SPD/PGP Support thread

Originally Posted by Sparklebaby

oh Phexia. may I ask ...are u sleeping on your own? or is ur OH in the same bed as you?? I found I slept better once hubby was turfed out. Im sorry you have to resort to sleeping tablets tho. xxxx I hope it gives you plenty of rest and relief?

My OH sleeps in the same bed, but the bed is massive and there are two mattresses so he doesn't disturb me thankfully I just wake up because of the pain and if I have to move in bed I cry for like 3 minutes before I can sleep again I don't think I get any deep sleep at all. I have fibromyalgia so sleep is very important to me

i hope they help you then babes xxxx

yeah my band really helps! but its uncomfy i dont like waring it too much, at 23 weeks i seen the dr and asked him for stronger pain killers and they said no paracetamol was all i could have, but gave me ibroufen gel to rub! which doesnt really help, any way the MW seems too think that if i go back now with my belt n crutches and im still in more pain they should give me somthing a little stronger!

Originally Posted by Zarababy1

yeah my band really helps! but its uncomfy i dont like waring it too much, at 23 weeks i seen the dr and asked him for stronger pain killers and they said no paracetamol was all i could have, but gave me ibroufen gel to rub! which doesnt really help, any way the MW seems too think that if i go back now with my belt n crutches and im still in more pain they should give me somthing a little stronger!

That's crazy, I know lots of women, myself included, that get co-codamol (or I think that's what you call it, it's paracetamol mixed with a bit of codeine) for pain in pregnancy. I got it for severe never-ending headaches but I know many who got it for SPD. I mean come ooooon, paracetamol, you might as well eat m&m's.

Plus, ibuprofen rub doesn't sound right. I asked at a pharmacy if I could use it and they said no.

goes to show every where different.
my SIL who is due to drop any time now, she over due, suffered really bad with headaches and was told that as long as it wasnt all the time she could take nurofen to help.
liking the paracetemol compariosn to m&ms I wouldnt have said that. I would have said water lol.

I really regret saying that, because now I have a craving for m&m's

m&ms yummmmmm
Anyway yeah the ibroufen gel i was told i can use it but not too much...oh thats usefull for me then! idiots
When i was pregnant with charlie i sufferd with back pain, nothing compared too the pain i get now but i was given Codine and then i was given tramadol! aparently not good too take in pregnancy! but i had no idea the dr gave me them said it was ok! now im plodding along popping 8 m&m's a day haha

@ the M&M's... Id have said M&M's are actually more useful than Paracetamol TBH xx

Hey folkes, Emx I told you a bout these guys over here.

I'm still waiting for a referral to physio infact am abt tophone the mw and see what she says.

I've been in agony today and my cramps are back across my tummy (the ones the docs didn't know what was causing them apart from a possible start of mc.) I'm not sure it's related to the spd or not?

Anyhow, i too am terrified about becoming completly immobile seeing as having alot of troubl already and have 30+ weeks to go yet. I should be getting an induction anyway, but someone had said you have to give birth on your side, i'm not sure how this is as effective with pushes? Anyone who has had birth with spd did you have to give birth on your side? I am so busy and trying to cmplete a course before I have his baby and it involves alot of physical stuff at a school and am so worried i won't be able to finish it.

My pregnancy woth Olivia was so easy and I managed to do everything the same righ to the end, I really don't want to end up on crutches.

hey shinning i think u can do it normlly? only u have to have some restriction on how far apart your legs are....ya know there are so many diff stories going round i dont know whats what. I dont even think the consultant knew.
again I think its all down to different people diff places etc etc.

I want some M&M minis one of those lil tubes of them, the whole lot in one go lol