Hyper mobility and Relaxin

[SpaceDinosaur]

Have any other hyper mobile women found everything goes to pot in pregnancy?

Second pregnancy. First pregnancy this wasn't so much an issue. I'm used to tweaks and eeks and sprains. It's my life. My body's usually really quick to bounce back from an "injury" but it's not happening now.

I'm currently only 12 weeks and I have hyper extended my back resulting in two weeks of intense pain requiring a lot of support and then I've now done some serious soft tissue damage in my ankle which I needed to visit hospital for.

My worry is that a ridiculous amount of relaxin (which is how this feels) is an indication of a multiples pregnancy (not been scanned yet) or, that this is my normal for the next 6 months and that it won't calm down. I'm falling almost daily and I have a toddler to look after.

Hi, I have ehlers danlos syndrome hypermobility type 3 and I'm really suffering. Im 19+5 and everywhere hurts 😭 first pregnancy I was the same and actually made my condition worse. X

I'm a very active person, love sports and gardening and basically running about, and now at 28 weeks pregnant I am on a cane and signed off with PGP. I even need help rolling over in bed some nights. I feel like a human wreck, just chuck me on the scrap heap already!

Thanks ladies, nice to know that I'm not alone!

I have Ehlers Danlos type 2 and really suffered when I was pregnant. Everything that was normally a problem area - back, shoulders, wrists, were more painful than usual. I just have the one DC so no other pregnancy to compare it against though. Sorry to hear you are having such a time of it. Would wearing an ankle brace help stop you going over on it? I wear a neoG one that really helps when my foot and ankle are playing up ? Can you get a referral for physio/occupational therapy and If at all possible hydrotherapy? I think some input on how to best protect and ease your poor joints would be good.

I'm currently in one of those "moon boot" things from the hospital on one side which has seriously helped.

Nearly 14 weeks. Apparently additional ph relaxin calms down then until 36 weeks so 🤞