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At 39+3, if your SPD is unbearable....

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 08:58

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flightattendant · 06/05/2007 09:07

Poor you!! Can't advise but I'm sure somebody will...Lulu are you there??!!!

Hope you still manage to have HB...

DANCESwithaFewExtraPounds · 06/05/2007 09:08

No advice but sympathies from me.

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 09:20

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flightattendant · 06/05/2007 09:27

It must feel very scary to already be in pain before it all starts..! I don't think it will be as bad as you are afraid of. I hope somebody who has experience of this will come along and help ease your mind.
Ouch, tooth trouble as well...just what you needed! )
I have SPD too but it isn't that bad. Another 5 weeks to go so might well be by then!

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 09:30

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preggerspoppet · 06/05/2007 09:46

hi, if you reach your due date (it's quite soon isn't it?) then I'm sure your m/w will give you a sweep, but they only work if your cervix is ripe and ready! it doesn't really induce as such, rather just encourage things along the way.

I can empathise with how you feel as I was like this with my second baby, desperate. but the best advice anyone gave me was to try really hard to relax and wait for it to happen. sounds really daft though I'm sure but there is some logic in being in a relaxed state in order for your body to begin labour.

have you tried litening to relaxation tapes? I find them so helpful in the later stages of pregnancy, they don't have to be pregnancy related, great if they are. it also takes some practice to let your self go and just listen, but well worth a go I reckon...

emmatomATO · 06/05/2007 09:52

I was in your position but with a hospital birth planned. I was so desperate and my mw just mentioned in passing that I could always self-refer to the hospital.

I just never knew I could do this, so the next day I hobbled in and said I needed to have this baby - now. After a talk with the consultant I was booked in the next day to my relief.

I'm just thinking if I could do that then surely you're able to request and get similar things done for you.

Celery · 06/05/2007 09:57

I've had two homebirths with spd - the best position for me, in fact the only position that wasn't excruciating ( I'm talking spd pain here, not cotractions, obviously ) was kneeling on the floor over the sofa. The spd pain wasn't an issue for as long as I was in this position. When I tried to move, it was agony.

preggerspoppet · 06/05/2007 09:57

oh gosh, I think you would have to be very very desperate to have a medical induction as doing so could lead to further intervention and perhaps lasting pelvic problems.

Celery · 06/05/2007 10:00

If you stay at home, you'll be much more in control of what positions you are in - if you go into hospital, you are much more likey to be pressured to labour and birth in a position which is uncomfortable or damaging to your pelvis.

VoodooMama · 06/05/2007 10:00

big hugs best of luck sorry cant be more help.

Muminfife · 06/05/2007 10:14

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 10:17

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 10:19

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preggerspoppet · 06/05/2007 10:23

I was a total sceptic before I had acupuncture for spd. Now I can't recommend it highly enough, it sorted mine out at 28 weeks. if you do go for accupuncture it is really important to find someone with lots of experience and pref lots of experience of working with pregnancy. also might help to kick things off, if you google it you should find that accupunture has some fantastic results for labour induction.

lulumama · 06/05/2007 10:32

pelvic partnership website

have a look at the site

the SPD should not compromise your birth at all, plenty of women with SPD acheive a vaginal birth,

are you having a pool?

that might help...

and have a look at this too SPD birth info

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 10:47

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 10:49

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lulumama · 06/05/2007 10:51

being mobile, if you can, being comfortbale and being in your own home can all help, gas & air should help too, and maybe being in the bath for early labour, as long as someone can help you get in and out !

NotanOtter · 06/05/2007 10:55

te midwives were very sensitive to my spd ....tbh it was REALLY not an issue.

spd is bad but it is forgotten in labour!

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Summerfruit · 06/05/2007 10:57

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ceolas · 06/05/2007 10:58

Sympathies, summerfruit. Fingers crossed all goes well, and quickly!

Muminfife · 06/05/2007 11:28

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flightattendant · 06/05/2007 11:39

That sounds really cool, MuminFife - so a chiropractor is the way to go? I didn't realise it would be just one session and be so cheap...I too was told several weeks ago, that even if I did go to GP and get referred for physio, the waiting list was huge so might not get seen in good time to help. (they do up you a bit if you're preggo)

Anyway having been told that I didn't bother, as I was 29 weeks and the only way to even get to GP was to walk...too painful!

flightattendant · 06/05/2007 11:39

Sorry meant Osteopath!

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