sudden pelvic pain?

[madmouse]

Hi all

I am 36 weeks and today I walked to the shops as I normally do except that it was really painful, frankly like someone with steel boots kicked me right in the female bits hitting bone. The pain came suddenly and has not gone a few hours later. I am not squeamish, but it made me feel slightly queasy in the shop. It is fine when I sit or stand but it really hurts to walk.

My mw said yesterday that the baby has started to engage (4/5 palpable) but it did not hurt yesterday. Any ideas? Is it possible he has shoved himself a few inches further down overnight?

Thanks

anyone?

bumping again...

sounds a bit like SPD?
ouch for you
Sorry not much help

Sounds like a dose of SPD - front of your pelvic bone moving apart - you should go see your midwife/gp and get a support belt. Scary pain - real shocker when it first happens.

It should go after the birth and at this stage shouldn't really affect your birth - just try not to get your legs put in stirrups.

Thanks both, will call mw this morning.

madmouse I had this pain from about 32 weeks, every time I stood up I fel like someone was sticking a red hot poker into muy pelvis; my baby was back to back. After the birth one of the midwives I saw (not my regular community midwife who was bit rubbish to be honest) said this pain was indicative of a back to back baby but I wasn't aware of this and the baby wasn't picked up as being back to back until too late in labour resulting in a 3rd degree tear and ventouse delivery

Sorry to hear that firststeps.

I have called mw and she says SPD, apparently it can happen that sudden. She is referring me for physio, although no guarantee i will get seen before baby pops, but that should solve it anyway . Finding that advice like keeping legs together when you get up really helps. My baby is not back to back, i am sure of that, he is really boisterous and I can account for all body parts on a regular basis.

Unfortunately they cannot solve it but explain how to ease the pain - kind of one of those 'deal with it' things. - mine kicked in at 20weeks and couldn;t walk anywhere for 5 months but was gone 2 days after the birth.

Not necessarily back to back either - my ds2 was OP but had no spd.