A Bit of a Personal Issue

You may need to be wearing a Belly Band. I am 35 weeks and I have had this pain since about 12 weeks or so. It is possible that to have it this early in the game, and I promise it is not going to get any better!! I can't move some days! Not that that helps you any but just try to get a Belly Band and it will help is you wear it all the time!

I wouldn't worry about it. You've brought it to you doctors attention which is most important. One thing that I have noticed is with each pregnancy your body gets more sensitive. You feel things you didn't before. And each one has it's differances. And even though you are only 15wks along that baby is still big enough to put some discomfort on your body. If it gets worse or happens more often definately bring it up to your doctor again. And who knows maybe this time it will go away later in the pregnancy since you got it earlier. We can always hope right. ;)

Hi A.,

I did have a lot of pressure early on in my pregnancy. I had a boy and I don't know if it's because they sit lower or what. It would feel like my muscles were stretching when I walked and I had pressure all the time. It eased up in the middle of my pregnancy but I just couldn't walk for long periods of time. I don't think there is anything to worry about.

N.

I had a similar problem with my 2nd pregnancy. I started having the lower abdominal pains very early on. Twice so bad that I couldn't move for almost 1/2 hour. After resting, they went away & I didn't even know they were there in the first place. I told the Dr. & they also told me it was normal. By my 2nd trimester, they went away & I never had them at the end. So, it may be normal, but also trust your gut. Have you had an US yet, maybe this one is sitting lower than the others.

This soundslike a problem I had when I was pregnant with my second child. My pregnancies were not quite 9 months apart, my doctor told me it was due to having the pregnancies so close together and the my body was simply a bit more sensitive. Being that you have had four pregnancies very close together, I'd guess it's likely the same problem with you. I only found relief through resting in different positions. I had to play with my movements and positions to learn how I could be most comfortable. If this persists you could always ask your doctor for suggestions again. Sorry I can't offer much help. :)

I had the same problem with both my pregnancys. My midwife said that as long as I was not spotting and the baby was moving well not to worry about it, that it was just muscles and tendons stretching(and i had this very early on also, especially with my 2nd pregnancy.) Some people mentioned sleeping on your side with a pillow between your legs. This worked well for me too!! Also, gentle exercise and stretching helped me to loosen up the cramped muscles and stop the pain.

I had pains from about 18 weeks on with my first pregnancy. IT continued to get worse over time until I finally got put on bedrest- but not by my OBGYN. My GP told me it could be symphisis pelvic disorder. It is recognized in Europe but not greatly accepted here in the US. Basically, the muscles have relaxed too much, too early. It eventually led to alot of pelvic pain, upper leg and lower back pain for me. There's not much you can do. Stretching and light yoga helped me and the biggest amount of advice I can give is to keep your legs together when getting in and out of a car, off a chair and going from a stationary position to walking, standing etc. It may not bet SPD, but look into it. I was not diagnosed, but the things my doctor referred to were treatments they use in Europe for SPD. I never thought that having vaginal pain with pregnancy could be lessened by swing both feet out of the car at the same time. I had never really noticed this before, but once I did, it lightened up alot. Same as getting out of the shower (I sat on the side of the tub and would swing both legs over at the same time), getting out of bed, things like that.

hope it will help.

It sounds like it could be pelvic congestion. The blood doesn't return well to the heart, so gets trapped there by your growing belly. Support hose can help. Also exercises like prenatal yoga promote better circulation. The good news is you may have better orgasms.

This will sound strange but give it a try. Sleep on your side with a pillow between your legs, and place another pillow at your feet for the bottom leg to be placed on. By doing this, you are 'neutralizing' the position your hips are in (pillow between legs) which also helps with the alignment of the musculature near your vaginal area (pelvic floor muscles). The pillow for your feet raises your leg slightly, shortening the pelvic floor muscles so they're not 'stretching' and get a break when you are sleeping.

I've had butt pain (piriformus muscle) and pelvic floor pain, and as soon as I started using pillows in this manner the pain has been greatly reduced. Basically you want to try to get the body parts either neutral or the muscles shortened, because usually if you're throwing one muscle off down there, other muscles are thrown out of whack too!

If you don't want a fortress of pillows taking over your bed, you can buy a body pillow or curved pillow. It may take a few nights of restless sleep to get adjusted to this but it WILL help.