Anyone else admitted to hospital?

[elasmum]

Hi,
Ive just been admitted to hospital with severe pelvic instability at 24w5d so the end is still so far away... Im looking at upto a weeks admission now and possible readmissions during the remaining weeks of pregnancy. Just wondered if there is anyone else out there who's got this bad and has any encouragement to see me through the next 3.5months! Also how to help a two year old cope without mum?
Thanks

[firsttimeparents]

Hi,
I am 19 weeks with severe PI, and am on complete bed rest, but have not been admitted to hospital. Just wanted to say hang in there I know how painful it is!!
Hope you are feeling better?

[elasmum]

Thanks first time parents,
I am home now on a walking frame / bed rest. I feel like this baby is going to rattle im taking so many meds! Im going to hydro three times a week and physio twice which is atleast keeping me a little mobile, I really dont want to end up on total bed rest. Are you getting any relief? Did you have this in your son's pregnancy? I had it with my daughter also but not nearly this bad.
Thanks for your support, hope your getting lots too!

[firsttimeparents]

Thanks first time parents,
I am home now on a walking frame / bed rest. I feel like this baby is going to rattle im taking so many meds! Im going to hydro three times a week and physio twice which is atleast keeping me a little mobile, I really dont want to end up on total bed rest. Are you getting any relief? Did you have this in your son's pregnancy? I had it with my daughter also but not nearly this bad.
Thanks for your support, hope your getting lots too!

Thats good new to hear you are out of hospital, although it's hard to have bed rest when you are at home. Also good to hear you are getting some relief from hydro and physio :) When is bubs due?

I have not been getting much relief and am off to the physio again today to get another check up to see what is the next plan of attack.

I did have it with DS but it didn't get this bad until about 36 weeks, so I am not looking forward to the rest of my pregnancy. :crying:

have you got any home help etc from the government? I have been looking into it because it is hard with a toddler and no family here, there is only so much that hubby can do whilst working FT :(

[elasmum]

Hi,
Im due the 13th May which still feels like a lifetime away but I'm gathering you're due after that? I just have to keep reminding myself that this isnt forever just a few months!
It is super hard with a toddler and if you are doing it on your own all day you cant be getting much rest you poor thing! My hubby also works fulltime, 6 days in fact as we have our own business. But I have a lot of family support thank god - I honestly feel blessed in that way. I am never on my own with our daughter and I'm not driving or shopping anymore so I certainly need all the help I have.
Im not sure about the home help, but I know people with chronic illness can get it so Id hope its available short term too. Not sure what your childcare arrangements are but there is certainly fast access criteria for families in urgent need of care so maybe that might be an option to give you some respite. Also consider supermarket shopping on line or with the community bus from local council to get some help.
A few things I have found helpful

wearing tubigrip 24 hrs a day, this really helps with turning over in bed too
I have two support belts to wear whenever im walking
The hydro is the best respite, if you dont have access to a class then get yourself a noodle and try to get into a pool and just float - the weightlessness is fantastic
I have to take pain relief regularly, panadol and pandiene forte. I am an RN so have asked everyone I have access to about the safety of this. I dont like it but i think the effect of me being in agony, having frequent braxton hicks and being immobile puts more stress on the baby than taking the medication
Accept a walking frame if you can get one. Again its a hard one to swallow but it really makes a difference to the stress on your pelvis even if your only walking to the loo and back
Deep heat is stinky but it really does offer relief - I use it three or so times every day!
There's more I guess (inclduing all the basics listed on previous posts) but I hope these things give you some new strategies. Likewise if you're doing something different that helps please share! My phyio also suggested yesterday that she can tape up my pelvis to try and reduce the movement if it gets any worse. Im not looking forward to this but Ill try anything that might help.
Good luck, Id love to keep in touch cause I think sharing with someone who understands make a differenece too!

[2darlingboys]

Elasmum - how was your labour with SPD?

[elasmum]

Hi 2darling boys, Im gathering you have PI or SPD too? My son is now five weeks old and I am doing much better. I had a terrible delivery with my first (15hrs with 2.5hrs pushing and ventouse in the end) and believe it may have contributed to the severity of my PI in my second pregnancy. I ended up changing to a private OB at 30weeks this time for several reasons but one was certainly my fear of a another long labour and potentially irreversible damage to my pelvis. The Private OB was fantastic and booked me to be induced at 37w6d with a booked epidural also. She promised it wouldn't be a long labour and she was right. The epidural wasnt very effective but took the edge off of things. I laboured for about 5hrs with only 20mins of pushing- much better than the first time! One thing I found really helpfull... I had been side lying, rolling from side to side due to the sevrity of my pain but when the ob came in she thought things would speed up if I sat on the side of the bed with my feet on a stool and pillows on my lap to lean forward on - it was really comfortable and certainly sped things up - a position to consider for sure!
All the best

[waterlily]

I wasn't admitted to hospital even though I went to the labour ward unable to move on many occasions. They just kept shrugging it off! It got so bad I couldn't move and when I did my pelvis cracked, it was the worst pain ever. I was in tear every single day without fail from 22 weeks.

After my birth I couldn't walk, I was bed ridden on morphine in agony for months (had to even have a bed pan and someone to dress me everyday!) and to this day am in constant pain every single day 21 months later.

I was treated Like rubbish before and after my birth, I had a horrid labour! I always wonder if thing would have turned out differently of I was taken seriously.

I'm glad you ended up with a positive story.

2DP if you have SPD, please don't let anyone fob you off it can be very serious!

[2darlingboys]

Yep I have SPD :(
I had good labour with DS.
3 hours of active labour
I was in shower & all fours for pushing so hopefully I can still do that things time

Waterlily - I go to Physio but nothing they can really do for it. I developed it from my injuries from a car crash in 2010

[waterlily]

Yep I have SPD :(
I had good labour with DS.
3 hours of active labour
I was in shower & all fours for pushing so hopefully I can still do that things time

Waterlily - I go to Physio but nothing they can really do for it. I developed it from my injuries from a car crash in 2010

That's horrible, physio doesn't help me either. Tbh I have yet to find anything that does! Wearing my belt is the only thing and its not that much better and I HATE wearing it so rarely do anymore.

[elasmum]

Hey Waterlilly and Twodarlingboys,
So sorry to hear you have such bad pelvis issues too - I know just how horrible it can be. Waterlilly you must be so angry at the treatment (or lack of it) that you recieved - I have no doubt that previous experiences make it worse in the future and I think there is quite a lot of evidence to support that too.
Just wondered if you are memebrs of the pelvic instability association of australia? its free and they have a great facebook page where lots of us winge to / support each other.
Re physio, my phyiso practices strain / counter strain and cranialsacral therapy, neither of which are traditional / common physio practices but certainly help. I have found traditional physio just too painfull. Perhaps the most helpfull treatment has been hydrotherapy which I did three times aweek during the pregnancy (even though I had to be hoisted in and out of the pool) and I am returning this week now that im 6 weeks postnatal. Ive also heard pilates helps so im due to start that next week - im really hoping to make a good recovery.
Re the belt, I still where mine and a tubigrip which both help but I too am over wearing them! My physio suggested SRC recovery shorts instead and so ive just bought myself a pair off ebay and will see how that goes.
Take care x