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sacroilliac joint pain/supra pubic separation

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tarzan · 21/04/2009 17:06

Has anyone had experience of this type of pain? I am 31+3 weeks pregnant and was just diagnosed with SIJ pain. Hence now on bedrest, crutches and get a brace tomorrow. I am guessing it wont get better until pregnancy hormones (relaxin) is on the decrease ie after the baby is born. Oh joy!! Does anyone know when it will get better?

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sweetkitty · 21/04/2009 17:09

I have had it with all 3 pregnancies and I feel your pain, it's it horrific and people tell you pregnancy back pain in normal

Mine seems to all but go the minute the placenta is out, get odd twinges but nothing like it was.

The only thing is you feel really fragile, stiff and unfit after months of only walking when absolutely necessary and also I was compensating for one side being more "out" than the other.

JRocks · 21/04/2009 17:14

I can't claim to have this as severely as you both, but I find that certain activities irritate my SIJ - like driving long distance, or ironing (weirdly). It all started after a nightmare car trip to London where my clutch leg was in absolute agony for months. Now when it's aggravated I get the pain in the back of my pelvis and a dead leg. Tis not nice, you have my sympathies. Am hoping this won't become unbearable during my current pregnancy too.

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 21/04/2009 17:15

You'll find loads of info on mn and elsewhere online if you search for spd or symphysis pubis dyfunction. 20 months on from the birth I still suffer from achy hips after walking too far etc, and clunking hips in bed, but for most people it does mostly get better after the birth.

MuppetsMuggle · 21/04/2009 17:18

I had it before the birth of DD 4years ago and still have it now along with 2 other conditions its alot worse now, but my consultant thinks its connected to something else now.

you have my complete sympathies, and hope it gets better for you soon x

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tarzan · 21/04/2009 17:22

I did read that it is likely to come back with subsequent pregnancies. All in all not got news then huh? Makes looking after a busy 2 year old tricky too. I guess it is a matter of wait and see. I was hoping if I was good and rested it may get better. Being immobile is driving me crazy!! Thanks for the messages.

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tarzan · 21/04/2009 17:25

Did any of you take any pain killers? I am taking co-codamol when I really need it. Paracetamol with a bit of codine.

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MuppetsMuggle · 21/04/2009 17:36

Tarzan, with rest it will help reduce the inflammation.

I currently take 400mg Ibproufen
30/500g co-codamal
& to help sleep at night if really bad 5mg Diazapam.

I remember only being allowed co-codamal when pregnant.

SusieDerkins · 21/04/2009 17:38

Every sympathy to you. I had this too - hideous. I had to live downstairs for 8 weeks as I couldn't get up the stairs at all. Thankfully it went (gradually) after birth.

Hawkmoth · 21/04/2009 18:49

Do rest! I had bad SPD first time, then this time it's all round the Pelvic Girdle.

Today I had both my pubic joint and one of my SI joint realigned by my lovely NHS obstetric physio.

I'm avoiding driving, ANY housework (as made it horrible for weeks by chopping an onion), walking too much and any lifting. I have a 3yo so feel bad about it.

However, I am so much better with the rest and the physio exercises. At 8 weeks it started getting bad, I had five weeks off work, and was terrified I'd be in a wheelchair by now. But I'm not, so preventative measures have really helped. I think I probably will be pretty fecked in a few weeks, but I feel much more in control now.

After birth of DD my back was REALLY bad. I was foolish and walked about too much and pushed round one of those monstrous prams. This time I'll be getting a symmetrical sling and forgetting wheeled transport until baby fits in pushchair.

MoshiMoshi · 21/04/2009 20:40

tarzan - After three trouble-free pregnancies, around I then had several weeks of what I could only describe as shooting bottom pain. It started in my left buttock and then hopped over to my right buttock! The descriptions of pelvic girdle pain and SPD didn't seem to match. After seeing an osteopath and physiotherapist, it was concluded that it was SI pain resulting in muscle tightening in the buttock to compensate for the pain. After just two sessions with each, I was pain-free, and a month later it had completely gone. It was only discernable to the physio who I continued to see a few times thereafter (he is my regular physio I see for niggles with triathlon training so I really trust in him what he can do for me).

So the treatment helped enormously and then remembering that I am pregnant and stopping things like lifting my kids and dashing around as if I wasn't pregnant also helped. Recently, I have found if I dash around too much I get a slight niggle in my right buttock againw which reminds me to slow down. But I am pleased that it is no longer an issue as I was, at the time it was present, worried that it would impede my mobility during labour. I also dislike taking painkillers as I would rather not mask pain and deal with the cause. I hope you manage to find a solution. Oh and incidentally, I was advised that it wouldn't miraculously disappear as soon as baby was born as it takes some time for your muscles to reconnect and regain strength so to take it easy for a while thereafter. In fact, I do feel incredibly jelly-like post birth for a few weeks so am going to take it equally as easy when baby has come, eg with lifting the kids and watching my posture when feeding the baby etc.

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