How To Relieve Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy

The pelvis is made up of a number of bones, joint collectively in a way that it typically does not allow movement. Due to the production of a relaxin hormone in pregnancy, cartilages of the joints become soft and allow the bones to move. This can happen towards the end of the first trimester or after delivery.

The pregnancy period is so special. A woman gets to experience a blissful moment because bringing forth a new life is so divine. Even your worst enemy will bring you apples! Even so, it is not always a walk in the park.

Most women notice their symptoms during the middle of pregnancy for the first time. If an expecting woman experiences pelvic pain in her first pregnancy, it’s probably to reoccur in next pregnancy.

Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy

In pelvic pain during pregnancy, pain in the pubic area and groin area are the most frequent. It is common to feel a clicking or grinding in the pubic area and the pain may move down the inside of the thighs or between the legs. The pain usually worsens while separating legs, walking, by using stairs or by moving about in bed.

The woman goes through body changes which may cause some pain in her body. One form is the pelvic pain, sometimes called pelvic girdle pain (PGP).

This pain is felt when the ligaments around the belly stretch out to accommodate the growing weight of the uterus. But this should not keep the woman from enjoying her pregnancy period, as it can be controlled.

How To Relieve Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy

Here are ways through which one can get around the pelvic pain during pregnancy, which might become more prevalent as the baby gains more weight:

• Run into the shower and let the warm water hit that sore area, or compress it with a warm cloth.
• Do not do more than your body can handle. Handling house chores require leg movements.

When you start feeling that pain in your hip, it is time to stop! It is okay to rest when you can’t do it anymore.

• Ask for help. Sometimes you might be too proud to ask for assistance, but it will not do you any good.  Just ask your partner to help you out. He will understand that you are not being lazy, as you will be carrying several pounds around your belly for a while! You might also ask your sister or your best friend to come over and help you handle things around.
• Do not attempt to carry or lift heavy weights. You might want to prove that you are a super mom, but hey! Wait until several months after delivery to carry your toddler on your hip. Otherwise, it will bring you the pelvic pain, and you don’t want that.
• Be cautious while climbing the stairs. If the pain is felt from the right hip, step onto the stair starting with the left leg, thus bringing forth the right leg.
• Try to ease the pain while sleeping by using pillows to support your body. You can crop a pillow behind your lower back and lay with your body slightly inclined. Also, lay on a bed with your legs slightly folded to the front, and put a pillow between them for support.
• Try out different sex positions which require little pelvic floor engagement, like having your partner penetrating from behind, while you are lying on your side. You can also do it while you are on your knees.
• Engage your body into exercises like lying on your back with the feet and arms flat on the floor, and then slightly lift your lower back.
• Ask your partner to massage you in the sore area.
• Most importantly, always visit your health care provider regularly for check-ups. 

Exercises To Relieve Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy

Warming up

Take uncomfortable position sat down and relax the arms and legs. Will hand on both sides, with the right-hand press pelvis touch left hip, let the body get a maximum stretch. The left hand around the waist, and press the back of the pelvic position. Repeat three times.

Sensei touch

Close your eyes, focusing on the pelvis, with both hands gently press movement from the back, trying to do by hand from behind his touch sensitive areas.

Hip press

Sitting on the chair, put his hand on the pelvis, help on both sides of the hip to press hard seat, at the same time use the back seat extrusion. Repeat three times, and then will coxal to move around. If feel blood flow speed, this is the body symbol of signal reception.

Circular motion

Stand up, do something more substantial movement. Such as crooked legs make knee do a circular motion. Then, the hip in the same way also do circular motion, clockwise and counterclockwise were three times.

To avoid pelvic pain, move little and regularly. The effects may not be felt of what you are doing until later in the day or after going to bed. Rest should be taken regularly and sitting posture should be upright and well supported. Lifting heavy weights and pushing should be avoided. While dressing, sit down to put on clothing such as trousers and knickers. Pull the garments over the feet and then stand up to pull them up; do not try to put legs in trousers, skirt or knickers while standing up. While using stairs, go up one step at a time. Step up on one step with one leg and then bring the other leg to join it. Repeat with each step.

Precautions should be taken if suffering from pelvic pain. It is recommended to sleep with a pillow between knees. Rest adequately and apply heat to the painful area. Talk to health care provider if safe painkiller could help. While resting on your back, propped up on your elbows, place a pillow between the knees, this will help realign pelvic bones and will give timely relief. By using prenatal belt or girdle around the hips under the abdomen hips can be stabilized. Pelvic exercise like Kegels and pelvic tilts helps strengthen and stabilize the soft bone helping in relieving the pain.

Although pelvic pain can be very excruciating with proper care, exercise and adequate rest this can be relieved. Once the baby is born, relaxin production will cease and joints will firm up again helping in easing the pain.

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How To Relieve Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy, 11/4/2017