Is this SPD???

[guiltyandfedup]

hi All

For the last week or so (currently 28 weeks pregnant) I have been experiencing a very unpleasant pain, it feels like it is coming from my cervix but also sometimes feels likeman extreme heaviness in my vagina (the two seem to be related).

It is not there all the time, I have noticed it comes on mostly when I stand up having been driving for half an hour or an hour. At times it is really intense and it is very difficult to walk (ended up hobbling along like an elderly lady today!!) After a while it eases off again.

There have been no other symptoms at all, no beelding or discharge, feel ok apart from this pain hence why I havent gone to the gp yet.

Am worried as my job involves regular bouts of driving, how will I manage to keep going in this state!?

I have spd and the physio gave me a load of pelvic floor exercises to do as she says the pelvic stability muscles have to take over when the ligaments aren't doing their job(which is what happens with spd).So i think these pains in my case are the pelvic floor. If you pull up your pelvic floor does it ease the pain a bit? I think you should ask your midwife about it and for a physio referral as it might not be spd, it could be something else causing the pains.

Hi, I'm 32wks and I also have SPD and sounds like you do too.

Mine is always worse when I stand up from sitting for extended periods of time (like more than 1hour). I end up half limping/hobbling along until it feels better, not ideal!
When I went to physio I got a support belt which didn't do anything at all. And crutches which definitely work but are a little impractical as I have 2 children already to look after.

Also second what LooLoo said about pelvic floor exercises, although this was never told to me by anyone I noticed when doing my pelvic floor exercises that it did ease it temporarily but not for a long stretch of time unfortunately, literally only while I'm doing the exercises.

Do you have sciatica or anything like that? Only reason I ask is that could be affecting it too.

xxx