I just wanted to add a thanks for this thread. It's great - it's particularly great to see that so many people have positive attitudes to their SPD, as it's often really hard to stay positive when in this degree of pain.

I haven't been able to walk properly since 12 weeks pregnant (now 31 weeks) and have been really struggling lately. My physio has recommended elbow crutches for the bad days and nights, and I try to ice at least three times a day - this helps so well! I can't do the pregnancy pilates at my hospital any more as there's too much standing up for me, so I try to do some of the exercises at home to at least be somewhat active! My physio also recommended swimming - walking or something very simple, absolutely no breast stroke, even trying to kick a bit with a floatie between my knees to make sure that things are stable in my pelvis and I get some exercise. I haven't been able to try that yet as I had a chest infection, but I'm hoping to get in the pool soon!


Traveller - I second the "attention seeking" comment that you made. A good friend of mine, a doctor, told me that pelvic pain is "normal" and physiotherapy/chiropracty/etc is all voodoo. He received a very good talking to from me, and a gentler (but very specific) one from my DH after that, but I was so hurt that a friend would say something like that. Sigh.