Where are my pregnancy pelvic pain sisters?

[Momof3Labs]

Neve, I know that you are one of them. Who else? With Colin, I had a lot of pelvic pain in the pubic area, by the insides of my thighs. By the end of the pregnancy, I was absolutely miserable for this reason alone. Sitting definitely aggravated it. I think that it started around 27-28 weeks, give or take.

Well, this time, I'm already feeling twinges of it (not intense yet, but it certainly is that old recognizable feeing) and I'm only 12 weeks along!

Someone PLEASE tell me that it's all in my head - I can't imagine feeling like this for another 28 weeks!!!!

[mudder17]

Not an expert here (:P) but from what I've read, these twinges and other changes like BH contractions occur sooner with subsequent children because your body has already been through it. Hopefully your body will adjust and you'll feel better! :(


Eileen

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[ethansmom]

Hmm... can't remember when I started feeing it, but it was somewhere between 12-27 wks. Big help, I know! ;-)

I really found the prenatal cradle helped. http://www.prenatalcradle.com/ Sorry, I'm talking about the big 'ol "belly bra" that goes over the shoulders...I know it looks uncomfortable, but it really wasn't. That thing saved me...

My midwife prescribed it, so it was covered by insurance.

Lori, I'm SO happy for you!

[missym]

Lori, I'm sorry to tell you that it started almost right away with this pregnancy. Oddly enough, it has gotten gradually better as I've gotten further along. This is opposite of what I remember with Gwen, although the pain was definitely worse for longer this time.

Once I hit about 28 weeks, I realized I wasn't saying "ouch, ouch, ouch" all the time. It's still there, but now it really bothers me only if I've been sitting a long while or at night when I need to turn over/get up.

Being careful about how I moved, like sitting down to put my pants on, made a difference for me. Also religiously sleeping with a pillow between my legs seemed to help.

I hope you get to feeling better... it's a pretty frustrating symptom to live with. The perinatologist said I could take ibuprofen up until the start of the third trimester, but I never tried it.

Missy, mom to Gwen 03/03... and #2 due late Sept 05!

[amp]

Oh, I hope you're not feeling it already. I'm dreading it, as I had it with Jake, and hated it, but so far so good. Then again, I'm only 25 wks, so we'll see! I keep thinking that maybe I can convince my pelvis it won't need to expand if I have a CS, but I'm not sure that will work.

[newbelly2002]

Lori,
I'm right there with you. I had it a little bit with Dante,but nothing like you're describing. This time around, however, OUCH! Both sides, right up the bikini line and heading in. It's pretty painful already--and I'm only at 8 weeks. I can only hope, for both of our sakes, that if it's coming earlier, it will leave earlier as well.

Hope you feel better!

Paula
Mama to Dante, 8/02

[Rachels]

Here, here! It sucks. I found that this time the ligament pain was pretty noteworthy in the beginning, and then the second trimester was more comfortable. Now that I'm in the third, though, I can't believe how painful it is. Sometimes I'm okay, and then other times I can barely walk. Ick.

Hope you feel better!

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02
New baby coming in October!
(Holy smokes, it's a boy!!!)


"When you know better, you do better."
Maya Angelou
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Nursed for three years!

[jamsmu]

I'm here this time around... its awful! my OB said its more likely to happen now--and early-- because the muscles that were strong last time, lost a lot of their strength, so the muscles aren't helping you fight gravity as well. Don't worry, in 6 months, it'll be nothing!

[barbarhow]

Mine started at about 20 weeks and worsened as the pregnancy went on. By my last 8 weeks I was seeing the DR for manipulation twice a week. I had pretty severe pain from separation of my pubic bone. (That happened while I was doing the abductor/adductor machine at the gym). Heat, ice, tylenol. The only thing that really helped was the manipulations by my chiro and the OMT-osteopathic doctor and massage-my butt and back would get very sore from all of this.
I am so sorry that you are uncomfortable. Hopefully it will improve as time passes as it seems it does for some. :-)
Barbara-mom to Jack 3/27/03, a Red Sox fan
and Anna 5/12/05, my little Yankee fan!

[rebeccaravit]

This is my first pregnancy and when the pain started I was having all of these wierd thoughts about what it could be. One of my students was in a wheelchair for a few weeks so first I thought that I strained some muscles from pushing him around. Then I thought that having sex was some factor into it. I asked some other pregnant teachers and no one knew what I was talking about. Thank goodness it went away for several months during the second trimester but now its back and not going away. I find it extremely difficult to roll myself out of bed at night to pee when I can't move my legs. I swear sometimes I think my vagina is broken by the way I feel!

From what you're all saying its going to come back worse the second time around?!?!

[NEVE three BUGS and a BEE]

Oh man Lori I am so sorry to hear that.

Do I dare say I can't even remember when mine started, and my first trimester with B was soooo hard but once we got our appt to Ukraine honestly I didn't even feel pregnant anymore- I felt like I skirted thru those.

I did get some exercises from a PT though after seeing a Pelvic Pain specialist at Duke and I know it must have been early on in my pregnancy actually for it was my mw who scheduled it.
Those excerises made a HUGE Difference!!!!!

I had a true pelvic separation going on so as you know a year after Tristan's birth I was still in a lot of pain.

I would try to get a referral to a PT...if htey try to put it off due to pregnancy be persistant...I was!!!!

Keep us posted...

[ilovetivo]

Lori - So sorry you're in pain! I totally relate. My pelvic instability started at 8 weeks...and I still have it! :( But remember, I have fibro so maybe that makes it worse for me.

I saw an excellent physical therapist - pelvic floor specialist, who deals specifically w/ this stuff. She's at the Highland Park Hospital Health and Fitness Center in Buffalo Grove. Her name is Jane. She did lots of stabilization stuff and eventually we went to water exercizes b/c it was too painful for me.

7 months out and I'm still dealing w/ it, but now my pelvis is tilted and rotated. I started up w/ Jane a couple weeks ago (saw her today too :) )

PM me if you want her #

Tivo

[Momof3Labs]

Too bad that we already moved! BG is too far now. But I have another OB appointment in a little over a week, so can talk to them about it then.

[starrynight]

I didn't have it with my son but started getting it awful with D at about 37 weeks, I thought it was early labor at first it hurt so bad! With E it started around 22 weeks, I was miserable by the end. I was so thankful she came 2.5 weeks early in some ways because the end of that pelvic pain was such a relief, it hurt to walk or anything. I hope you don't have the pain as bad this time around.

[ilovetivo]

Let me know if you want me to ask her if she knows anyone by you

[LogansMommy]

Wow- I am SOOO happy to see this thread. (Sorry Lori)But I thought I was imagining this pain. With my 1st pg my OB downplayed it and said it's noraml. So this time, even though it is worse, and I have a new OB, I haven't bothered to mention it, just suffered in silence. DH even though I was nuts or exagerating when I tried to explain it to him and told him I felt like there was a tug of war going on down there.
Glad to hear I'm not alone and that there are some possible remedies to help. Thanks Everyone! And hope they help you too Lori!

Arianne
Mom to Logan and another boy on the way 10/18

[laretce6]

Lori, I had a lot of pelvic pain (and um swelling at the end sorry if TMI). I'm not sure exactly when it started I just know that by the end I was miserable. I'm sure it's possible to have pain as early as 12 weeks, but I would think it unlikely. Sorry I'm not much help.

Also, I don't know if I responded to your original thread, but Congrats!

Caroline
Mama to Eleanor Katherine 8.2.04

[ilovetivo]

There's also a belt you can wear. I have one if you want to borrow it. I don't think they want me to use it at this point.

[lizajane]

i actually called my dr one day while pregnant with dylan and told him that i couldn't walk or turn over because, "it felt like someone kicked me in the pelvis with a steel-toed boot."

he prescribed lortab over the phone and all was right with the world again. when i told me that it was my pelvis beginning to separate, i thought, "BEGINNING???" it felt like it broke in half!!!

but it got better! i was able to walk the next day!

[calebsmama03]

Oh Honey, I"m with you! I didn't have it with C, probably because of bedrest for the final 14 weeks of pg, but this time it was awful! I had the separation and pain, plus swelling and was pretty miserable from it :( What I found to help was
massage - I used a certified pernatal massate therapist who did some work on the actual public symphysis and round ligament area. A touch strange but helped a lot!
sleeping with tons of pillows to support my leg in the right position to take strain off the public bone/pelvis
Sitting on a birth ball or other soft yet firm surface. Hard surfaces KILLED me, but too soft surfaces were also troublesome.

I hope you don't get a full blown separation and awful pain this time, and that you can find some relief!
Lynne
Mommy to C 3/03
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And Miss Purple, 5/05