fionas I was bedridden a lot of both pregnancy's too. And like you I could barely walk past the front door. My first pregnancy it came on about 20 something weeks. My second it was early. About 15 weeks. The treatment I had the first time around was brutal and I'm pretty sure made things worse. But second time around I saw a fantastic physio who specialised in women's problems, especially pregnancy and PSD. She was great. I counted down the days to our sessions. And I even had to take panadeine at one point. And I felt so guilty. It really is sucky. But with physical and emotional support you can get through it.
one of the hardest things for me was how much weight I put on from being immobile. I blew up like a balloon and it was really hard because I am so body conscious to see myself get so out of shape. I also remember trying to cross the road once and having a driver beep their horn for me to hurry up but I couldn't and all I wanted was to get back to my car so I could be at the same speed as everyone else. My silver lining is that I am very kind to slow people crossing the road now and always give them a smile and a wave so they know they can take their time if they need to. As rouge says you need both physical and emotional support and you will get through this, but please don't push yourself and cut back on absolutely everything you can.
The only time I was pain free was during hydrotherapy. I would drive & hobble in on crutches, then slowly change and hobble out to the pool. I did exercises to help but mostly I just floated and enjoyed the lack of pain. It was 40min of bliss, especially as I needed help getting in & out of the bath at home.
I also had physio and think one made it worse, even though she specialised in pelvic issues. Osteo was a life saver. Next tume, I'll be trying chiro as well.
I used SRC pregnancy shorts. They're exxy though, about $180 i think.
I once had a 87 year old helping me into a car after I overdid it. That was tough for me to accept but in the end, I learnt if you cant walk, you take whatever help you can get.
fionas I was bedridden a lot of both pregnancy's too. And like you I could barely walk past the front door. My first pregnancy it came on about 20 something weeks. My second it was early. About 15 weeks. The treatment I had the first time around was brutal and I'm pretty sure made things worse. But second time around I saw a fantastic physio who specialised in women's problems, especially pregnancy and PSD. She was great. I counted down the days to our sessions. And I even had to take panadeine at one point. And I felt so guilty. It really is sucky. But with physical and emotional support you can get through it.
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