Good question.

I had SPD during my pregnancy too and it took 6 months before I could walk more than five minutes. It's still an issue especially as DD is now heavier.

It's also weighing on my mind a lot given that I'm 39 and have very little time to have another baby but can't at the moment begin to think how I will deal with the pain during pregnancy and afterwards caring for two small children. I don't have any support apart from DP who works shifts so is often not here in the evening when I really need a break after a day full of lifting and carrying DD.

I've read a lot. It's not guaranteed to recur but it seems it does in most cases. My physio says that despite that, women often cope better the second time around because they manage it better by being more diligent at going to physio (clinical pilates helped me heaps post-pregnancy) and by keeping their knees together for all the day-to-day stuff like rolling in bed, getting off the floor etc. etc.

In my case, I think my labour contributed a lot to the pain I had post-pregnancy. Two and a half hours of pushing flat on my back with my knees pulled up to my chest followed by a forceps birth. Absolutely the worst possible scenario for SPD but I didn't know that at the time.

I'm trying to convince myself that I wouldn't have been in the same level of pain post-birth if the birth had been differently managed.

I'm also telling myself that I may or may not be in the same level of pain with another baby. No-one knows one way or the other. The only thing I know for sure is that I WILL regret it if I don't try for another baby even though I'm scared stiff.