pelvic pain

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kat2010 · 29/05/2010 10:24

I'm 34 weeks and the last couple of days I have been experience quite bad pelvic pain, especially when I walk.

Should I be worried and get it checked out?

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CherryPie3 · 29/05/2010 14:15

I would advise telling your mw - it could be SPD (if it is you have my deepest sympathies)

Does it hurt when you turn over in bed? Or walk up/down stairs.

I have this and have done since 15 weeks (I'm 31.5 now) - it's not very nice. I'm now on crutches to try and help relieve some of the pain/pressure.

Hope you get this sorted

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kat2010 · 29/05/2010 15:58

Hi CherryPie,

Yes, it hurts when I turn over in bed and generally when I walk. The pain was really bad last night so I couldn't sleep and this morning, I felt like I had been beaten up as the pain was so bad.

I will call my midwife on Tuesday and see what she suggest.

Thanks.

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CherryPie3 · 29/05/2010 16:58

Good idea, she might be able to refer you for physio - sometimes it helps

Poor you - I know exactly how you feel and it's not nice!! Good job the babies are worth it eh?

moonstone1201 · 29/05/2010 17:06

I am 20 weeks into my second pregnancy and have been getting the same kind of pain. As I think many people have experienced, my GP was totally uninterested but I was persistant and referred to a physio, who then referred me to a physio specialist in the women's health department. I was given a pelvic brace and shown various exercises, as well as given a list of activities that could make it worse.

This is a link to the leaflet I was given - some of it's quite useful:

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

Although I'm still in a bit of pain some of the time I find it's more manageable now. Hopefully your midwife will be a bit more sympathetic than my GP was!

CherryPie3 · 30/05/2010 20:40

Yeah I found that my GP just said it's normal in pregnancy - my mw was able to do the referral for me so it was much simpler!!

I got given a belt first of all and it did nothing at all for me! The crutches have been much more effective - they're just a PITA with 2 kids to look after as well, but hey...at least they do help.

OnEdge · 30/05/2010 22:16

I have it in my hips which i think is the sacroilleac joints. I find it is worse after a busy day, and better after rest. Does anyone else find this?

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