Icing has helped me, but using a wheat pack instead of ice itself gives more relief, it's not a painful cold and lasts longer.
Panadol to help you sleep.
Don't lift anything if you can help it - and if you must, don't bend down to do so. Pip now climbs on a chair for a cuddle instead of me bending over.
When sitting, sit up straight (like a straight-backed wooden chair) on a 90deg angle. Any lessor angles will put pressure on your pelvis - that's likely why the car journey totally caused you pain.
Thanks everyone, those suggestions are great!
Though it's going to be tricky stopping myself from doing stuff. I have mostly stopped lifting the kids...mostly! They're both sick at the moment and mega sooky so I have been picking thme up, but I will stop it. I can sit and hug them, that will have to do for them. We don't have a working car at the mo so I am needing to walk a bit, to the shops and taking the kids to childcare ect... though nothing is far away, I am out walking (and pushing the pram) maybe 20-30mins every day or two. Some of that is unavoidable. Not carrying washing (while annoying that I won't be able to do it since noone else does) is doable...I will have to do it when DH gets home from work and he can carry it out for me. DH is already doing the vacumming and is very helpful, though like you said traveller, I do feel guilty having him do so much and having to go to work too while I am doing nothing. Plus he has an injured shoulder too, which we are hoping will be fixed in about 2ish weeks when he goes back to the specialist. I am trying to enjoy this pg but it is just not happening I am hating being pg even more than ever! Such a sucky time....
I had a mild case and saw a physio at my hospital weekly for the last month of my pregnancy. They massaged and then taped me up. The taping stayed on for 3 days at a time and made a huge difference. I went public and the appointments only cost me $10.
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