Hi all,
I am 20 weeks pg with dc 4. During my pg with dd 2 (5) I had sacroilliac joint dysfunctiona and was on crutches, and prescribes painkillers. Not a good time.
With dd3 (2) I had no trouble at all.
On saturady I decided to get a bit over zealous with the house cleaning. I spent an hour on the floor trying to scrub my minging oven. Which by the way is still minging, grr!.
Anyway when I came to get up I found it a bit difficult. My back had gone stiff an was a bit painful. I still decided in my wisdom that it would be a good idea to push my dd in her pushchair down the town and to my mums (all up hill). By the end of the day I was in agony.
Since then I have been in varying degrees of pain, mostly bad. My back is still very stiff and I am having referred pain in my left leg. When I move to do something (get up off chair, stand up from bending)it twinges.
Dh is away until January and I have 3 girls 6 and under to care for so rest is not an option.
I am self- medicating with paracetamol and ibroprofen at the moment. But it only dulls the pain a little, other wise I am in constant pain.
Now it's only been a few days, and my gut reaction is to leave it for a little bit longer and hope it starts to get better by itself. But I dont wont to make the problem worse by ignoring it.
What would you do in this situation?
Should also note that in between dd2 and getting pg with dd3 I was very ill, with a degenerated disc and suspected arthritis. Which lasted the best part of 2 years. So back pain is a sensitive area for me.
Thanx for your advice.