Hi, I am 2 days shy of 18 weeks pregnant. With my first pregnancy I started getting these pains around 8-9 months of pregnancy where my daughter was dropping & her head was low in the pelvic region & so when i would stand or walk the pressure would hurt & make the bone almost feel bruised. However, now I am getting this pain already. I've heard that the pains you get from previous pregnancies happen sooner & sooner with every pregnancy but this just seems way too soon especially since the baby is not even a pound by this stage in pregnancy. Anyone else had a similiar experience? i'm a little worried.
Thanks!
Hey Guys, thanks for all the great tips. I talked to my Dr. yesterday & he said that he isn't concerned about this pain unless there is bleeding with it. He said that sometimes this happens when you've already had a kid. I have a sonogram in 9 days & he said just to make sure I go to that & if there is anything wrong they will pick it up on the sonogram. I will let everyone know if there is anymore changes. I just feel relieved that he wasn't concerned about it when I talked to him.
I'm sorry to be so abrupt and I also don't want to scare you, but call your doctor immediately. Like the previous poster said, don't freak out, but get a professional to check you out as soon as possible. I had similar symptoms starting at 22 weeks with my first pregnancy that I didn't think were a big deal and it didn't end well because I waited until it was too late.
Hi A.,
The same thing happened to me during my second pregnancy--I had that bruisy lower pelvic pain early on and it stayed until the end (it was especially bad if I had to use the bathroom or if I tried to walk very fast or run). If you're really feeling concerned though, check with your Dr.--that's what they're there for!
Congratulations and good luck!
--C.
A.,
I had a friend that had something similar and it turned out to be a horrible experience for her and her baby. The best advice I can give you is to see your doctor to check on the baby. From experience I can tell you that the mother always knows best. If you have a feeling that something is wrong, the get it checked out. It is better to check it out and have nothing wrong than to not check it out and have something really be wrong. Good luck and I hope everything turns out ok.
I had very similar pain when I had my second baby and it was because I carried him alot lower than my first. I had what is called low lying placenta. It can be a serious condition but if monitored correctly and your rest whenever you can you can overcome it. You may even experience some spotting with this type of pain. I would recommend that you talk to your ob because it can be a precurser to placenta previa and such. Dont get worried until you know exactly what they have to say about it.. Try resting with your feet elevated for periods of time. Sitting always made mine seem worst. Hope this helps!
I had this earlier with my second pregnancy. My doctor said that your body is just stretched out more with the second. I also got sciatica really early, like aroun this point (pain running down your hip into your back). Still, give your doc a call just to put your mind at ease.
Hello! I rarely respond to posts but had to when I saw your post on the emails that are sent out. During my second pregnancy I also had that same pain. The way I described it was like my pelvis (or vaginal) area was going to split in half. During my whole pregnancy, I felt like my baby (now my precious daughter) was going to fall out any minute. I kept telling my doctors but they couldn't figure it out. They checked the baby, checked me, and couldn't give me any answers. They kept saying the baby was fine which was really all I cared about. I lived with the pain throughout my pregnancy. I wasn't able to exercise during the first half of my pregnancy but was able to during the second half. However, the worst of this came after I delivered. (I had a wonderful, quick, drug-free delivery!) The pain got 10X worse and again, the doctors couldn't figure it out. I had xrays and it didn't show that the pelvis split. If it had, at least there would have been an explanation. This effected my whole every day life. I also had a 3 year old to take care of. I could barely walk up the stairs. I could bend down to pick my daughter up, but on the "up" move, I saw stars. It was awful. This also effected me mentally because I couldn't exercise or function the way I wanted and needed to. It got the point where I felt like they thought I was making it up. One doctor said, you'll have to live with it. Ugh! Anyway, I did go for PT for strengthening of the pelvis floor. Basically doing advanced Kegals. This helped some, but not much. I ended up giving up the search for an answer and lived with it. I just learned how to live with the pain and compensate. I didn't exercise until 4 months after my daughter was born and even then, it took really until she was about 18 months to exercise the way I wanted to. (I started by walking only at 2.8/3.0 on the treadmill and I normally could walk 4.3!!) I was still having pain even at the 18 mo. mark, but felt like I was living much better and not letting the pain effect my daily life. My daughter is now 21 months and I am now feeling much better. Every once in a while, I'll get the pain but nothing like I had for the past year. My advice is to be persistent with your doctors. I should have insisted that they follow through. Who knows what was really going on. Perhaps it was as simple as having to strengthen the pelvis area or maybe it was something and we'll never know. We have since moved and I'll be going to a new GYN and plan to tell her about it and check and make sure there is nothing to be concerned about. We don't plan to have any more children, but if we were going to, I would be extremely persistent. I think we have to be our own advocates with very busy doctors these days.
Good luck and be sure to keep asking your doctor. Also, I would ask for an Rx for PT so that maybe they help you during your pregnancy and hopefully you won't have the pain after delivery. Oh, and keep doing Kegals!!
hey A. i just read your question today so i am sorry that my response is a little late.But all i have to say is what ever you had happen to you in your first pregnancy will happen to you sooner in your seconed.I have two boys and with my seconed pregnancy by 5 months along i was in as much pain and discomfort as i was at nine months along with my first.My hips hurt and my pelvic bone hurt,i mean you name it it hurt and i was only 20 weeks prego!!! I even started getting braxton-hicks everyday on once i turned 61/2 months prego.It was insane how much sooner things happened for me with the seconed one...it almost makes me scared to have a third,i mean am i gona be in pain from conseption,ha! ha! I was 24 years old when i got pregnate with my seconed and i felt like i was 100 years old.I just turned 27 and my husband is knocking at my vaginal door for a third and i gotta say i am scared.But congradulations on your pregnancy and if you want to talk more i would love it.My e-mail adress is ____@____.com Abby
A.,
Definitely check with your doctor as everyone and every pregnancy is different. I had a similar pain (I described it as a pulled groin muscle) from my 3rd or 4th month with my 3rd pregnancy (I did not have anything like it with my 1st 2 pregnancies). I was taking pre-natal Yoga classes and I had to modify some of the positions because it was just too painful. It was also extremely difficult to get in and out of bed and every time I rolled over the pain work me up - made for some pretty sleepless nights (I was actually wishing for the days of 2am feedings because I knew I would be getting 2 or 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep!).
My OB told me it was most likely from either the way the baby was lying or just everything loosening up and the pelvis not having enough muscle support and it would most likely go away after delivery (all 3 of the OBs in my practice told me the same thing).
I had a long, difficult delivery and the pain got worse for a few days after delivery (I had trouble walking and I could not get in or out of bed without help), but then the pain gradually went away over the next few weeks. My son is now 3 months old and I have not had any pain in over a month.
Good-Luck!
~ B.
