SPD (Pelvic Instability) and Birthing Choices - Your Stories Wanted

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I never had problems with this with my girls.

1) It started with DS at around 16 - 18 weeks & slowly got worse.

2) If I didn't do too much it was around a 2 - 3. If I sat for too long, or walked to far it was hell. By the end of the pg it would've been an 8 - 9. I waddled every where VERY slowly if I left the house at all. I didn't leave the house much. When I did I used a trolley or something for support. Or just went REAL slowly
I probably would've had a chair or something if I wasn't treated like a twit by the first doc I asked about it.

3) I birthed on my back with my knees up to my chest. I had to have someone lift my leg & hold my feet with each contraction as I couldn't lift them myself.
I was hooked up to a monitor though coz of mecconium in waters, so I couldn't really move around at all.
I Pushed for about 20 - 30 minutes I guess. No forceps/vacuum extraction or pain relief.

5) Nearly 6 months on I am still in a lot of pain. If I walk any further than DD's bus stop 100m away it starts aching. I've had to walk somewhere twice & I wake up the next morning with a severe burning pain in my pubic bone area & it is almost impossible to move.
It also aches when I'm tired, or when I have to get up in the night.
Basic house work hurts. Vacuuming & hanging out the washing adds to the pain.

6) It got better post birth, & once my body put itself back together it probably went down to a 3 -5 & has stayed there.
I'm on the waiting list to see a physio to see what I can do to help it. It's stayed pretty steady since about 6 - 8 weeks.