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So it's SPD.....

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mandler · 24/05/2007 17:27

Hi, following my post early this week have just found out that I do have SPD. I am 19 weeks and it is so uncomfortable already - really worried about what is to come! Any advice/tips/words of wisdom gratefully accepted...

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Hopeitwontbebig · 24/05/2007 18:30

Hi mandler, I posted on your other thread, sorry to hear that. I too have SPD. What are your symptoms so far? Have you been offered any physio? I'm still waiting for a referral.

Maybe we can be SPD buddies and support each other.

Mine started at the back of my pelvis about a month ago. Main pain I'm having now is in my pubic bones. I find that if I do much walking I pay for it later in the day. I attempted to do some shopping this morning, was fine whilst I was out, had to take baby steps though. But now I'm SORE!

I've been told to try and keep my legs together when getting in and out of the car, getting out of bed etc. Also a pillow between the legs in bed helps. I've heard from other people that physio has worked for them, or an osteopath.

Let us pray we don't end up on crutches!

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mandler · 24/05/2007 19:59

How pg are you? I just hate the not knowing how bad it might get! I guess it is quite mild at the minute, aches mainly at the front of my pelvis. I am going on holiday for a few days next week so the doc said to see if that helps it settle, if not then I will get referred to physio. All I can say is - bum!!

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Hopeitwontbebig · 25/05/2007 10:46

Hey mandler, with you.... bums!!!

I'm coming up to 23 weeks. It started at about 18 weeks or so. It didn't start until the end of my last pregnancy. It's a bit crap it starting this early, but apparently not uncommon.

I'm still trying to chase up a physio referral. I'm also going on holiday next week. Am hoping I will be able to take it easy, but like most holidays, there is an element of walking involved. We're going to france staying in a campsite in a fab carivan mobile home thing, might request that we be sited near all the facilities, hopefully they can accomodate under that circumstances. My DH has a paralysed arm so it's difficult for him to carry stuff etc etc,,,, oh moan moan.

Just remember Mandler, IT'LL BE SO WORTH IT IN THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep in touch x

RnBee · 25/05/2007 11:02

i remember turning over in bed being excruciating hope you get some relief ladies

Hopeitwontbebig · 25/05/2007 11:03

Thanks RnBee ! x

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mandler · 25/05/2007 18:55

God yes turning over in bed....driving DH mad, but hey - I don't care!
I am off on hols too HIWBB, but splashing out on a boutique hotel in Mallorca with food, pool, daybeds and DVD player all within metres of each other! THe doctor seems to think this will help things settle. I have started to look into osteopathy and acupuncture though - I work around the corner from the British School of Osteopahty and they have some expert there. I won't take this lying down (literally!). have a great holiday and take it easy
xx

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CarGirl · 25/05/2007 19:00

key is not to aggrevate it. If the pain gets bad ice back on the pelvic bone (ala cheap frozen peas worked best). Osteopath bad life bearable for me and in the subsequent pregnancies it started much earlier but it never got anywhere near as bad as I didn't do stuff to irritate it etc. The treatment is rest!!!!!!!!! Don't carry children on hip, do one step at a time on the stairs (errrr was going up on my bum at the time), don't kick a football and other such things..........

Beyonceen · 26/05/2007 09:50

I'm 32 weeks and just been given crutches. So unfunny as i have two other children under 5 and one of them is in huge batchelors plasters at the mo. (Timimg was never my forte). The pain has got steadily worse since week 20. Sometimes i can't put weight on my right leg at all (hence the crutches). Got physio right away and each time they manipulate the pelvis to try and re-align the pubic bones. Excruciating afterwards but provides some relief til the next visit. Those oat bags that you heat in the micowave and use like a hot water bottle are brilliant. I sit down A LOT as resting is good. I am also lucky to have 4 amazing sisters close by. ALl the legs together advice is good and yes, turning in bed is scream-out-loud sore. It seems to be more and more common these days. Anyone got any advice on labour. Am totally terrified and thinking of demanding a c section. After two perfect pregs and delivery, I'm out of my depth.

Hopeitwontbebig · 26/05/2007 12:39

Oh, Bey. I do feel for you. I'm scared too about what the next few months have in store for me. At the moment my pain is manageable, but if the end of my last prengnancy is anything to go by I'm worried! I'll be interested to see what advice you get re the birth. Good luck

CarGirl · 26/05/2007 12:48

you should being using cold to relieve pain not warmth I believe as you are trying to reduce inflammination, I think warmth aggrevates it.

Clydesdaleclopper · 28/05/2007 20:54

I'm 24 weeks and have been suffering since I was 15 weeks and I'm already on crutches. However,I have to say the crutches do help to keep the weight off. Rest is the best option. Don't bring your knees up too high, keep your legs together as much as possible and try to make sure that your pelvis isn't tipping out of neutral position because of the bump. Good luck.

dyzzidi · 28/05/2007 21:01

Put a plastic bag on your seat and car seat which makes sliding your legs round to stand up (knees together mind). It was the only way i could get out of my car. I also stopped having a bath as i couldn't get out of it and had to shower instead.

The best thing i found was to go swimming aquanatal classes if you can and stand in the water with it up to your bust. This supports 75% of you body weigh and for a blissful half our the pain just stopped. Swiining around hurt like hell but just kind of lazing aroung in the water was fantastic.

Just one last thing POOR YOU I wouldn't wish SPD on my worst enemy. Oh the pain of turning over in the night and the embarassment of DH having to pick me up of the floor in the middle of the night as my hips kept giving way when i was getting up to pee for the fortieth time every night.

bananabump · 28/05/2007 21:21

Mine started at roughly 15 weeks, was very painful, then seemed to go for quite a while and only return when I walked for more than an hour at a time, which when you have spd you avoid doing!

Now at 30 weeks I made the damn foolish mistake of sleeping on someone's floor the other night with only a thin mattress pad underneath me, and now I'm in PAIN and it's worse than ever. What an idiot.

I've heard that keeping really well hydrated can help, as can wearing silky pyjamas in bed, or sleeping in satin sheets, so it's easier to turn over.

Beyonceen · 29/05/2007 13:36

Brill advice girls thank you. Anyone had a c section due to spd? Or are the midwives telling the truth and it's actually easier because the pelvis is more relaxed?

2boysmacca · 29/05/2007 13:57

No, you can have a natural birth (I opted for a homebirth) - as long as you know your limits on how far you can spread your knees and STICK to it.

I've had SPD with both pregancies and 15 months on, I still suffer, although it's uncomfortable rather than painful nowadays.

During the pregnancy days I used to sit on the birthing ball for comfort (also good for positioning). I found crutches next to useless and belts far too painful as they were constricting little one inside and he used to kick me rotten. I became housebound by about 31 weeks.

I would try and find a pregnancy yoga/pilates class as this has helped no end post natally.

Good luck all, I really really feel for you

mush4brains · 29/05/2007 14:22

THere is an element of truth in the fact that the pelivs has more give due to SPD. I asked for a c-section, would have got it too but was told to read the NICE guidelines on sections- that sure put me off. We need to remember sections are a major op & some people I met with SPD during pregnancy have not recovered as well from sections as those who had VB.
If you make them aware of the pain free gap between your legs then they shouldnt part them any further. Some midwives know good birthing positions to assist women with SPD.
Have you thought about seeing a MCTimoney Chiropractor, I am seeing one after being in a wheelchair with my 1st & am so far at 23 weeks pain free- at this stage last pregnancy I was off work, on crutches, in bed & in a wheelchair to go out.

milkchocolate · 29/05/2007 14:27

I suffered really bad spd with my second. I was in bed unable to walk for 3 weeks following his birth, and getting back to walking was a very slow process. It took six months to nearly return to normal, 2 years on I still have to be very careful.

I cant praise my chiropractor enough. I only wish I had known during my pregnancy that i suffered spd and I would have seen a chiropractor straight away, I did not know what this condition was until the midwife came to visit after my son was born, and she saw what state I was in.

After my son was born I saw a physio on the nhs, she gave me a belt and 4 sessions and said there wasnt much more to do for me, I would just have resign myself to staying like that for the rest of my life, she said. My Chiropractor got me back on my feet.

DumbledoresGirl · 29/05/2007 14:34

I had SPD in my last pregnancy and still get it sometimes now (youngest child is 4).

My top tip for rolling over in bed is to wear slinky night clothes and to put something slippery under your sheet - I used an old eiderdown with a nylony material on one side. It doesn't stop the pain of rolling over, but it does ease the effort you need to go to a bit.

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