SPD/PGP Support thread

[Jennifaerie]

Thanks hun x I've just taken one so will see how I go

 

[Jennifaerie]

I'm staying off work today to rest as my commute is evil... but I feel terrible about it. I've got so much on this week! I'm going to offer to do as much from home as I possibly can as I just can't get to the office. Anyone else worry about being judged for taking time off? My boss isn't in today so I think I'll have to call the person above her. None of my immediate colleagues have been pregnant before and they don;t understand.

 

[FeistyMom]

I totally understand. I'm trying to figure out how to ask that my last month 'in office' actually be mainly 'at home'. I can do quite a bit of work remotely, and being able to set up the recliner instead of sitting in an office chair makes a HUGE difference in my ability to walk.

But... so far I've been too chicken. I've had this in mind for over a month and have only talked about going home at lunch the rest of this week and working from home in the afternoons. My boss is a workaholic and I used to keep up with her hour for hour before I started having babies, and while she's been very supportive I just feel like I am letting her down. Obviously isn't stopping me from having more babies though - I just hate feeling like I'm less productive/valuable at work now

 

[Jennifaerie]

I know what u mean, the doc has just signed me off for two weeks, not looking forward to telling her! Good luck with ur talk x

 

[ttcbaby4us]

Previous to pregnancy I had pelvic problems, and saw a message therapist that helped me. Now that I am pregnant the problems are back, I feel it now at 15 weeks, and wondering how I can cope with the rest of this pregnancy if I can expect it to get worse. I was researching this and found this website. Part way down the page I found something on Chiropractors -


https://www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/pubicpain.htm

Finding a Chiropractor Familiar with Webster's In-Utero Constraint Technique

It is important to find a chiropractor that is well-trained in the treatment of pregnant women. Although most chiropractors receive some training in this while in school, some receive advanced post-grad training and are true specialists for pregnant women, babies, and children. In addition, many specially trained chiropractors will know the Webster Technique (which can turn malpositioned babies), something many other chiropractors are not familiar with. However, it is not always easy to find people with this training.

If you can, it's best to find someone who specializes in "pediatric chiropractics." One possible way to find one is to check the website at www.icpa4kids.com and see if there is a specialist listed in your area. If there is not, you can email [email protected] or call 1-800-670-5437 and ask if there's one in your area. They have an extensive file of many chiropractors who are not listed on the site itself.

I found a chiropractor in my area and went to see her last week, by the end of the session I felt a lot better, not perfect, but I plan to see her throughout my pregnancy in hopes that I can get pain relief.

 

[LoloShells]

I'm in a lot of pain and everything sounds exactly like pgp. However I haven't even gotten a BFP yet. Is it possible to get it this early? If not, any idea what else it might be? At first I though sciatica but I have pain in my inner/front thighs and my pelvic bone/pelvic floor regions, in addition to the lower back butt and thigh pain.

 

[lynnikins]

if you have been pregnant before yes it is possible i got pain in my pubic bone area before i got my BFP

 

[Jennifaerie]

Hi Lynni, have you ever had acupuncture for it? The physio has booked me in for Monday and I'm not sure what to expect.

Ta

Jen

 

[lynnikins]

no caus i am not personally a fan of acupuncture for religious reasons , accupressure works well and my physio gave me some of this last time , but i have heard good things from people who have had acupuncture for it

 

[LoloShells]

if you have been pregnant before yes it is possible i got pain in my pubic bone area before i got my BFP

Thank you for the info. Yes I've been pregnant, but its been a long time. Does the pain of pgp come and go? What I have seems pretty mild by day, and then horrible at night.

 

[lynnikins]

it often depends on the strain on the joint at any given time i can be fine till i move then im in agony

 

[hawalkden]

I'm 26 weeks pregnant and over the last few weeks I've been having really bad pains in my right hip.. I've looked up Pelvic Girdle Pain & most of the symptoms relate to what I'm having.. I'm not giving self dignosed but thinking I've got it..

Yesturday my hip gave way when I was shopping, luckly I wasn't walking around and just got hold of the clothes rack..

OH demanded he'd make tea (had a roast dinner) & he didn't want me standing on my legs for ages with little movement whilest preparing veg etc..

This morning coming downstairs and it gave way again and I fell down the last three steps landing on the hip that gave way..

It's totally killing me now and I've had a bath but it's just got worse the pain, it feels like it's grinding all the time even when I'm not doing anything..

I was sat at the dinning table and it didn't hurt much just my back got sore off the hard chairs so went to sit back on the sofa and it's a fairly soft sofa and the pain has come back again all of a sudden..

I'm at the midwife tomorrow but when I say I've got a problem e.g at the beginning I had really bad thrush, she just said it's part of pregnancy and she didn't give me anything so I went & bought some cream.. I don't want to tell her and her to just give me a blank answer and tell me to get over it all!

 

[lynnikins]

ask her to refer you to a physio and if she doesnt get your GP to hun. i would defo go easy on it in the meantime try sitting on the stairs and lowering yourself up and down rather than walking its much safer

 

[Jennifaerie]

ask her to refer you to a physio and if she doesnt get your GP to hun. i would defo go easy on it in the meantime try sitting on the stairs and lowering yourself up and down rather than walking its much safer

seconded - some girls in my physio class said they found it helped! Hope you feel better!

I'm a bit lost at the minute, worried about being signed off for longer but don;t think I can do the journey to work

I'm still fulfilling quite a few of my duties from home though and I'm on full pay so I guess I shouldn't worry too much!

 

[chichestermum]

i just went to make my next app with physio, i asked to have it the 20th as i have a growth scan that day and she said no they cant fit me in, they can get me in the 22nd, its only supposed to be a quick 10 min app! im sure having to travel all the way into town on public transport and then walk half an hour up and down cobbled streets and a few hills etc is more trouble than the app is worth! especially since going into town now causes me to be in pain for the next week! iv told her il ring back to make a decision to go to the app on another day or to just not go. what do you ladies think? i am in a ridiculous amount of pain that just keeps getting worse but i only have a few weeks left and iv dealt with the pain this long, is it worth hurting myself even more for a 10 min app? xxx

 

[Jennifaerie]

Is there no way you can get a taxi? I've been getting taxis to and from the hospital for mine x

 

[chichestermum]

i could do but a taxi from home to the hosp costs £19.50 which is ridiculous if i get 1 both way as it would be just shy of £40 to go to a 10 min app, its bad enough getting public transport as i have to get a taxi to the train st which is £5 then £4.80 return train ticket and then either a return bus journey which is only £3.30 but they are only every hour if they turn up or another taxi from station to hosp which is £5 so by the time i get home from hosp on public transport iv spent £25, just seems ridiculous for a ten min appointment, especially when im going to have to do it just a few days before for my scan.

Its made even worse by the fact that there is a physio company 5 mins walk away from my home, its private and would of paid since it wasnt too much and OHs work pay 60% of all our health care etc but the silly place only take on people who have been referred and my Dr wont refer me because he said the hosp is the best place grr!

I might try explaining to my consultant after the scan about my app with the physio and see if he can get them to squeeze me in quick lol

 

[Jennifaerie]

Ah I see what you mean. I think that might be your best best - at least you've not long to go!

 

[chichestermum]

thats what i keep telling myself, each time my hips give way or i find myself stuck on the loo lol i just say only a few more weeks and then il have my baby, i dont remind myself that it might take a few weeks, even longer for my hips and back to go back to normal lol xx

 

[Princesskell]

Glad I found this thread.
I've self diagnosed myself with pgp after developing really bad pain in my lower back and buttock on left side after a day on wedges at a wedding! The pain has not eased since and is with my every step. It is worse when I stand up ajd the first few steps it is painful every time I turn in bed and especially going up and down stairs.

I have an appointment with the gp booked for Friday so hopefully they will refer me for some physio? I am 26 weeks with my first baby and so far have not had many other problems. I am so hoping to work till christmas so hoping for some relief with this, but from what I've seen one you develop it, it is pretty much there for the entire pregnancy?
So far I've tried keeping my knees together when getting in and out of the car, sleeping with a pillow in between knees, sitting on the sofa rather than lying, hot baths and ice packs and some gentle back exercises.
I have also ordered a support belt thing. I have practised yoga for 15 years and hoped this would help prevent issues such as this-don't know whether to continue my classes?

Any more advice from anyone?