SPD/PGP Support thread

Omi - the belt you wear around your hips, so you can wear even if you have no bump, I started with mine @ 12 weeks when the SPD started to kick in.

Don't down play it to midwife, get physio referal & crutches that will help a lot. If I didn't have crutches I'd be in a right pickle 'cos I can barely 100 yds b4 pain kicks in.

I can just about manage 15-20 mins round Asda constant walking so long as OH pushes trolley & I don't have to get anything off shelf.

Cath - when I got late into pg last time & saw consultant he said if Ifound it too much @ home all I had to do was phone/ get mw to contact him & he would admit for a couple of days bed rest. An offer I really did not take up.

Just wondering how many of you can hear the grating noise of your pelvis?

I have been doing as much as I can posture, sitting, sleeping wise to try and alleviate some of the pain (fingers crossed it seems to have improved a little - just because I am now aware of what it is) - but my god does my pelvis make some horrible noises, especially first thing in the morning and last thing at night... I can feel it grate together and together with the noise it actually makes me feel really nauseaous when it happens...

I saw my Obstetric Consultant yesterday for other ongoing issues - she was really thorough in all aspects of checking blood, urine etc etc but as soon as I mentioned the SPD symptoms it was as if she didnt want to know and brushed it off with a 'your midwife can deal with all the referals etc with that'... so seems the one issue that is really effecting me with this pregnancy has to be dealt with solely by my crap midwife!!

Oh well!! Anyway put my Christmas tree up tonight to cheer myself up - am going to suffer for all the tiptoeing to hang decorations tomorrow I think!!

Hope you are all ok and have your feet up xx

I saw my consultant just as mine was startin to kick in & he basically said when it gets a problem see mw/ GP for physio referral.

Question for all you ladies who have had physio...

do we have to strip down to knickers & bra?? coz the thought of this makes me feel really uncomfortable & its actually making me not want to go to my appt xx

I had physio a couple of years ago (for something different, obviously), and I did have to strip down to knickers and bra. It's so they can see how you move, etc. I did hate it, as I'm always so self-conscious - and I wished I'd shaved my legs! But they did pull a curtain so that it was only she and I back there.

Whats the chances of me having SPD, I have had sore hips and lower back since 12 weeks, however I also have hyper-moblility syndrome, which means all my joints are too relaxed anyway so I'm thinking this coupled with the possible SPD is why I have been in so much pain for this long. I spoke to mw about it at 14 weeks and she basically said its nothing to worry about, its too early to be a problem. And if I really wanted I could pay for a private physio...however, shes useless so I really doubt that there is nothing else she could have done

My hips are also very clicky and I'm waddling already

I have a clicking noise in my hips not not the grating noise as of yet. I can make it to about the end of my cul-de-sac before I am in a lot of pain but after that my walking is effected. We did our Christmas shopping on Friday and it basically left me unable to walk and I look and felt ridiculous. The good news is that my husband is being helpful which is not like him and I am off to see the midwife on Wednesday so can talk to her about it all then.

I have had hip and back problems before and at physio for that I had to be in just my underwear too.

Does anyone one else start to feel really down when having a bad day? I sometimes feel like I can not even manage to be pregnant right (I know that's not the case). Plus, things I was really looking forward to like my 20 week scan and going shopping for nursery furniture and clothes I am now dreading because I know all the walking and standing up is going to leave me in even more pain!

i had such a bad day yesterday, my right hip was so sore and all day i felt like i had been kicked so hard between the legs im at the mw tomorrow, i really hope she will pay more attention to what im saying than what the dr did x

Nicky I've not had to strip off @all for physio.

Happy gal good luck with the mw tomorrow.

Omi - I get really bad tempered when my hips are bad, plus I hate not being able to do stuff.

I tidied the linen cupbord this afternoon & am really paying for it now. Its days like these I hope to goodness they induce @ 37 weeks.