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SPD sufferers - has anyone successfully avoided a repeat of SPD in future pregnancies?

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 02/04/2008 13:28

Is there any way of avoiding SPD, if you've had it with one pregnancy?

For example, has anyone found that Pilates before conception has helped, or yoga, or ... well I'm stumped, but basically is it inevitable or is it avoidable?

I would so love to have 3 DC, and will regret it for ever if I don't, but the pain of SPD scared me, frankly.

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loubaby1 · 27/09/2010 12:19

I'm so glad i've just found this thread. I've been suffering pain in my groin since i was about 14 weeks pregnant, mentioned it the the midwife and because she told me it was nothing to worry about, i've just put up with it. Now 25 weeks and the pain is constant pretty much and spreading from my groin and now into my bottom too! Thank heavens i have my 25 week appointment tomorrow so this time i will not be fobbed off!

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lee69 · 28/09/2010 20:33

Can I join in too, Im 27 weeks with no4 and suffering badly, first time I have had this and the pain is awful I have the same feeling of being hit by an ice skate like CD83, managed to get to see physio last week and I was given a huge big tubi grip to put round my bump!!!! which lifts me a little but nothing else, I cant walk very far and when I do I am so slow, been off sick from work for 2 weeks so far and have been advised to take maternity leave at 30 weeks, and it scares the heck out of me to think what the next 13 weeks will be like
First Doc I saw was a waste of time,and kind of shrugged his shoulders as if to say well "what do you want me to do??" I feel so sad and fed up.

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partyhats · 28/09/2010 21:09

its not inevitable you will get it again, I am 30 weeks with dc3 and am fine so far. Had a terrible spd with dd2 and sufferered horribly. I have seen an osteopath a couple of times this time round, maybe that has helped. I have also been using a cushion between the knees at night since about 12 weeks.

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loubaby1 · 01/10/2010 14:28

I spoke with my GP on Tuesday who was really supportive, referred me straight away to the hospital where i was given a maternity brace which seems to be helping a bit when walking.
Will it definitely get worse as the baby gets bigger? I have a long commute to work and wanted to work to 36 weeks if possible but at the moment the pain is bad and not helped when i don't always get a seat!
Were people able to have normal labours with it?