Joined: 02 July 2009 United Kingdom Posts: 11 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 02 July 2009 at 8:31am | IP Logged
Hi guys.
This is my first topic on this site
I suffered severe SPD with my third baby - not even a hint
of it with my first two!
It started quite late (28wks) but spiralled out of control in
no time flat. I was wheelchair bound by the end of my
pregnancy.
I decided that I would NEVER put my body through that
again. We talked about permanent contraception but we
are both still in our 20s so felt that was a little severe.
Instead I had the Mirena IUD fitted - supposed to be more
effective that female sterilisation anyway!
Well, turns out I learnt the hard way that SOMEONE has to
be that 1 in 1000 and I'm due 7 November.
The PGP started much earlier this time around - almost as
soon as I realised I was pregnant. A friend told me to
contact the Pelvic Partnership via telephone
(www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk) and ask for a local SPD
specialist osteopath.
They put me in touch with a guy who is an hour's drive
away. It's a pain in the butt having to travel so far, and it's
also not too cheap (£32 per session) BUT, he's kept me
pain free. I have to see him once a fortnight and it's really
working.
He's also said that if you see him between pregnancies,
he's fairly confident that he can prevent a re-occurrence of
symptoms with subsequent pregnancies.
Joined: 07 April 2009 United States Posts: 31 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 02 July 2009 at 4:32pm | IP Logged
Thanks so much for sharing that! I have a lot of post-partum pain still 6 months out and have just recently started seeing a physical therapist who is trained in osteopathic techniques. I'm beginning to notice a slight difference and I think if I continue to work with her, she just might be able to really help me. Anyway, I appreciate that you shared your story! Hope you continue to feel good!
Joined: 11 September 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 3400 Gender: Female
Posted: 03 July 2009 at 11:44pm | IP Logged
Hi hun welcome to madmums and thank you for sharing your experiences.
You are not alone in having a sucessful experience with osteopaths. The key seems to be finding the right one who specalises and knows about pregnancy related conditions.
Hope your pregnancy keeps pain free as spd is a pain i wouldn't even wish on my worst enemy.
Gentle hugs
(as for the coil how did you find the fitting? did you have spd at the time of fitting? i ask as it's an option my gp has suggested for myself and i'm dubious due to the poition etc, having a smear is daunting enough let along a peace of metal/plastic being positioned inside)
Joined: 02 July 2009 United Kingdom Posts: 11 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 05 July 2009 at 8:19am | IP Logged
I'm not going to lie - it wasn't pleasant. It was very
uncomfortable - bordering on painful but really didn't take
too long. It left me feeling a little "wierd" for a day or two
after it was put it but after that it was problem free (other
than the pregnancy lol!). I was still feeling the SPD but it
was a mere shadow of the pain I'd felt during my
pregnancy. I don't think that made having it fitted any
harder.
As for finding the right osteopath, that really is key which is
why for UK ladies, I'd always recommend they find their
osteopath through the Pelvic Partnership. I saw a more
local osteopath to see if it'd be as good but she actually
made the situation much worse and it took two intensive
sessions with the original guy to set me straight again.
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