Belfie - re the being housebound with minimal pain versus getting out and about and paying for it afterwards, that essentially is THE dilemma with this. The killer for me was the 18 month recovery last time so I'm doing all I can to avoid that. I know if I minimise the pain during the pregnancy this time then I have a much better chance of recovering a lot sooner. So I've 'chosen' (not that it's much of a choice) the housebound route rather than being more active but being in a lot of pain.
The other thing is that this time around it struck really early for me and I really wasn't sure, even if I managed it well with minimal activity, belt, icing, pilates, how bad it would get so there was the fear of the unknown. I guess I reached a point a few weeks ago where I got really confident about my limits and confident that if I stuck within those limits that I could minimise the pain. I may have said this before in this thread, but last week I went to the physio and we high-fived each other. I basically said I'd beaten this bloody SPD because I'm in so little pain. Almost about to give birth, I'm in less pain now that I was 12 months POSTNATALLY last time. Don't get me wrong, I've had to make HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE adjustments to my life to do that but as long as the recovery this time around is shorter, then I will be really pleased.
What I'm trying to say is that you will figure out for yourself what you can and can't do to keep the pain under control and you'll probably find that you'll feel much less frustrated once you have because you're dealing with the known rather than the unknown, if that makes sense. You'll kind of know, OK, if I walk this far then it will mean x amount of pain for x amount of time, sort of thing.
Didi, I must have missed your BA... Congratulations on the birth of Nate!! So glad your SPD has gone.
Belfie, the support belt does nothing for me. I find it uncomfortable to wear and it doesn't reduce my pain, so this pg I am not using it. Not to say it isn't great for others.
I have been soooo careful this pg and have not done anything to aggravate my pelvis. I am very careful getting in and out of the car, rolling over in bed, not sitting on the floor with crossed legs.... constantly conscious of my pelvis. And it's working... I still have pain, but nowhere near the same as my last two pg's at this stage. Interesting, usually my SI joints are most painful, but this time my SP is giving me more trouble. It's starting to ache any time I stand... good excuse to lie on the couch I reckon!! Anyway, I know I still have a long way to go, but I am being careful, being positive and hoping to get through without the agony I experienced the last two times!
Someone mentioned clunking? I've just started to 'clunk' a little. I can feel the bones in my SP rub against each other when I roll over... not pleasant!!
heys thought I might join. was also reading the pelvic instability association website. thanks to everyone for sharing your stories.
My pain is (so far) in the left sacroiliac joints at the back which is annoying. Today I've just been moping and reading up on it all, it doesn't look like a fun journey to be sharing with you all.
Kazbah - welcome to this dubious club! Sorry to hear you have to join us, but hopefully you'll find some useful information to help minimise it! My pain started Right SIJ but has moved to the left , so saying, I'm finding that I'm "managing" it far better than I was, so at present am still better than I was at my first flare-up. I have my fingers crossed that you'll be able to help yours too. Have you found a good physio/osteo/chiro? I'm in Vermont, so not far from you if you want any recommendations.
Nickel730 - i'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't find the support belt any help. You sound like you're managing so well to keep it under control . As for clunking, i never clunk at the front, but always at the back (I've got clunk in my trunk )
Fionas - I think you've hit on the dilemma at the heart of this all. For me, this was very mild last time, so I still find it hard to comprehend the thought that it might still be around post-birth. I battle with the "I should just tough it out" mentality (Codral has a LOT to answer for!!) versus the "minimise/manage/ask for all the help you can get" mentality! I'm starting to work out the sanity/immobility balance for me I think... but as always, just when you think you've got it right, it can trip you up. I had a day last week sitting at home feeling SO trapped and not coping mentally at all - compounded by a lot of trouble walking first thing and worrying if I could cope with my toddler. Then another day I "toughed it out" and went to TWO things (one was a BB catch-up lol) but paid for it later in the day... but geez I felt more sane! Sometimes I think I'd rather be sore and keep my sanity... but if it tips over into barely being able to walk then it isn't worth it!
Didi - I'm so thrilled to hear you're feeling good it gives me great hope! Enjoy your babymoon hun, you deserve it
AFM - my mum is Back again this weekend (as DH is o/s for a week) so I'm going to utilise her to the HILT as I have a heap of house/room rearrangement to get this place ready for bubba. I've also gotten DS a swing/slide set which Dad is gonna put up in the backyard so I can run DS around much more easily. That combined with a heap of playdates has definitely helped. I'm getting better at asking for help and not turning down help. It's a big learning curve this whole SPD thing, that's for sure!
Fionas - just had to add one more bit, as I woke up at 6am thinking about you (do you feel special now! ). I guess what's slowly occurring to my fuzzy pregnant brain that in SPD as with anything else in life we still have choices. Yes, our choices may be not of our making, or substantially more limited but at the end of the day we can still choose how we react, what we do, what we limit and what we can still do within our limits. Maybe that's why you seem (I could be wrong) much more at peace with your SPD cos you're making active choices, so you HAVE beaten it . I feel like i'm getting closer to that state of mind and no longer wasting time railing against my misfortune but rather looking at what I CAN do.
So with that profound thought, I'm off to have a fabbo day! I hope everyone else is going well
Urgh looks like I'm going to be joining this group!! Already at this stage my sciatic is just killing me, especially at night. Just waiting for the pelvic pain to kick in right along with it. My chiro told me last friday that my pelvis is already out of whack.
Aah that's no good Mel sorry to hear it's kicking in early (and congrats by the way!). Fingers crossed it doesn't get too bad, sounds like you're on it early with your chiro.
Well I think I was silly this week.. have been tag-teaming osteo and physio, one each week (yeah, cos i wanna be bankrupt soon lol) but was grumpy at my physio cos she didn't get back to me when she said she would... so didn't bother with physio appt this week. Now I think i'm paying for it. I've gone from just having pain/discomfort ONLY if I overdid it to now getting very sore every arvo/evening ... roll on Monday I want oste'o'clock! Even sitting at the PC is painful now darnit. Only 2 days to get through, and thank goodness it's the weekend.
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, so saying, I'm finding that I'm "managing" it far better than I was, so at present am still better than I was at my first flare-up. I have my fingers crossed that you'll be able to help yours too. Have you found a good physio/osteo/chiro? I'm in Vermont, so not far from you if you want any recommendations. 
. As for clunking, i never clunk at the front, but always at the back (I've got clunk in my trunk 
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... roll on Monday I want oste'o'clock! Even sitting at the PC is painful now darnit. Only 2 days to get through, and thank goodness it's the weekend.
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