Hmmm... difficult to get out what I want to know here...

During birth, I remember a moment that felt like my pelvis was being ripped in two and that my hips were being pulled out. I guess that was the moment that Sam passed through my pelvis.

Ever since then, I've had pains in my hips. At first I thought it might have been my rheumatoid arthritis deciding to attack a new joint, but I never had arthritis issues in my hips before birth, and the pain is somehow different to the arthritis pain.

Is the pelvis being ripped apart sensation I had during birth normal? Or is it perhaps a sign that Sam, despite being premature, is probably about as big a baby as I can birth vaginally? I do have rather narrow hips - definitely NOT child-bearing hips by any stretch of the imagination. The fact that when I turned up to the hospital in labour at 36 weeks my OB tried to get me in for an urgent scan to check on his size also leads to me thinking that I may have an issue with my pelvis not being all that large. Everything went way too fast for that scan to happen, though.

Is it possible that the on-going pain I have is caused by something being out of allignment after birth? I had a few sessions of bowen therapy after Sam was born that did help with settling back pain, but it is difficult to find the time and money to get in to see my bowen therapist these days.

Any ideas at all?

BW