Groin pain

[warpig3]

For the last 10 days or so I have had this pain in my groin and it is steadily getting worse. It feels like I have torn ligaments or something but there is no pain when I touch anywhere yet it doesn't feel internal either. It hurts to do the simplest of things like crossing my legs, turning in bed, walking, getting up and down.

Does any of this sound familiar? Its really beginning to bug me.

thanks
warpig

[redcrx]

Theres a chance it COULD be a sign of spd, a problem with the pubic bone and ligaments which is fairly common in late stages of pregnancy.

It may just be that youre overdoing things

Speak to your midwife at next appointment, ive got very similar so i am.

In the meantime, try not to cross your legs, sleep with a pillow between your legs and keep knees together as much as possible to minimise the strain on that area.

Isnt pregnancy wonderful! :)

[natalie_1982]

It's simply a 9month party Red! I think I'll miss the constant tiredness, puffy ankles, stretch marks, permanently hoisting up my trousers, achey feet and sore boobs..... Yep, pregnancy is a blast :-P

Warpig, I would mention it to your midwife although it does sound like it could just be due to the loosening ligaments in your pelvis and / or SPD.

[redcrx]

just watch the baby doesnt fall out as your walking :)

lol wouldnt that be nice if they just fell out at 40 weeks lol

[warpig3]

Thanks girls, that has eased my mind as I went and googled it, always a bad idea and guaranteed to scare the bejasus out of you! I will mention it to the midwife and see what she says. It isn't excruciatingly (sp?) painful but is there and is annoying, grrrr.

Yes pregnancy is a blast, lol! And as for keeping my knees together, maybe I should have done that 6 or 7 months ago!

Thanks, warpig

[Psychick]

Oh so familiar! They now call it Pelvic Girdle Pain and thats what Ive been suffering for the past two months and why I had to go to the physiotherapist. Theres nothing to worry about, but not much that can be done either. I was given a huge body size tubi grip bandage to wear ubder my bump for support and to take some pressure of my groin. Unfortunately, in my case, it caused too much pressure elsewhere and I found it best not to wear it. I was also given a list of do's and dont's to help, which do work. It pretty much involves doing anything by keeping your legs together........ oh the irnony! lol I actually have 2 pillows between my knees when sleeping as I find this even better than one. I also try and prop myself up as comfortably as possible to try and avoid needing to turn over in the night as much ( I will be honest and say that has been even more painful than ever for the past week) This is the main reason why I have been struggling so much doing the day to day things and getting about as much and also the reason I finish work next week and not in the new year as originally planned.
Let you midwife know, and ask her to refer you to a physio for the bandage and advice sheet. Put your feet up as often as possible and take things easy and you will be just fine. Just remember to not do anything that will put ptressure on your softened ligaments like standing on one leg!
Hope Ive made sense here! lol

[warpig3]

Thanks psychick, its reassuring to know that its not just me. My next appt is next Tuesday so I will see how I get on the rest of the week, I dont suppose there is any chance of it easing off?

You gotta laugh at the irony, I agree.

[Psychick]

Sadly theres no cure. All you can do is take things easy and do as your told by the midwife a physio. It does help and you will notice a difference. I had it with my first too and pleased to say it goes once baby is born. It felt great to be able to lay down properly once my daughter arrived!

[Psychick]

* and physio

[redcrx]

well ive just called my midwife for my 22 week appt which should be this week and been told by receptionist that earliest i can go is 3rd Jan, when Im 25 weeks! so i hope my aches stay just as they are for now.

:(

[Psychick]

Im 29 weeks and have seen my midwife just 3 times so far! If the pain starts getting too much then call your midwife or docotr explaining the pain and hopefully they will refer you straight away to a physiotherapist. Thats what my midwife did.

[redcrx]

its not too much at the moment, thank god, its more of a heavy ache right across the front of my pubic bone with an occasional twinge. Its worse on the weekends when im walking around a lot more and its more noticable in the eves

This will be my 3rd midwife appt too, they just dont seem to want to see us 2nd time around do they lol

[warpig3]

Just checked, next Tue will be my third appt, doesnt seem a lot, I agree. Actually it is a lot better this morning, used the pillow between the legs last night and it seems to have worked.

It just makes me wonder, you know all these ladies who say 'being pregnant is the best thing/feeling ever', I just don;t feel that. I am not saying it isnt good to be bringing another life into this world but this 'feeling good' feeling seems to be eluding me at the moment, perhaps its just me but the responsibility of the future is now starting to kick in and I dont mind admitting it is rather scarey if I think about it too much.

[redcrx]

lol yes it is a daunting thing, just as much so 2nd time around.

I must say that I didnt realise how much i enjoyed the middle of the pregnancy until after little CRX was born. I was then longing for the closeness of carrying him inside and feeling the little kicks and wriggles. Its then when you realise just how amazing the human body is and what things it can acheive too.

[natalie_1982]

Morning ladies, glad you're feeling a bit bnetter warpig :-)

My bum bone is killing me today! Agh! It's the most painful it has been, I feel like I have been kicked up the @rse! LOL

I am almost 24 weeks and I have seen my midwife twice, and my GP once. I have another midwife appt in January!

[warpig3]

Thank you redcrx, that does reassure me, I had a slight panic attack last night, juts thinking about this is for real and it scared me completely. Not just for now but for ever, broke into a cold sweat! Its really weird, I want all to be well but am so scared of the unknown. Guess that is what is all parents feel.

[redcrx]

it is, but it doesnt make it any easier to understand lol

I remember doing things when last pregnant and thinking 'soon there will be a baby here, someone that i have to think about forever' and then worrying about forgetting him or leaving him somewhere. I couldnt work out how id cope with someone so dependant on me for everything.

But once they arrive, its a bit of a novelty at first and then suddenly you cant remember what life was life without them being there. you go for a weekend away without them and panic because you feel youve lost something.

We all worry, i doubt we' be very good mummies if we didnt have these niggling little fears and worries in us somewhere.

[natalie_1982]

Warpig, I know how you feel about that whole "Isn't pregnancy wonderful" thing. The good bits are magical (when it's wriggling in my belly, and when I step out of the shower or bath and my belly is all rounded at the front) but the horrible bits are really rubbish :-)

[warpig3]

So its not just me then! i do feel slightly inadequate having these feelings, but then again I have never had them before or had to consider anyone else. there is nothing more that I will cherish than this baby but the feelings of fear are so overwheming. But I think that that is normal. sorry dont mean to scare anyone am just scared myslef.

[warpig3]

Yes Nat, I know what you are saying, and I understand complely, but i am still scared/ not sure what I can do to make it better. Maybe I need to just chill.

[redcrx]

warpig, baby is gonna be arriving and theres nothing that you can do about it. Labour will be a few hours, painful , possibly, but worth it certainly!

The rest you take day by day, and you laugh, cry and enjoy the whole thing.

Little CRX is almost 2 and a half and theres not a day goes by when i dont laugh with him, cuddle him, get tears in my eyes and worry about him.

Its hard to describe how you will feel but this time next year youll understand everything Im saying here.