Definitely get a second opinion particularly if the doctor you spoke to was your GP rather than an obstetrician. I had severe back pain round about week 27 and being the smartypants that I am, looked it up in my pregnancy book and self-diagnosed sacroiliac joint pain. Told that to GP and she said "no, it's just that you're pregnant" so she gave me some painkillers and basically said "too bad."
I didn't actually believe her so mentioned my symptoms to my obstetrician who said "oooh, that sounds like sacroiliac joint pain to me, we'd best send you off to a physio." So I patted myself on the back for being right!
Bascially, what I'm saying is that GPs (and other medical professionals) often get things wrong so do go and get a second opinion either from an obstetrician or a physio. There are physios who specialise in caring for pregnant women but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the name of the place that I've been seeing.
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