All new singing & dancing, extra comfy, SPD sofa

[xMrsSx]

Some useful links for all you ladies suffering from SPD/PGP or who think they might be...
www.acpwh.org.uk/docs/ACPWH-PGP_HP.pdf
and the pelvic partnership website is really useful.

If you think you might be suffering then get yourself down to the midwife for a physio referral and hopefully they can help: maternity belt/exercises/acupuncture etc etc.

If you are really struggling then... REST... it is the only thing that REALLY works.

And most important of all plonk (very gently) yourself down on this sofa, help yourself to cake, and get some advice/support from some very loverly ladeez! xxx

LooL00 - hmm, maybe I was expecting too much from the support? It wasn't a proper belt though, just a Carriwell bump support, but even that was retsrictive enough to sublux me.

I'm 14 weeks so a long way to go.

japh a carriwell bump band isn't really what people are getting from the physios, i wear a carriwell all the time but the spd supports are stiffer and mine goes over my clothes.it was useful for weeks 20 to 30 and then a bit low and constricting. Some peolple get tubigrips. Have you been referred to a physio as you seem like a very complex case?
You could try a bellybra (from bumps maternity) as it is cut higher a the back than the carriwell and suports the bump more and squeezes the hips less. They look nice in black but mine got too short(I was a skinny bumpless thing when i had dc1) and I thoght the carriwell would be less hot and it's cheaper.

kt I think it's a case of if you think you can you can and if you think you might manage it it's worth a try. And same as for childbirth, knees not too far apart.

I'm seeing the MW soon and will get another referral then. I was offered a referral at my booking in apt, but it turned out it was only for a general class and they said I had to get re-referred for an individual apt where they might actually be able to help.

I know the Carriwell isn't the same as the physio belt, but I was thinking that if anything, it would be less supportive around the pelvis than a physio belt?

herbietea - 14 years of SPD?! that's awful. how the hell do you cope.. i take it you're not pregnant now and it's just never gone away?

thanks all for feedback on c-sect. i'll keep you posted.

mine's not so bad today either, it's night time that is the worse..plus i have been consciously resting more since realising this is what i have...we have a weekend away tomorrow without dd1 so plan to make the most of that

Seeing physio next week at MW and GP's advice, but took myself to Osteo yesterday and not sure what he did (not been before ever) but better today.

Also wearing fit flops that AVON does (they are on offer this month so ordered another pair for in the house) and got one of those balls and stopped any exercise and walking. Seem to be better just hope it doesn't get worse, have a friend who was housebound for weeks and weeks

Hi Ladies,
hello to you all. I haven't got time to read this thread now, DS just waking up, but I shall be back later.

I like this new thread, I had terrible SPD when PG but was always a bit daunted by the 400-odd posts in the old thread, and never joined it.

Would like to have a chat with some of you who have experience of subsequent pregnancies, but it will have to wait to later!

See you soon x

I was suffering this afternoon so I rang up my lovely midwife to find out how to get re-referred to physio and she sorted the form over the phone! I'm going to see if I can get hydrotherapy and if not, start walking in a local pool.

looloo yeah im thinking not until i can abduct my legs/knees properly, that was the main reason we had to stop, i couldnt abduct my legs enough, my bad knees mean that we are limited with positions, it was the same problem for possible birthing position options!

hello everyone. Glad you're all still hanging in there, and you have a big new sofa to spread out on!

Aside from my pesky piles, I'm feeling so much better, all of nine days after having the boy. He's tongue tied, so not feeding all that well, so I'm spending far too long with him on the boob, and finally trying to spend some time with my big boys now I can move again.

None of this leaves much computer time, and the weather's too lovely! I thought I should pop by and thank you all for your support over the last couple of months. Good luck to those of you due soon, and, well, to everyone else. New folk, you've found a lovely place to hang out!

See you round.
xxx Kate

glad to hear you're out and about and enjoying the sunshine whimsi.

Hope you get the hydrotherapy japh everyone who has it seems to really like it.

daisydaydream glad to hear you've been lurking, watch out though, there's a lot of chat on this thread and before long it may be PAGES long again. Just join in annyway if that happens. We all did!

what do fit flops do sedgie?

Feeling pretty crap this morning, my hips won't change direction when I do and I'm pretty bored with doing NOTHING. The midwife said I should plan some treats but I can't even sit in a cafe for 20 mins!Online shopping has lost it's appeal, any suggestions?

Finished essay at 4.30 this morning!!!

kt sex? really? hecky thump,... all credit to you!!

Whimsi byeeeeee, so glad you are able to ge up off the sofa and leave - if we ever get roung to setting up a postnatal thread you must pop in and say hi!

Big hellos to all the new people, hope you find this sofa a useful and friendly place to rest your weary bones!!!

Well here it is...my EDD! And nothing. Not a twinge. I've been drinking raspberry leaf tea, I've eaten spicey food, I've made myself sick of pineapple...

Ah well. I suppose LO will make an appearance when they're ready.

I'm just in so much pain and anxious to get it over with. Feel like I'm walking around this baby's head and my right hip keeps popping out.

Glad you're on the mend Whimsi! Hope you carry on getting stronger and stronger and enjoy a lovely summer.

kt First pregnancy so I dunno about how soon sex would be okay but I would defo take it slow and try a few different positions. And remember if it is too much for you there are other things you can do!

MrsS Hurray! End of essay. I feel relieved for you!

LooL00 What about having someone give you a mani or pedi? Or a facial or something? You could get someone to come to your house so you can change positions when need be. Small things like nice food or watching a movie could cheer you up. I'm struggling to find things to keep myself occupied tbh!

I know it seems early to be thinking about sex, but ive always been a highly sexed person, and since i wasnt able to have sex because of the SPD for sooo long, now im feeling a lot better and not in anywhere near as much pain, im getting my sex drive back!!

leoni - i hope baby makes an appereance soon

whimsi - are they going to do anything about the tongue tied? my brother was only slightly tongue tied, and according to my mum was better feeding from a bottle, he only got it 'sorted' surgically when he was a teenager. it was a really simple operation, not sure the rules on when its bad and theyre tiny still. good luck!

Hi leoni I can't decide whether to start operation pineapple today (37weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!) or next week. i think next week would be less open to disappointment. 17 weeks now I've been sitting on the spd sofa.
I could do with a mani but pedis are out as if you have an emcs they take the polish off. Obviously doesn't matter if you get a friend to do it, but a shame if you splash out.You're right the LO will make an appearance when it's ready.

Well done mrsS now you can get down to more serious matters like looking at all the really cuute rompers and worrying about the lack of availability of baby cardigans with no hood.

ok, so i went to the appointment that the mw sorted for me earlier this week. i turn up, obviously with DS as i'm looking after him. this woman knows i am there however she tends to other women who had appointments after me! my DS is getting restless in his pram and constantly wants to get in and out which is killing my pelvis!!

eventually the twat comes over with this plastic pelvis, shoves it in my face and starts giving me a lecture on how it works... i wave off her nonsense as i am already aware!! she then pulls out a belt and asks if its any better.. obviously its done nothing! she then tells me that there's nothing i can do as i am already 37 weeks so might as well just live with it until i give birth! i asked her what about after i give birth, and she just started playing with my son.. i was so shocked!!

she was completely against me having a water birth so i told her my plans are not going to change! she didn't even offer me any alternatives or pain killers!! i left the hospital so disappointed yet again! why doesn't anyone want to help!

was she right? or should i complain to someone? i told my mw what happened and she gave me a number to call and complain about it. but in the meantime what the hell do i do about mobility!?

Just popping in quickly,

Stumbeline Complain and demand another appointment, this twit was being unreasonable and should have listened to you. I mean what did she think you were there for, to admire the wallpaper? I think not. From what I've read (not much) water births seem to be recomended for SPD as it helps support your pelvis. Am I wrong??

MrsS Congrats on finishing your essay, I bet that feels like such a relief!!

Hermya321 thats what i thought about water births too!! and i told her that it really helped me the first time but she just kept going on about how i would get into the pool and then said she had only heard of one other person having a water birth...

think i'm definitely going to complain and then try to pester my gp for stuff because the hospital seem to be useless! thanks for the advice

Still preggers! Oh I hope it happens this weekend!

Stumbeline Thats awful! She sounds absolutely useless. Worse than useless actually since you had to haul yourself all the way there for such rubbish care.

My physio who seems quite in the know, has told me a water birth would be a brilliant idea if I can get in and out the pool. Also she provides acupuncture which I've not tried but she says can work wonders. Could you enquire about that through your hospital?

Are you able to rest when you need to?

LooL00 I will be so unimpressed if your operation pineapple is more successful than mine! Haha. Planning another spicy lunch. If I find anything that seems to work I'll let you know!

My hip fell out of joint while in bed last night. Sobbed I did!

Can't sit at the computer for long as my hips are all over the place.
leoni I hope your hip is a bit better today mine have started doing REALLY wierd wobbles. Remember all this looseness will make it nice and easy to push the baby out.I can't face spicy food.

stumbeline I'm . Complain later, but now ask to be referred to someone else. The pelvic partnership website seems to think waterbirth is a good idea and if that's what you fancy anyway, then go for it! I can't face the chaos of the dc messing about with the pool, or the stress of dh setting it up at the last minute, though the thought of giving birth in nice warm pool is tempting.

Hi hermya hi everyone else!

LooLOO
LeoniPoni

it must be the weather, because my hips are pretty bad today too. tho i slept so nicely, almost forgot i was as big as a whale! my pubic bone feels like its about to snap! oh the joys of being a woman!!

i'm gonna head out to the shops this week and buy everything to do with pinapple :D

a waterbirth is the way to go. i didn't even get any tears with DS1 and the warmth of the water is soothing when you get contractions. i took out my pool a few days ago to test it and make sure everything is in working order, and i must say it took me personally about 3mins to blow it up, so filling it with water won't take very long. i've got electric pumps for everything :D i bought the 'birth pool in a box' for DS1 and it came with all the essentials. i have to admit it was great and i would highly recommend. i'm not gonna listen to some poxy stranger tell me that a waterbirth is wrong when you have spd!

acupuncture is something i would definitely consider if i could stay still. i'm not a fan of needles and all that but i did have a few sessions after DS was born because my back and hips were in such a state and it did definitely help.

hope everyone has a good weekend, free of pain!! i'm going to take it easy

Hi girls,

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if it's possible to start with SPD as late as 36 and a half weeks? I've had a some hip pain in bed for several weeks, but over the last couple of days I am in agony walking ( or doing pretty much anything other than sitting still or standing still!) All of you seem to have been suffering for much longer - and you have my heartfelt sympathy! - but can it start this late, or is it more like to be that I'm having a largeish baby and it's getting into position?
If it is SPD, is there any point at all in trying to get treatment as I'm assuming it'd take a great deal longer than 3 or 4 wks to get seen by a physio on the NHS!

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

I'm not sure bsmirched but I don't see why it can't start late. I've had it since 15w but the hip pain only started this week at 37w, before that it was nearly all pubic bone pain. But other people have hip and back pain earlier. I'd rest a lot if I were you and you might as well ask for a physio referral but you're right that most people have to wait a bit.make sure you get postnatal physio if you need it.Hope you feel a bit better today.

Hope everyone's having a nice restful weekend I'm off to lie down for a bit.

Hi ladies,

I've started a thread about sciatica but others have commented that some of my symptoms lend themselves to spd (the feeling of having been kicked in the crotch!) so I'm going to see the doc tomorrow for some help.

Doing what comes naturally to me, I'm already thinking way too far ahead, blowing it out of proportion and wondering if I'll be able to have a natural water birth if I do have spd and it gets worse. Has anyone had to change their plans to accommodate this? I'm so worried I won't be able to manage the pain :-(

Can I join? I am 26 weeks and while it is not constant, I often feel like a blunt stake is poking at my fanjo when I walk, I get a burning pain in the middle of my pelvis (was d I had thrush for a while) and basically when I exert myself and then stop I feel like an old woman!

Am seeing the physio tomorrow. Doesn't help that this weekend is DD's 3rd birthday and yesterday we had a joint party for 30 kids and 40 adults, and next week we move house! Eeek!

Just reading the link from the OP and this really struck a chord:

(Gah can't C&P) was about the emotional effects of PGP, guilt, frustration, depression. All really true for me. When I say I am moving house everyone says 'but you must rest' - right so DH is going to do it all is he? I WANT to be able to all all this stuff, I'm not enjoying this as an excuse to do nothing. I just want to be me again Pregnancy makes me pretty shitty all over. Before the SPD I basically had 5 months of insomnia, which made me miserable. Now I can't sleep as I am so bloody uncomfortable! That said I was up at 3.30 last night for no apparent reason, and didn't get to sleep till about 6.30 and DD woke me an hour later.

Hope you are all ok though. I have read the thread properly now.

Herbietea I didn't realise you have chronic SPD, how awful for you, I really sympathise.