Pelvic girdle pain

Is anyone else really struggling with pelvic girdle pain? I’m in absolute agony with it and walking is awful, it’s so painful and paracetamol isn’t touching it! My midwife has referred me to the physio but I only have four weeks left and she reckons they might not even get to see me before baby is here😫

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Yep so painful!
Only advise is squeeze your legs together like they are in a pencil skirt when you get up, and at night before you roll / get up go up on your heels like a reverse crab

I waited 8 weeks to be seen by physio and all they did was give me a booklet with exercises in, which actually triggered the pain more. I’m now on crutches, which is helping slightly but it’s agony!

I’m in agony .. I was referred to physio and found it to be absolutely pointless. Physio literally told me they couldn’t help because my hips are so out of line and back is the wrong shape so I have to wait until birth to see if it’s going to resolve itself or be a long term problem .
I was given codeine which honestly didn’t help either ! The past few days I’ve barely been able to get out of bed because the pains suddenly got so much worse and I physically cannot keep my legs together like they recommended because my bump has gotten to big but anytime I mention it to any form of medical professionals I literally get ‘twins for you ‘ or ‘joys of twins’ it’s ridiculous

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