Arimeh - I think the core muscle strength only helps so much. I was doing clinical pilates once a week for at least six months before this pregnancy in preparation and it was still so severe at 7 weeks that my physio told me that I would be in a wheelchair soon. I've avoided that at least around the house by basically not doing any walking. I go to the end of my street and back (about 50 metres) a few times a week and that's it. That means I'm not in much pain at all but obviously it's incredibly mentally frustrating for me and DD to be housebound. At the moment, I choose the mental frustration rather than have the constant physical pain that I had last time when I didn't know any better.