SPD Sofa - support and advice offered at no extra charge!

[pumpkinpureeandghostlypearls]

I am suffering SPD (for the second time) and just need to vent without driving everyone else on my pregnancy thread mental. Not that they aren't supportive but I still have 20 weeks to go and I don't want to ruin their pregnancies by talking about mine!

Please come and join me so I don't feel so alone, and feel free to share tips if you have any....

[Hermya321]

Oooo I have mail .

Urm I think we may need a new thread at some point soon.

Leoni I hope your LO arrives soon!!

LooLOO Personally I think Badminton is sssssoooo last year (and way too easy), personally I prefer the more refined sport of rugby or underground sewer skating (we have tea and crumpets afterwards whilst we sew our wounds, so very posh).

[LooL00]

hi everyone. Just spent a lovely hour or so at the hospital. They spent 30 mins trying to find the probe for the scanner so I got off the couch, then once they'd found it and I'd eased myself on again the registrar couldn't get it working straight away. 30 sec scan . Head down (I knew that as I know when I've got a baby's head wedged behind my pubic bone, it's a bit hard not to notice). Then they started making a fuss about my BP being a bit up. So they took it again . DH was laughing as they said if it hadn't got lower I couldn't have a homebirth and he thought that comment would really get my bp up. The actual consultant said bp ok. So home again.I'm wrecked for the day now but have to stagger off to get dc2 from nursery. I think after all that I won't be able to make the hockey match today, sorry girls you'll have to play one down.

[LeoniPoni]

LooL00 Thats really rubbish! It's exhausting having to wait around, feeling uncomfortable and dealing with what feels like a group of people who don't know their arse from their elbow!

I'm out for hockey today too! Feel like I'm walking around LO's head. I can't believe how intense the pain has got. I'm not a crier but a few times I've stopped halfway up the stairs or getting off the sofa and just dissolved in tears with the pain.

I'm drinking raspberry leaf tea and eating pineapple to no avail! Any other tips? I am loath to try spicey food as my heartburn is so horrid!

[driedapricots]

hi all
can i join? i think i've 'self-diagnosed' PSD! i've had constant aching in that area for a couple of weeks now and it's getting worse..[particularly night time and after sitting still for a while)
..it's reassuring to know others are in the same boat..although it's not a nice boat to be in eh?!
so i have some questions a few of you 'experts' may be able to help me with:

now i have PSD, will it just gradually get worse or will resting (fat chance with demanding 2.5 yr dd)and specific exercise really help?
my friend has a support belt, will this help?
are painkillers worth taking when it's very bad?
i'm due an ELC for other reasons at 39 weeks..will they consider bringing it fwd by a week as i can't bear this agony for another 6 weeks?!
will it go once baby comes?!

thanks ladies...any tips to relieve the bedtime agony are very welcome too

[japhrimel]

Do you mean SPD? Or PGP? You need to see your doctor or midwife to get referred for physio, etc.

Has anyone else got PGP from hypermobile hips? My hips have really started playing up (I'm nearly 14 weeks) and I'm not sure what to do as the physio I was referred for wasn't specific enough. I'm asking to be referred back, and I'm avoiding the chairs that I know are bad, but unfortunately, sitting in the car is making it worse and I can't avoid that!

[driedapricots]

thanks japhrimel - i'm not sure what i mean..i didn't even know it was a commonly recognised condition until i looked up my symptons. i'm just referring to what everyone else on this thread calls it..am not up on the acronyms! all i know is it hurts i spoke to midwife this morn and she just offered very general advice and said she'd try and get me a referral. in the meantime i thought this thread might be able to help with some of the specific questions i have.

[japhrimel]

SPD is symphysis pubis dysfunction, where the joint at the front of your pelvis is moving, causing pain. PGP is Pelvic Girdle Pain, a name that covers all the issues pregnant women get from any of the pelvic joints becoming loose, not just the symphysis pubis.

www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/physicalhealth/pelvicpain/

[LooL00]

Hi driedapricots, rest does help, I know it's not easy with other dc about but it helps even more than a support belt which helps too until you get too big to wear it (you might be already). I can't do links and I'm tired, but the pelvic partnership website is really useful and there's a great leaflet that ktwiltshire posted a link to about amonth ago, maybe you could find it again KT?
It will go once baby comes but you may still need physio.
PGP/SPD call it what you like, it hurts!!The leaflet I got from the physio just says that SPD is now referred to as PGP.Don't know if this is over simplification.

Hi Leoni, I know what you mean about curry and heartburn, I'd rather have sex than eat curry at the moment,doubtless I'll be trying both next week, I really don't want this to go on much longer.

off to lie on the sofa for half an hour before I make tea for the dc.

[driedapricots]

thank you LooLOO - helpful advice ;)i'll google the pelvic partnership

for moving labour along, a doc friend of mine once said to take a light laxative..not really medically recommended but she says it wont cause any harm at such a late stage and effectively 'clears you out' which is all the curry myth is about anyway.... it worked for me!!

[SummerDaisy]

Hello
driedapricots, I can tell you a few things that I have been doing (probably posted elsewhere in the thread but save you searching through pages and pages!)that have helped with the SPD...
Try to see a physio, they will give you a belt and support band, which help. I

Have just had the first session of hydrotherapy, it is absolutely AMAZING really helped although i was so tired afterwards. I haven't really taken many painkillers, I have had the odd paracetamol.

Bobbing about in the pool though has been really great if you can manage it

[bubbakin]

Hiya

Does this sound like SPD to you. The front of my bits (from where pubic hair starts & a bit lower) feels so bruised & aching & sometimes swollen (although not sure it is). I also get occasional sharp pains that go from top of thigh to just above the knee & I have to move about change position & just wait for it to pass. The aching on my bits is usually worse if I've been stood around or just moving around a little - say in the kitchen on feet for 30mins doing dinner. But what's odd is it's not uncomfortable for me to spread legs (so to speak!!!) or sit cross legged.
This is DC2 & I remember having something similar around 30 weeks with DS, but i'm only 20wk so getting concerned that most of my day will be spent taking rest breaks!! Any solutions?
Heart goes out to those of you with chronic SPD, don't know how you cope - well other than you've got no blumming choice! Sure if this was something men suffered from they'd have research labs galore trying to find cures!!!
Taa
BKxx

[xMrsSx]

kt if you are around then I think the honours should fall to you to start the new thread?! What do you think girlies? Anyone want to second that proposal??

ANd a big hello to all you poor new peoples with this horrid thing! Does sound like SPD bubba - check out pelvic partnership website to check out your symptoms etc. See midwife, get physio referral asap so you can maybe get a belt/excercises/advice.

[LooL00]

No, all honours to kt but I think mrsS should start the new thread as she's going to be hanging about on the sofa for longer than anyone else. And when we get the new SPD sofa can we get a REALLY comfy one? I'm just soooooo glad that pumpkinpureeandghostly peas started this thread or I wouldn't know about the satin jimjams or just how much worse it could be. At least i can walk about the house and manage the stairs a few times a day.

Welcome bubbakin that feeling of having been kicked in the pubic bone by a horse is very much what I've had this time. There's lots of other ways it hurts people too!You've got to stop sitting cross legged and if you mean lotus cross legged then you've really got to stop, shouldn't do that when pg anyway as it's too easy to overdo it. Rest seems to be the only thing everyone agrees helps. I've had manipulation from the physio which has been great, but one poor lady felt a lot worse after hers. Let's hope you can find a good physio.

[ktwiltshire]

i too think mrsS should start the new one, your going to be around longer!!

im going to try ang dig up that link again, maybe if its in the first page of the new thread then it will be easier to refer back to?

My movement is slowly getting better folks, the pain is about the same level this last week, but i finally managed to do a walk up into town (i live in towncentre so its not thaaat great) that i havent been able to do since i was about 30weeks, and i did it without any crutches or anything, was fabulous to get out. im still not sure what to do with my arms as im so used to doing everything with crutches!

the sofa is getting rather full!!!
on my way to search around for the link!!

[ktwiltshire]

www.acpwh.org.uk/docs/ACPWH-PGP_HP.pdf

there is the link, its the physiotherapists guidlines to other medical professionals for dealing with patients with SPD. helped me a lot in understanding things

[LooL00]

Yes kt we need a really big sofa these days and room for the people who are lurking but don't talk much.Glad you're walking better, once you get going they'll be no stopping you.I'm sure all your dc will find things for you to do with your arms!

[bubbakin]

Thanks LooLoo.... I am a real cuparit of sitting crossed legs, even when I'm lying on the sofa I've got my legs crossed. But not lotus as in foot on each thigh!! Like sitting in school hall for assembly crossed! Will have a word with my midwife to see if she can put me in touch with physio for help.
Happy sofa vegging xx

[ktwiltshire]

^ yes call your midwife as soon as possible, the sooner you see the physio the better. some are more helpful than others, but its worth it, even if only to get your pain and lack of mobility recognised medically so you can get the physical and emotional support that you need

[Hermya321]

Looloo I'm terrible for sitting cross legged, I just do it as habit nowadays. Probably not a good thing.

Do you tend to get good days and bad days, I'm tending to get that at the moment. I'll get days when I feel ok and I can do a walk into town and others when I feel like I couldn't possibly do anything more than sit on the sofa.

[xMrsSx]

Ok ladies,... it's done, new thread begun! Put a couple of links on to start it off to help anyone just browsing around for SPD info.

Having a VERY bad day today myself, though havent done anyting but sat on my bum for the last 2 days... actually i think thats whats done it... very hard seat!!

[mookle]

Hello I hope no one minds me crashing in - I am 36 + 6 weeks pregnant and have had mild/moderate PGP/SPD since about 15 weeks. The last couple of weeks have been getting steadily worse and today I just feel like crying. I feel like I cant carry on getting DS to school (I know this prob sounds pathetic) I am so tired, I cant sleep as PGP means lying in any one position for more than about 20 mins causes pain, then I have to turn over which cuases pain and that awful cracking/crunching thing in my pubic bone. I cant walk properly all my clothes dont fit and I struggle to get them on in the morning, the drive (DS attends school 6 miles away from where we live - semi rural)and walk up to school with DS is horrible even though its only a 2 min walk. I just dont know how IM goingto make it through the next 2 weeks (until ELCS) dont have anyone who can take DS for me and just feeling really down.

Has anyone any advice to how I can make it through this period without collapsing!!

[ktwiltshire]

we have a new thread mookle - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/984394-All-new-singing-amp-dancing-extra-comfy-SPD-sofa if you repost in there theres plenty of advice and support.

for now i would suggest rest and do nothing at every oppertunity, i know its annoying, must seem like its all you do, but its really all you can do. take all the painkillers you can to ease your pain and talk to anyone you can to help with cabin fever

[LooL00]

Hope to see you on the new thread mookle I'm 36w6d too and just this week I have given up taking the dc to school in the morning. DH is late for work.I can manage the walk from the car to the school once a day, but 3 times kills me(nursery ends at 12).Give up and get some rest. Why not sit in the car and ask one of the other mums to bring dc out to the car?

[mookle]

Hi looL00 I have posted on new thread - I did get another parent to walk DS up there today hate asking people to help me but I just couldnt face it anymore! See you over on the other thread

[LooL00]

So is this thread full now?