I got to the point where i probably should have been using a walking frame but I quit work early instead...the difference being that I didn't need to care for a small toddler at the same time. I was in the ACT at the time and I wasn't able to access any help/services so I took a very DIY approach to getting through.

I would really encourage you to take up some child care for your DS during the week. If money is an issue, you can apply for extra child care hours and "special child care benefit" which is where the service pays your part of the fees for up to 13 weeks (due to financial hardship, esp where cause by temporary illness, etc). If you don't like the child care centre environment, try family day care (run by communities at work in the ACT)- if you explain your circumstances they should try to find you a good carer quickly.

This really is a condition where it does not pay to 'push through' the pain/mobility etc - it WILL get worse if you do too much. You may however be able to stabilise this with good physio and your exercises & support gadgets etc - but only if you rest and don't do too much. If you're still able to drive & move short distances I recommend you get a temporary disabled parking sticker (I didn't do this but wish I had) - every way you can reduce how many steps you take in a day/how much standing/moving/carrying you do will help to reduce your pain and make it more bearable. My DH was away so I had to retain a certain level of functionality (or bust) so I did this by cutting every corner I could. I used a laundry trolley so I didn't have to carry the laundry basket. I put clothes thru the dryer whenever I could. I bought frozen or pre-cut veggie and bagged salads so I didn't have to sit/stand upright to get food on the table every night. I ordered internet groceries and got the man to carry the stuff into the kitchen and put the cold things close to the fridge etc.

I also second Maranui's layzboy suggestion. I didn't get mine until about 34 weeks (once DH was home again) BUT it was the first real attempt at comfortableness I'd had in months. You could look at hiring one of those comfy chairs with an electric lift mechanism in it as a temporary measure, I guess.

Let me just say, I love the positive help-yourself attitude you are taking to all of this. It can be incredibly difficult to deal with such a sudden mobility & pain problem when you are usually independent and self-sufficient. It helps to remind yourself that it's temporary, even if you need physio etc after the birth eventually you will get better.