Joint paint 6 weeks pregnant

[FreyaJune]

My joints are KILLING me my elbows, my knees, my hands and I'm only 6 weeks in? is this normal? is there anything i can do?

I had this in early pregnancy between 5 and 9 weeks and never did find out what it was - doctor said 'a virus' and was very unsympathetic. Even my wrists and all finger joints hurt, it was awful

@Lubeyboobyalt oh man :( i have a doctors appointment booked for next thursday hopefully they are a bit more helpful :/

thanks for replying xxx

May be down to the hormone relaxin.
My joints feel more unstable during pregnancy because of this, I have osteoarthritis too and had spd in the last 4.

I was sure it was pregnancy related, never had anything like it before or since and had no other virus like symptoms.

It's possible the doctor was just dismissive and annoyed with me as I had to ask for a house call, I couldn't have walked the 2 miles to the doctors (purely due to whatever this condition was) and unfortunately couldn't afford a taxi. I don't think he understood at all the bonkers pain it was causing. He didn't do anything for me or prescribe anything and I'd only asked as I was desperate

Anyway if you get a decent answer please let me know as I'm still curious to this day what on earth was going on! If I recall correctly I think it started with my knees and ended up being literally every single joint.

The midwife said that it is to do with pregnancy and the joints loosening _