It's probably Pelvic Girdle Pain. Perfectly normal during pregnancy. Search engine it & you will see your symptoms match it. Some may suggest sciatica which is similar but a little different. Generally you wont get that when you are pregnant unless you got it before you were pregnant (like me). PGP only happens when you are pregnant.
What kind of pain is it, mate? Is it a dull muscular ache or is it a sharp shooting pain?
There's a muscle in your butt cheek, deep to your glutes (the big ones) and it sits on top of your sciatic nerve. If your pain is sharp, shooting pain, it's more likely nerve pain. You may feel pain, tingles, pins & needles etc anywhere along the back of your leg to your foot.
Alternatively, so many of us carry tension in our butts! When people have lower back pain, it is really important to massage glutes because the back pain will often transfer to the butt, KWIM? So if it is muscular tension, perhaps a massage would really help.
Hopefully this gives you something to go on. You could perhaps go and see a physio or osteo if you can't contact your OB? Tell them you are preggers and they may be able to offer you more insight.
Yes my dear, you poor thing... it does sounds like PGP as this is exactly what I felt like...Good news is you can make it better by visiting an osteo or physio but I had to relearn the way I moved in order to make it better for myself.
1-ALWAYS bend your knees when bending down, that means even to empty the dishwasher
2- DO NOT LIFT ANYTHING HEAVY
3-Try to keep your pelvis (hips) locked and don't twist, i.e if you need to turn left, turn your WHOLE body not just the top half.
4- Keep your knees closed together when getting in and out of the bed, the car, the couch.
5- You can try sleeping with a pillow in betweeen you knees, it keeps your spine and pelvis into line.
Thanks ladies for your replies, it is greatly appreciated
It is such a strange pain. It feels like a sharp pain in the butt but then does not seem to travel down my leg or anywhere else.
Even getting on/off the loo is slightly painful.
I have no idea how long this pain continues in pregnancy but hope it goes away soon.
Hi Nicole,
It could possibly be your sacroiliac joint that has become slightly inflamed. I aggravated this at work when moving stock around, and my Dr told me that it is actually more common in pregnant women because everything loosens up and moves in preparation for carrying a child. If you Google it, it will describe the pain you are getting pretty much exactly. The best way to alleviate it is with a heat pack and when you are sitting - place a firm pillow behind your back for support (including when driving), you'll need to limit bending and twisting and make sure not to lift anything heavy.
SIJ that Clarebear mentioned is PGP but just with a different name.
If it is PGP/SIJ you could have it right up til 12 weeks after giving birth but this is unusual, usually it goes away after the birth. I read somewhere that a lot of women get this during their pregnancy - some just get a few days, others weeks, some get it right through. Some women get it mild, some get it severe.
I could never work out if it was sciatic pain or PGP that I had when I was pregnant as it felt very like the sciatic pain that I had pre pregnancy (and post). I got a few days of pain early on & then a fair bit of it during the 3rd tri but it was never unmanagable.
Pelvic floor excercises are thought to help with PGP so if you aren't doing them yet get to it quick smart.
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