38 weeks plus a day or two: is it normal to not be able to walk?

[macneil]

Everyone has told me stories about how they knew someone who was at work till the last minute, or was playing tennis until her waters broke (and winning). But if I walk even for ten minutes these days, then rest, when I try to get up again, the pain between my legs is excruciating, I can barely move. Am I the world's feeblest pregnant woman? My c-section is scheduled for Friday, so it's too late to worry about the pregnancy itself, and I'm otherwise healthy, the baby kicks all day long. I just wondered, because no one really seems to talk about it, if other people felt this pain, and if so whether they just waddled through it stoically, or yelled out loud, or sat still all day. Or had no pain? I believe I complain more than any other pregnant woman I have ever met. So... are you all feeling it and being really brave, or not feeling it?

hmm
could be SPD, just coming on quite late? I had loads of pain towards the end, this pregnancy it has already started much earlier (around 25 weeks) which worries me a bit...

But, whilst I don't think it's neccesarily normal, it IS quite common. Roll on Friday eh?

It definitely sounds like SPD (Symphasis Pubis Dysfunction), macneil. Is this your first baby? If so then can come on later ... With my first it started at around 35 weeks ... with my second it started at around 19 weeks .
With DS it went as soon as the baby was born but with DD it took a bit longer after the birth to go away ...

I was pathetic in the last weeks of my pregnancy with DD ... We went to the zoo when I was 38 weeks pg and I shuffled round like a 90 year old lady, with frequent sit down stops. The only thing that kept me going was that I was wearing a great maternity skirth that was a sort of 'pencil' skirt (stretchy tummy obviously) ... not that flattering with my big bum but it kept my knees together and helped the pain.

Really the way to cope with the pain as much as possible is to keep your knees together - it is the 'scissor' action of your legs when you walk and turn over in bed that is agony isn't it?

My sympathies to you ...

yes, I think that's what's happening to me - only got it really late on first time, much earlier this time. Grim, grim, grim.

Oh, I've never heard of SPD. This is what comes from not going to any pre-natal classes and burying my head in the sand because pregnancy frightens me. I've had it for a couple of weeks, but haven't been walking like - as you say - an old lady until now, really. Many thanks for the information - am off to Prof Google to understand more.

And yes, this is the first. I have a kind of metal stud in my pelvis that means I can't give birth naturally, and I was wondering if that was pushing the baby into a weird place.

oh I hadn't heard of it either until I saw it on Mumsnet
if the search function is working (I can never make it work), there's lots about it on here

Fab, I've tabbed about 20 discussions about it - my favourite title being the deliciously named, 'SPD caused by cake-eating (according to my father).

oh genius - must go and read that one - what a typical dad comment

Basically your hormones are relaxing the ligaments around your pubic area in order to get you ready for birth. For a select few (lucky us [NOT]) this goes into over drive and 'over loosens' the ligaments and softens the bones too ... which is ironic for me (and your mcneil) as I can't seem to give birth naturally anyway

LOL at cake eating comment ... sort of thing my mother would say. She is convinced that my children were huge because I ate too much .... which is rubbish isn't it really as I know teeny women who had large babies and large women who had teeny babies ...

I'm The Littlest Boho, and I claim my prize for being the world's feeblest pregnant woman!!LoL!

From Tankgirl to The Little Matchstick girl in 7 short months See her grunt like a constipated pig as she puts her shoes/pants/socks on! Marvel at the spectacle of her trying to get up out of the sitting/lying position! Watch in awe as she tries to walk any more than 20yards!! Be amazed as she tries to cling desperately to her old life!! Never before has the world witnessed such a display of freefalling into patheticness.

Coming to a uterus near you SOON!!

Think that about covers it

tlb.xx

Ah yes does sound like SPD
Had to lay down for last 2 weeks of 1st pregnancy.
Was immobile for last 6 weeks of 2nd preg - but had bad lower back and groin pain from 25 wks.
this time have had SPD confirmed and from 16 wks
An osteopath has helped me but by far the biggest help has being having appendicitis at 21 wks pregnant, 2 weeks of being waited on hand and foot - no driving, no hoovering, no shopping, no carrying dd, no pram pushing
I feel normal (ok appendectomy was sheer hell but relief from SPD is truly appreciated)
Hope you get thrrough to the birth ok and that it disappears as soon as baby is out!
Good luck for FRiday

and the weight things is BALLS
I am 25 wks and have not put on anything well maybe 500gms only