Would you press the issue? Constant pelvic pain - told it's NORMAL

[gummibears]

I've had a great deal of pelvic pain this pregnancy from early on I was in the office getting checked out for it right after pregnancy as confirmed. We had DTD a bit deep 3 days before (I didn't know pregnant part of that time or I likely not would have had it that much) Was told it's normal. May have pulled something/been dehydrated and sent on my way.

We have not really changed how we DTD for most part we are now, though after 8 days ago I felt ok then it started up once more. I spent the next 7 days in constant pain. I had no choice but to push through it because daily things (getting in/out of bed/cars, walking, sitting, rolling over in bed) caused pain. There was no way around it. I had an apt and the doctor saw nothing wrong with my pelvic exam and said it's normal. I had an ultrasound and all seems well - except this pain! Last night I took Tylenol just to enjoy Halloween and I walked through the pain I felt again.

This morning things felt better (possibly due to my having laid mostly still the entire night - which is a most uncomfortable way to try to be comfortable to sleep when you are a natural tosser), but now the pain is coming back with some nausea (might need water?) I had the county nurse here this morning and she said it's probably my uterus remembering what it's like to be pregnant. I stopped babying myself and sat with legs hugged to chest which I've not done for pretty much the whole time I've been pregnant, and now pains are back. Maybe I just asked for it this time, but oh well.Back to babying myself.

Do those sound like logical reasons or would you push it and get another (4th) opinion?

[kalamos23]

do you think it could be spd?

[EnchantedMamma]

My $.02 is that 'normal' or not, it's unacceptable for you.

I think my midwife recommended Sepia for me (homeopathy, so you'd want someone to actually evaluate you first).

At home, pressing my pelvis together helped.

I think I had SPD though. You might need to push until you get an answer.

Everything AND nothing is normal for someone... if you get my drift. It doesn't mean it's normal or good or tolerable for you.

[myk]

yeah, i'd be looking for an explanation. it's interfering with your normal functioning. and if sex is triggering the pains, i'd avoid it for a while to give yourself a break.. at least til you get everything checked out once more. it could be a sensitive cervix that got bruised, so you need to be careful... but it could be a lot of other things too.

[pollyanna123]

I'm dealing with this for the first time (this is my 3rd pregnancy). It sucks!!!! I think it's because I'm carrying extremely low this time around. The only thing keeping me sane is my weekly chiropractor visits. If you can find somebody who specializes in the Webster technique, I highly recommend you go regularly. I told my chiropractor today that I don't know how I'd be surviving this pregnancy without her!

[gummibears]

SPD has been my long-time suspicion, kalamos23. The only thing I cannot explain is why I didn't have it with my son.

Today has been a 50/50 day. It's an improvement, but I'm still babying myself terrified that if I don't I'm going to have the horrible pain return, which it did do earlier and it settled back down, thankfully. The foort and back pain kicked in when it left, but I'd take that any day over the pelvic pains. It's still there, I can feel it wanting to flare up, but it's been okay.

EnchantedMamma, I've never had to keep pressing for answers and I hate the feeling. At least the nurse said it likely is not harming the baby and I feel a great deal better on that info alone (and know if it is SPD baby isn't in danger) I have an apt in 3 weeks and yesterday I was sure I'd be going in early again to try to get answers, but now it seems calmer. Would help to know if it is SPD so I know what to and not to do, but I've been treating it as though it IS SPD just to be safe and it is responding a BIT. It might be a coincidence or maybe it's not.

myk, that's what I'm testing now. If sex is doing it. If I go over a week without it and I'm better I'm inclined to think it's that, which bites, but the pain bites far more. Scares me if it's that like there's something wrong because it shouldn't bother me normally.

pollyanna123, I'd heard chiros can help. I've been keeping that option open, too. I have prenatal yoga here, but I've been afraid it'll make it worse not better. You just never know.

I guess I'll keep testing things and waiting and seeing. I refuse to take copious amounts of Tylenol, so I live with the full pain, which is terrible on the days it's out in full force. Hoping to have more days like today, though. thanks ladies, if things keep up I'll ask him again. I know cervix wasn't bruised in either exam as I asked them if it was. Beyond that I'm baffled.

[kalamos23]

if it is spd, you could pick up something like this

http://www.prenatalcradle.com/minicradle.htm

it's like 15 bucks on amazon if i recall correctly. it's supposed to really help - also, maeryn pearl on here might have some good tips, i know she dealt with pretty bad spd.

[mamaw/two]

Reading your post reminds me of my third pregnancy. I never had any issues in the 2 before that. My hip began hurting about the beginning of the second trimester. I mentioned it to my midwife and she acted as though it was completely normal. I was seeing a chiropractor, who also acted as if it was normal. It got progressively worse, to the point where is was incredibly painful. I couldn't roll over in bed, walking stairs was impossible, and just getting in and out of the vehicle was torture. When it got bad enough that I couldn't sleep in bed at night (I was in the recliner), my midwife said that she could recommend rehabilitation for me if I wanted and again mentioned that back and hip pain is a normal part of pregnancy. My chiro said that lots of women have pain like that and it would resolve itself after delivery. When I was 40 weeks, I went to a chiro that did accupuncture to try and encourage baby to come out. It just so happened that she also specialized in Webster Technique. Baby went 18 days past his edd, but in that time I started to get a little bit better with her technique. I had a very long road to recovery, but by the time babv was 4 monthes old I could climb stairs without pain! Things kept getting better from there. When I found out I was pregnant with #4, I was terrified of how bad things would get again, especially since I had started feeling hip pain one week before my bfp. But I went to the chiro that did Webster and had a much, much better pregnancy. I would still have a bit of a pain here and there and that was my sign to get into see her again.
Sorry to have written a novel, I just think that you should not believe that it is normal, it sounds like spd to me. SPD was something that my midwife and first chiro didn't even know about. I would very, very highly recommend that you find a chiro that does Webster.

[mamaw/two]

By the way, I also got this book in my 4th pregancy and I think the exercises in it helped http://www.amazon.com/Relieving-Pelv...8715396&sr=8-1
Here is a link to find a Webster chiro in your area http://icpa4kids.org/Find-a-Chiropractor/

[gummibears]

mamaw/two, thank you for the info on SPD and Webster. Now I'm debating if it's SPD or not. Today is a better day, but I still feel it wanting to flare up, so I'm taking it easy again. (Does SPD go in stages like that or is it a constant thing that never stops?)

I THINK we might have figured part of the problem out. I just got a call from the doctor's office that my urine culture shows a UTI. She said it CAN cause cramping, (and I've had belly cramping today all over) so I'm thinking at least part if not all of this is due to that. They are putting me on an antibiotic and DH will pick it up later.

I pray this is all it is and things clear up after. If not then I'll ask specifically if they think it's SPD and see what happens after that. In the meantime looks like I read up on UTI's never had one before, but they said it's common in pregnancy, so I'm not worried.

[HeatherB]

I have a wide variety of pelvic pains. The best thing I know to do is to get regular chiropractic care (http://www.icpa4kids.com/ to find a prenatal chiro near you if you don't have one) AND deep tissue massage. I knew I needed the massage when the chiro visits weren't eradicating the pain. The combination is tremendously helpful!