poss TMI but this has been bothering me for days

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I'm 20 weeks pregnant but quite large for dates.

For the last few days I felt really sore down below

Like somebody has kicked me in the fanjo, tbh I have felt the baby kicking downwards a few times

Is this normal??

I think so, sounds like how I felt during 2nd pegnancy.
Mention it to mw if you are concerned though.

Hiya hun,
Im pregnant with my first baby and i can remeber having this feeling, the only way i cud explain it was to say it felt like i had a bruise down below and the pain was like putting pressure on the bruise if u know wot i mean, i had it for a while.

If it's any help - I get this pain too associated with SPD. Mention it to the mw and they can always sort you with a physio referral if necessary

HTH xxx

I felt like that when I was developing SPD (also at 20 weeks). Could it be that?

Symphsis Pubis Dysfunction - not serious, just painful!

Feels like a bruise at the top of your legs.

Sounds like spd or I know it is a bit personal but is it lumpy around your fanjo because you may have Varicose veins in it .

I had them last pg and this one not nice but do seem to vanish after the birth .

Yeah defo sounds like it's your Pubis, it's cos it's softening to make sure baby can slide out easily. If u mention it to your mw they can refer u for physio.

physio is useless, BTW.

The best thing you can do is get a support belt - depends on your hospital who's in charge of giving this out - could be midwife or physio.

Osteopathy works but it's expensive.

During my first pregnancy I had SPD from 20 weeks. I had a support belt and phsio but it was agony.

This time I'm now 34 weeks and despite the fact the SPD started earlier (and was much more painful) the osteopathy (four sessions) has helped a lot and I don't need the support belt.

The spd makes sense because i've also been getting pain in my back and hips. I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow about it.

Its a nightmare at the moment because i'm on my feet all morning and its really getting painful

Thanks for all the advice

Does indeed sound like SPD. I agree with mogwai - physio useless. I've been having twinges in this pregnancy (now 21 weeks, had it from 13 weeks with ds)and if it does emerge I will be seeing an osteopath this time.

I am going to sound so dim now but what exactly does an osteopath do?

Hmm, don't know exactly but I think in the case of SPD they manipulate the bones to relieve pain. I think it's based on balancing the body to create equilibrium. Someone hopefully will come along with a more scientific answer.

I see a chiropractor which may be a similar thing, although he only works on the spine. Looking at wiki I think Osteopaths might work on a wider area.

WORTH EVERY PENNY for me although I've never had the issue you mention. They do indeed create a balance which is hard to explain until you've been. Helped me with depression and mood swings etc also.

Hope it clears up quick hun x

you know what, I have no idea what that osteopath did.

I'm a sceptic - DH is a doctor so we're a very medical family and tend not to believe in anything a bit alternative.

One session she seemed to just rest her hands under my bottom. Seriously.

She said she was re-aligning my pelvis. Sometimes she would massage my legs and bottom of my back.

It worked anyway.

Oh yes I remember that.

I didn't have SPD, so I guessed it was the baby bouncing around on my cervix.

I'm a sceptic as well. We took ds to a cranial osteopath for colic when he was a baby and all guy did was rest his hands lightly on ds. We didn't take him back because the osteopath said their treatments are not as effective in ventouse delivered babies. However, I will certainly see one if I get SPD again.