Hi,

Here is my answers to your quetiosns.

1. How far into your pregnancy did you get SPD? started getting hip pains around 24wks, though was not diganosed and didn't get to bad till 34 weeks.


2. Before the birth, how severe (1-10, one being the lowest, 10 being the highest) would you say your SPD was? eg. 1 being a bit niggly, 3 you needed a belt, 8, you needed crutches, 10 you were wheelchair-bound. 3 most of the time, and 4-5 at night would need to wake dh to turn me over help me out of bed etc to go to loo and hold walls to walk.

3. If you had a vaginal birth, how long was your pushing stage and in what position? Did you have forceps/vacuum? Birthed on bed in a semi reclined postion slightly on side with midwife just holding leg up at knee enough for bub to get threw. Durring transition etc, my dh would push my hips together with each contraction and that helped heaps. The pushing stage was 12 minutes. no forceps etc.


5. How severe was your SPD after the birth (using the same scale as before) and how long was it before you could bend, walk or stand relatively painlessly? instant pain relief and was walking etc with out support withing an hour. Have had a few days of niggle pain on and off since but nothing bad.

6. How did you manage your SPD eg. wearing a belt, regular clinical pilates etc. etc.? I wore a support band and had massages and physio. Kept walking to a minnimum.

hope this helps you out.