainig. Im sure my first SPD flare up was related to some dancing I did at home.

I think you need to first come back on the level where you are able to walk relatively pain free. Do exercises at home.
You can still do pregancy yoga or pilates as far as you avoid certain movements.

I had it with my dd, and have had it with this pregnancy although got it a lot earlier at around 8 weeks. I got an immediate referral for physio which I have every other week. It's helped massively as by the end with dd I could hardly walk.

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Def more mobile this time however- gym and walking is a BAD thing to be doing and if you want to keep it at bay, I'm afraid I'd stop. I know if I do too much ( even going to do food shop) I pay for it and am in a lot of pain. I'd also get a physio referral ASAP.
I have a 14 month old so it's been challenging but I've managed much better than I expected and it's def been down to the physio. I'm nearly 35 weeks now and still coping ok- but I think what helps is I've learnt what I can/ can't do and haven't pushed myself. I've been able to manage it better by taking it wash this time.
Listen to your body. Yes 3 months is a long time but........ 3 months doing less and being in less pain is better than pushing yourself, trying to do too much and being in pain.

When I had the first stirrings of it I didn't realise it was anything out of the ordinary, and kept walking a few miles a day. Then ended up on crutches. Really, don't overdo it physically. It sucks but losing a bit of fitness is still better than making the SPD a lot worse.

Another woman in my antenatal class had it too and found swimming to be really good - I can't swim so obviously couldn't try it, but might be worth looking into.

Please please lay off the gym and long walks. I ended up on crutches too after ignoring this. Take it easy.
If you do swim no breaststroke.