SPD/PGP Support thread

[Zarababy1]

i sat on the ball at the physio i almost punched her it was well sore for me! i have most of my pain in my back tho so maybe im diffrent!

 

[cath]

I have a ball but it doesnt really do anything for me-it doesnt hurt more but doesnt seem to help either. The best thing for me is to sit with my feet up & a cushion behind my back. If I sit for any period of time with my legs down, I can hardly walk when I stand up.

 

[Caroline]

I find if I sit for too long, lie for too long, sit with feet up too long, infact do anythin too long it seems to make it worse, but then if I'm up & down all the time itmakes it worse too. I can't win.

Mines hips, thighs & pelvic bone, so I guess the ball just takes the pressure off it all.

 

[Sparklebaby]

hello ladies....not been about much this last week.....long story and it includes no electricity. but just thought i would drop in see how we all are.
i have now developed the clicky pelvis kinda annoying.
everything else is still the same just a little worse. Im really struggling to turn over at night now and I STILL havent had my appt through for my physio so gonna ask about that this week.

 

[Caroline]

Crumbs, by the time you get the appt, you'll have given birth @ this rate.

 

[Sparklebaby]

lol tell me about it lol xxxx

 

[Shinning_Star]

Aww, don't wanna rub it in, maybe you shld chase your appointment again. My app came through this morning it's next tues, then I'm guessing a weekly thing until birth not sure though. It's called an ante natel class though so I'm guessing it's completly preg related and apparently they shld be measuring me up for a support band thing.We shall see. My pain is mainly groin area, inner thighs and the pressure you get when your abt to give birth on your pelvic bone, occasionally it radiates to the lower back but mostly right up near my bits.

Sitting too long makes it worse for me too,but saying that like you caroline getting up and down too often also doesn't help. I don't think my df is getting it tbh, cos he tuts everytime I ask him to get something for him, or carry Olivia up the stairs cos I find this quite difficult, climbing the stairs and carrying Olivia, I get to the top and just about stop myself tumbling back. But he's just being a complete numskull this pregnancy tbh.

Grrrrr @ men!

 

[Caroline]

Sorry your OH is being so useless

My OH is the opposite. He won't let me do too much.

 

[Shinning_Star]

My DF was abs wonderful while I was preggers with Olivia, he just seems to have completly lost his sensitiveness. grrr

 

[NickyT75]

I asked my MW about this and she just said "yeah its because you are pregnant - thats what happens" and "make sure you dont let it stop you from doing stuff as its best to keep mobile"

I mean - its all well & good saying "dont let it stop you from doing stuff" but when you are in agony its easier said than done isnt it?

I made an appt to see my doctor & the earliest she can see me is thursday but im fully expecting to be fobbed off with the "yeah your pregnant - it happens - get over it" line xx

 

[cath]

Is anyone else thinking about the actual labour & birth? I was originally set on an epidural but have heard its not a good idea if you have SPD as you cant feel your limits & can open your legs too wide,causing damage. I'm now looking into a water birth but as its my first baby, I dont really know what to expect & am scared that water plus gas & air wont be enough to control the pain

 

[Caroline]

I asked my MW about this and she just said "yeah its because you are pregnant - thats what happens" and "make sure you dont let it stop you from doing stuff as its best to keep mobile"

I mean - its all well & good saying "dont let it stop you from doing stuff" but when you are in agony its easier said than done isnt it?

I made an appt to see my doctor & the earliest she can see me is thursday but im fully expecting to be fobbed off with the "yeah your pregnant - it happens - get over it" line xx

Stupid mw, erm ,no it doesn't happen to everyone, & keeping mobile isn't always the best solution, some women find it helps but others tend to find it makes it worse. I find I can do little bits then have to rest for awhile.

EG doing the washing, my girls pass me the stuff out of the basket to sort, & put stuff in the machine for me. when its done OH puts on worktop in utility & I sort it, he puts it in the drier, & I put rest on airer. I can sort when dry & put some away then have to sit down for an hour often with heat back.

Hopefully u r gp can sort physio referral out for u.

 

[happygal]

hi, for the past week ive been getting a really sore achey pain in my hips(mainly the left side)and ive been really sore and achey in my inner thighs from mid way down up to my groin, a sore lower back and if i pull my right knee up then the right side of my hip clicks. could it be spd?

 

[Caroline]

sounds like it could be yes. Go speak to GP, see if u can get a physio referral

 

[Zarababy1]

My dr gave me co-codamol today, doesnt seem too work like, she said give it a week and if its no good she'll up it too codine for me, im glad the last few weeks of my pregnancy might not be that bad after all now shes given in!

 

[Caroline]

Zara I'd double check on that codine hun. I was initially given codine, but only took a couple as they knocked me out too much. When I spoke to mw she was a little concenred & didn't think it was particularly safe for me to take.

My actual GP gave me co-codamol & TBH it didn't really help the pain, it just made me that spaced out, I didn't care!

 

[Zarababy1]

thanks hun, I did take codine when i was pregnant with charlie so i dont really have a problem taking it this time, Co-codamol is just paracetamol and codine together anyway, so codine is just like a stronger dose because u can take paracetamol along with it, the co-codamol doesnt really affect me at all, but then again when i was pregnant with charlie the codine didnt and i ended up on tramadol which now there not sure if its safe too take or not because its adictive, anyway the tramadol worked wonders! hopefully it wont get that far this time, iv only got 7 weeks left and iv managed so far with my physio care ect im glad im getting better physio care this time too what i did last time! I mean last time they didnt even seem too know what was wrong with me the dr ended up sending me to hospital at 36 weeks because i was in that much pain and then the drs at the hospital kept me in overnight and told me if it was a week later they would induce me but they were just gunna send me home insted (useless idiots!) then i ended up with the tramadol and that managed too get me too 40+5 i dont really like taking too much medication really but at the end of it if im in alot of pain theres not alot i can do haha!

 

[MandaAnda]

Codeine is an opiate and is addictive (and it is also in co-codamol), as is tramadol, which you mentioned. Just make sure it's a very low dose and that you need it at all. A withdrawing baby is no fun.

 

[Caroline]

I think the risk is of addiction of baby to codine.

I remember co-codamol used to make bubs really sleepy, so I hardly took it.

Lets hope the hospital aren't quite so useless this time.

I got seen @ 32-33 weeks last time, and need to make appt for 34 weeks this time, to see my consultant.

They looking @ induction again this time @ 37 weeks. Half me wants to go down this route, but other half wants to ride it out.

I was really hoping to go into labour @ home (pref not @ work) & spend some time @ home not spending most of it in hospital.

With no 1 I went into labour @ 35+6, i'd only gone in 'cos I was getting a lot of pain in back, & they said they were contractions & kept me in, delivered bang on 36 wks.

With no 2 my waters broke @ 38 weeks , and my mw wanted me in as soon as contractions started 'cos I went from minimal dilation to fully dialted quickly. I was 5 cm for hrs then suddenly went to 10 in 30 mins or so & we are 25 miles away from hospital.

Then last time as was induced was in hospital from start due to induction.

But if I hang out, in pain with spd, I may go over & need induction anyway, so in a no win situation.

I guess the ideal would be to go natural a few days before 37 weeks lol.

 

[MandaAnda]

I think the risk is of addiction of baby to codine.

If you were referring to my post, I did mean that the risk of addiction is for the baby. That's why I made the comment that a withdrawing baby is no fun (I've worked with newborns withdrawing from various substances, and it's tough to say the least).

To be fair, any long term use of any opiate (including codeine) can be addictive in any age group.