Pelvic Joint Pain

This pregnancy has been wonderful! No but's. I love it. However, last night I had a quite a rough night. I believe I mentioned the pelvic joint pain that I've been dealing with. Well my midwife warned it will get worse... and it has. Last night, I was in bed asleep by 10:30, ready to get a full night's sleep. I woke up around 1:30 or so to go the bathroom.

Let me pause and explain the pain. So far, I only have the significant pain after I've been laying down. Whether I have been laying down for 10 minutes or 5 hours, when I go to get up, I have severe grinding pain in my left hip joint and in my front pelvis area. I can put very little weight on the left side, and any amount of weight is very painful. Standing on one foot to get dressed is nearly impossible. After about 20 minutes or so, it simply becomes sore. This is believed to be caused likely from a combination of pelvis misalignment and too much or great sensitivity to the hormones that cause the pelvis to relax and separate.

When I went back to bed I tossed and turned... and with every turn came the pain. The temp in the house was at 68 and I was still sweating without covers. And on top of that... I had a restless back. Two or three times before I became pregnant I had issues with having restless arms, like restless leg syndrome. Its hard to describe accept that it feels like something kind of hurting but horribly annoying digging around inside your arm. Well... I had this in my upper back from shoulder to shoulder. All I wanted to do was lay flat on my back, but they say that laying on your back for a significant amount of time during pregnancy can restrict blood flow to the baby.

Finally at 4 am, I had enough. So I got up and went into the living room and turned on the TV. I dozed for about twenty minutes in the 6 o'clock hour. The only comfortable chair for me anymore is the chair my parents got for the nursery. So the cat and I cuddled while watching Law and Order and American Idol until it was time to get ready for work.

Yuck. And my biggest concern is the fact that I still have 17 weeks for this to get worse. I'm going to start physical therapy next week in hopes if trying to get some relief so that we don't have to buy a lazy boy recliner for me to sleep in, as that's the only position at this point that I can comfortably sleep in. And if it does get worse it can pose complications during labor and delivery.

Now I don't want to sound like I am complaining, although I know I am. I still love being pregnant, and I will happily accept whatever pain comes with this process. It'll be completely worth it, and I still have a lot to be grateful for in terms of having such a wonderful pregnancy so far. But... again it shows how different our bodies respond to pregnancy .

And on a much brighter note... Baby has been moving like crazy today! I love it... it just never gets old. And Anya, who now will touch my belly when I ask where Nanny Kelly's baby is... started shushing my belly! How cute is that? I asked her if the baby was sleeping and she said Yes! Too sweet. <3