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This is a discussion on Insane Pain... within the Due in June - Shaping Little Sunbeams forums, part of the Due Dates By Month category; Just a lil' "woe-is-me" and "I don't know how to manage this for several ...
Just a lil' "woe-is-me" and "I don't know how to manage this for several more weeks (???)" vent...
My SPD (pubic symphysis) pain came on with a gigantic BANG today! It hurt yesterday, but Tylenol and a warm bath last night got me back to bearable by this morning. Well, I was struggling again in church and by lunch time today, it became so painful at a restaurant (DH & kiddos took me out ) that I could barely make it from the restroom to the table where my family was...but I had to as my 5yo DD was with me. I then had to wince my way out and to the van biting my tongue so I didn't scream. I absolutely hate making any kind of scene so was trying to pass it off as nothing, but literally got to the point that walking (esp. every time I took a step w/with my left foot) was beyond excruciating. I lost it once I got there. My DH commented that people obviously thought I was about to have my baby. All I could say at that point was that I'd rather be feeling that right then than the pain I was feeling.
Long story shorter...I had planned to get some things done and ready for baby today. I've been feeling all frantic and emotional about it lately (thanks, hormones), so I was ready to take action. I had shopping to do, was hoping to get our pool for the birth picked up, and do a little cleaning (I know...it's Mother's Day...but my parents are coming tomorrow and things get messy fast with my crew...not to mention "nesting"). Instead, my DH had to help me stagger in and I ended up in bed with a hot rice sock between my legs. ...A wasted day.
Sorry for the long story and whine; it's just been a really rough one for me today...and, really, lately. It's now obvious that I'm going to have to give up my regular exercising (ugh!), which isn't easy for me. I'm sure my low-impact aerobics and toning this morning exacerbated things and that's why my day was ruined. ...But that's a whole other issue/battle for me. I'm just so past the 'cute preggo' stage, am sick of nothing fitting, and feel horrible for being snippy with my kiddos and DH lately. As many of you can probably relate -- kids with unending questions and such + horrible physical pain/exhaustion = cranky mommy. It's still no excuse though.
I apologize for the bummer thread...things can only get better, right? Thanks for listening.
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Two, sensational sons & three, darling daughters
That sounds really horrible- I'm sorry that your day was ruined. I hope it eases up for you and you don't have to go through the next few weeks hobbling.
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I hope your pain eases up quite a bit or goes away completely. And I'm soooo with you on the crabby Mommy thing. But my daughter is hitting the whine, nag, complain about everything stage really hard right now, so that doesn't help a thing....actually kind of ruined part of my day .
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Lina Rynn 4/13/2005 Lina and Cara's Mommy - Rachel
my daughter is hitting the whine, nag, complain about everything stage really hard right now
My 5yo, normally a sunshine, has been there, too. There must be something in the air around here! Then again, they know when mama's out of sorts.
As of tonight, I'm still hobbling around more than not, but I'll take that over not being able to walk or function around here at all. With a big family, that's just not an option for me.
I do need to add, though, that, physical discomfort/size-aside, I'm nowhere near ready for the baby to actually be born yet...and neither is s/he. I know I'm very blessed and am abundantly thankful. At the same time, it's nice to have a place to vent where I'm truly understood...thank you!
Oh...and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, everyone! (Give or take...haha...)
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~ Melissa ~
Blessed Homeschooling Mommy to:
Two, sensational sons & three, darling daughters
Im sorry that the pain is that bad. Hope it gives you a break, at least. Hang in there, we are almost there. Relief will be on its way soon.
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Proud Mother of 2 Boys and a Girl
Isaac David born February 24th, 2004
Carson Eli born January 18th, 2006
Kianna Rachelle born May 25th, 2008
im so sorry !!!!! that sounds awful! here i am complaining about my pubic bone pain and other stuff and i feel bad because what u are describing sounds just terrible! i hope u feel better soon!!!!
i know what u mean about cranky kids and hubbies.......ugh!!!!! i feel like i should just put some tape over my mouth because i have no clue what might come out of my mouth at anytime!
I am so sorry about the pain, I had that with both my other pregnancies (thankfully not this one) and I know how excruciating it is - words can't even describe it. I also feel you on the kids thing, my 2 year old has a horrible cold and has been crabby all day and my 4 year old is I'm sure catching it cause he has been a mess today too. My ears are ringing from all the screaming and crying. It really was not a very good day over here and I fear tonight will be even worse....and then next week home with two sick ones.....ug. I hope things get better for you, I wish I could offer some advice but when I had the pain, nothing really worked except delivery
Monica
I am right there with you, Melissa! I did not have this with Kylie and had no idea pregnancy could be this painful! I am to the point where I can't even manage grocery shopping for a few things anymore. Dh is doing that for me now. Graduation the other night was simply dreadful. I was worried my toes would hurt but it ended up being everything else instead.
I keep telling myself that I only have a little over 5 weeks left but then I get anxious because I still have SOOO much left to do and am not sure how I will be able to manage doing it with the pain. I am simply relying on dh a whole lot and am glad he is such a great husband.
I wonder how I will make it through 5 more weeks of this but I know that I will and you will too. I can completely sympathize with you though as this is some of the most unbearable pain I've ever dealt with and there isn't much relief for it.
Sorry about the pain you are having. Hopefully it will stop soon.
every now and then I get the shooting leg pains down the inside of my legs but it's not that bad (yet). I have bad sciatic pain today though...to the point where I just want to curl up in bed and cry. It could be the crummy rainy weather though. I don't know!
Sorry to hear that you are in pain though- I know how it is when you have other kids- you just aren't allowed to stop!
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I've had those shooting pains in my inner thighs here and there, too. They can be strong and alarming. This pubic symphysis thing is just a crazy, aching, throbbing type of pain though. It's like one person picked up one of my legs and another picked up the other and then the ran in opposite directions pulling them as hard as they could - 'crack'. As icky as that is to visualize, it completely describes what one would think the resulting feeling would be. In my case, the person on the left was the strongest (since it's the most pronounced there even though it's a central type of pain).
That hot rice sock did wonders yesterday...but I'm now back to hobbling again today. I guess my parents will just have to arrive to a less than clean house. And working out sure isn't happening (making me feel like a bum - I hate that!)... If this isn't a good lesson in 'letting go'...I don't know what is?
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Two, sensational sons & three, darling daughters
I am so sorry that you are having such a bad flair up. Mine is getting unbearable. They diagnosed me with PSD about 4 weeks ago, and it is in the last three days that it is getting unbearable. I spent almost the entire day yesterday in bed, trying to have a few moments without horrific pain. Work is awful. I came to tears today twice. And of course I have kids in sports, which isn't helping. So I worked came home, changed my clothes, and then drove 30 minutes to take my daughter to cheer, stood for 2 hours (it is excruciating to sit long, and when I say long I mean 5 minutes or more), then drove home. I am just now checking email and this sight quickly before going to bed. It hurt so much today it took everything I had in me not to cancel my last few patients to come home. I keep telling myself, just hang in there for 6 more weeks, then I will be off a week before my due date. At this point I will be lucky if I can go six more weeks at work with this pain. I had to have someone physically help me get my patient on the table to work on them twice today, I just couldn't lift them with this pain. I hope that you are finding some relief! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!
Yes! Well, for me, it's not the sitting itself so much as the standing up from sitting for too long. I think that's what really got me so badly yesterday. My DH and I were crammed in a booth with four kids and the quarters were just too close. When I got up to stand, it was very painful. However, after using the restroom, it was all over...I just could not walk. I had to lean on the sink and moan when washing my hands.
katie0608 & Tasha - I am so sorry to hear you're both dealing with this, too. We're due within days of each other so maybe we can be one another's cheering section? (Btw, my DD had cheer tonight and a show for parents where I had to sit very uncomfortably...kinda ironic...) Back to my hot rice sock...
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Insane Pain...
) that I could barely make it from the restroom to the table where my family was...but I had to as my 5yo DD was with me. I then had to wince my way out and to the van biting my tongue so I didn't scream. I absolutely hate making any kind of scene so was trying to pass it off as nothing, but literally got to the point that walking (esp. every time I took a step w/with my left foot) was beyond excruciating. I lost it once I got there. My DH commented that people obviously thought I was about to have my baby. All I could say at that point was that I'd rather be feeling that right then than the pain I was feeling. 
Francine mom to 3 awesome boys~Keiran 2/18/01 Aidan 11/14/02 (water birth)Breylan 5/02/05(water birth)
