I had SPD (or PGP as it's getting called now) during all three of my pregnancies. A few days after the birth of my most recent treasure I found that the SPD actually got worse before it started to improve. I spoke to my Ob's midwife who basically said I should be on bed rest, but it was obviously rather impossible with a newborn, a baby and a toddler to care for. I then saw a physio a few times and she told me that I shouldn't do any exercise at all except some pelvic floor exercises. I also have severe abdominal separation so I also have to be careful what movements I do with that as well.

The SPD has improved a lot and I only get twinges and pain when I move in certain ways, which I try to avoid. The worst pain I get is when I lay on my back, especially of harder surfaces (which includes my Ob's exam bed and my physio's bed/table, lol).

My daughter is almost 4 weeks old and I'm feeling a little depressed that the baby weight, that I managed to shed fairly quickly with my other two kids, is refusing to budge. I was hoping that breastfeeding three kids would make the extra kg's fall off, but that's not been the case so far. Of course Easter didn't help with my sweet tooth hehe.

So the question I have is whether anyone else has been in a similar situation and what were you able to do? I've never been a fan of exercise and have never had any kind of exercise regime, nor do I want one now. But I thought that maybe just taking all three kids for a walk in the pram and carrier (newborn in hugabub, baby and toddler in the pram) would be some nice gentle exercise, but I'm not sure if that would be bad for my pelvis.

I guess I could always just wait for my 6 week checkup and ask my Ob, or maybe ring the physio...

I also wish I could feel proud of my Mummy-flab rather than embarrassed by it.