Is SPD in pregnancy serious?

Is SPD in pregnancy serious?

SPD isn’t medically harmful to your baby, and most women with the condition are still able to deliver vaginally. However, chronic pain can lead to sadness or even depression, which is sometimes thought to negatively affect your baby.

What can you do for SPD while pregnant?

There are some things you can do to ease your discomfort if you’re suffering from this pregnancy symptom, including:

1. Avoid triggers as much as you can.
2. Apply a heating pad or ice pack to the pubic bone.
3. Wear a pelvic support belt.
4. Do your Kegels and pelvic tilts.
5. Ask for pain relief.
6. Consider physical therapy.

How do you know if you have SPD in pregnancy?

What are the symptoms of SPD?

1. Back pain, pain at the back of your pelvis or hip pain.
2. Pain, along with a grinding or clicking sensation in your pubic area.
3. Pain down the inside of your thighs or between your legs.
4. Pain that’s made worse by parting your legs, walking, going up or down stairs or moving around in bed.

What does SPD pain feel like?

You may feel: Mild discomfort. Sudden, shooting pain coming from the front or back of your pelvis. Steady pain that radiates throughout your lower abdomen, back, groin, perineum (the space between your anus and vulva), thigh and leg.

Does SPD make labor easier?

Basically SPD is of itself not a reason to fear a longer or a more difficult labour in fact some midwives feel that the SPD indicates a flexible pelvis which assists the labour to be shorter and easier. The main difficulty with SPD in labour is that it can be quite painful to open your legs wide.

Can you be put on bed rest for SPD?

The symptoms:

This is called symphyseal separation or diastasis of the symphysis pubis and can be acutely painful. Bed rest and heat are usually prescribed to manage this, with orthopaedic and physiotherapy assessments required.

Does SPD require bed rest?

Can SPD cause C section?

If you’re prepared, and get good advice and support, symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD) shouldn’t cause you problems during labour. You’re unlikely to be offered an induction or a caesarean section purely because you have SPD.

Does labour hurt more with SPD?

Can I be induced because of SPD?

You’re unlikely to be offered an induction or a caesarean section purely because you have SPD. Some evidence suggests that severe pelvic pain may last longer after a caesarean than if you have your baby vaginally. The pubic symphysis part of your pelvis naturally separates during labour.

Does SPD make birth more painful?

“Labor and delivery is unpredictable and can be scary for someone already experiencing pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy,” said Scott. “SPD can add additional pain to delivery but doesn’t necessarily guarantee that the delivery will be more difficult. Many, many women with SPD have very successful vaginal deliveries.