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Q: Pelvic pain during pregnancy
asked by: charlebrwn6 on February 27th, 2009
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Since I was between 27 and 28 weeks, I've been having pelvic pain. I blew it off as round ligament pain from hormones, but each week it got progressively worse. My hips click and pop and it's worse if I get up from sitting or laying down. Waking up in the morning or in the middle of the night is when it is the worst. This is my third pregnancy and I never experienced this with my other two. The pain feels like a FRACTURE on top of round ligament pain. I can't open my legs very wide and walking is a task that I don't enjoy doing anymore, even if it's to get up and change a diaper. I had a OB appt. yesterday and I got the fresh out of school OB that gave me an attitude, told me to get a belly band to "stop the baby falling out of my vagina feeling", and left the room. I don't feel like the baby is "falling out", it's my pelvic area that is in SEVERE pain. The good experienced OB's are usually booked so I end up getting what is left. I strongly feel like I have SPD and she obviously doesn't believe in diagnosing that or she thinks I'm just another patient complaining of pregnancy aches and pains. This REALLY hurts, I don't know what to do. 34 weeks along and struggling!
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Mabel
replied on February 27th, 2009
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Your body produces hormones to help your hips expand to accommodate the baby passing through. This is why some women's feet also flatten out and get wider during pregnancy, the joints are all relaxed.

I have no idea what SPD is, but what you are experiencing is very normal. Painful, yes, but totally normal just the same.

A belly band is a GREAT idea. I had the kind that was more like a belt to hold my hips together, I would cinch it up as tight as it would go so that it my hips wouldn't twist and press on my sciatic nerve. I had the extreme pain from the time I was 9 weeks pregnant and I did physical therapy (made it worse), I did exercises (I don't think it helped at all), the only thing that eventually helped was delivery.
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