How soon after childbirth does SPD go away?

[IWishIWasAFrog]

... please?

I cannot take this constant achey pain anymore. It's not the level of pain (I would usually cope with it ok), it is just there ALL the time, and I have had enough. I find nights particularly bad, for some reason. 36 + 2 today. Am doing everything the physio said to do, if anyone has any tips on what makes it better, please share!

TIA.

Re breastfeeding:

OK, a different experiemce here. I had severe SPD and ended up in a wheelchair. I had a massive improvement within a few days of giving birth but ws a long way from being netter.

I BF DD exclusively for 5 months and finally stopped at 6.5 months. Within 2 weeks I had a massive improvement.

I've directly spoken to 3 other women who had severe SPD, who all BF their babies for a number of months (up to a year). All said it didn't completly go away until they stopped breastfeeding.

Whilst the physios were very supportive of me breastfeeding, they did say that it can prolong SPD as relaxin is still being relesed.

Just my experience....

KAty

I think it depends on how bad it is, and how well it is treated. I do know someone who is still suffering, her son is 7! The key is to make sure it gets properly treated, and rest up. She didn't get proper treatment until a couple of months after the birth.

If you contact the Pelvic Partnership, they can put you in touch with good practitioners who can sort it. The advice on their website is also good. If you can afford it, I would thoroughly recommend a chiropractor, mine sorted mine almost completely in 2 weeks (I'm still pregnant, which doesn't help, but I have gone from being unable to walk, to just getting pain from the pressure of baby's head being engaged).

I've got bad SPD, but worse Sciatica, and the two put together have rendered me immobile without crutches. These are killing my hands but at least i can get a cup of tea!

Go to your doctor and lay it on thick- they should refer you to a physio. I saw one yesterday who told me that unfortunately as the doctors let me go 6 weeks without any help it's now too late for me (i'm 39 weeks today and i had to literally go in crying to get any assistance) and all i can do is rest, had they refered me earlier he could have assisted more.

I know exactly how depressing it feels, so you have my sympathies..x

Palace39 - get some pipe lagging from B&Q for your hand things on your crutches. Failing that, use some thick maternity towels and hold them in place with long strips of elastoplast or duck tape! I had bruises on the bits between my thumbs and first fingers so I know how you feel.

If spd doesn't improve postnatally it can really help to see a physio, i did after my (not too bad) spd persisted after dc2 and 3 sessions sorted it out. I had bloody awful spd with dc3 (now 5weeks old). It has not gone completely yet but I went from being unable to stand for 3 mins to being just staggery almost immediately. I'm being careful not to lift anything heavy too often and doing my pelvic floor exercises.Seeing the physio in Sept.

What is remarkable though is that as soon as i went into labour it improved. i went from being totally immobile to being able to move about the room and my only problem in giving birth was that I got stuck on the floor and DH had to pull me up after the birth. i had a home birth- I wouldn't have been able to walk out to the car the day before.
There is only one positive thing about spd which is that a lot of sufferers have very short second stages, with dc3 only 5 mins for me.