Strange Symptom?

You need to buy the book PAIN FREE WOMEN by Pete Egoscue. It will take you through all stages and tell you what exercises to do to keep the pelvis in proper position and alleviate pain.

I'm a little confused.

On your previous post from just a few days ago, you said you were not pregnant. Have you had this confirmed by a doctor or a test? Blood or urine work will be able to tell you if you are pregnant for sure. Both will measure the amount of human chorionic gonadotropin in either the urine or the blood and are accurate.

If you are indeed pregnant, then it could be possible that you could have pelvic pain but it seems a bit early. In this case, you definitely want to go see your doctor to have it checked out. While your body is certainly cranking out hormones at a rapid rate in order to support a developing baby, I'm not certain that at six weeks you would be experiencing round ligament pain (which is a symptom of a uterus that is starting to get bigger to house the baby).

If I were five weeks pregnant and experiencing these sorts of pain, I'd be at my doctor's office asap. Another poster hit it right on the head - sometimes ectopic pregnancies (implants in the tube as opposed to the uterus) start as strong hip/pelvic pain. If left unchecked this could be exceptionally dangerous to the mother.

K.,

I am a little concerned for you. I read your blog from a day earlier staring you were not sure if you were pregnant or not and you had been spotting for days. I also experienced the spotting, hip/pelvic pain, shoulder and low back pain with an ectopic pregnancy. You really should check with a doctor. I am not sure if you had taken a urine pregnancy test but blood work will give a much better idea of what is going on with the pregnancy. Best wishes and take care!!

My opinion would be that you are only 5 weeks along and most women don't even know they are prego yet. I would call your doctor. Ligament pain usually doesn't start this soon...good luck..i will be praying for you :)

Ah, the joys of relaxin in pregnancy...mine was my pelvis in front, I could even feel the pubic bones separating. I would have assumed it was too early, but I'm sure that's what you are going through. It will probably come and go as hormone levels change (like the breast tenderness you may, or may not have started to notice).
You can safely take Tylonal but no other pain killers (the rest thin the blood). Hot baths help but I'm sure there are days that you won't want to sit in hot water.
Good Luck with your pregnancy!

I bet I know what you are feeling. It's called round ligament pain. There are very large ligaments around your hips that are stretching. I had such bad pain in my first trimester that I went to the doc thinking something was really wrong. She said it can just be really painful while the ligaments loosen up. It can especially hurt while walkling or standing. Try to stay off your feet when you can and prop up your feet to take some of the stress off your lower back. It will get better. Tylenol helps some. It does get better, so hang in there. I feel for you because I know it sure hurts!
L.

I had symphysis pubis dysfunction with my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pregnancies (it gets worse with each pregnancy). This kind of pain doesn't usually occur until you are well into your pregnancy though. Check out the website listed below for additional info.

http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/pregnancy/pelvic.html

You can see a chiropractor also...that helped me tremendously.

I was once a 22 year old, newly engaged, and pregnant with my first, so I know where you are! Feel free to contact me if you need support!

Hi K.,
I agree with one of the woman that spoke about her symptoms of an eptopic pregnancy, I have also had one with similer symptoms. Do not wait to long because your tube can rupture and release toxins into your body. That happened to me but I did not know I was pregnant. If you do go to the doctor and they say everything is fine, your hip pain is normal, at least for me. I have had three children and with each pregnancy my hips and pelvis hurt, pretty early on. No one that i talked to had had that problem, at least not till the end. Mine started early, I am not sure as early as yours though. With my last preg. mine hurt so bad I had to sleep on my soft coutch throughout most of my preg because the pressure from my firm mattress really made it worse. Do not be surprised one day if you have a hard time lifting your leg to put on your underwear, for me that was the worst. I wish you luck and hope everything is fine with your pregnancy, I would call your gyno and tell them about your symptoms and ask to be seen as soon as possible. They will draw blood and ask you to come back in a day or two to compare the HGC levels (preg. hormone) if it has tripled or at least doubled then everything should be fine. After my eptopic I had to do this with each preg. Because you are only five weeks it is unlikely that an internal ultrasound will even be able to see the baby yet. Again good luck.

Hi K.,

I know that when I was pregnant my hips hurt me quit a bit. I know it wasn't at 5 or 6 weeks though. It didn't start hurting until later in my first trimester. I would go to your doctor to get more info. Good luck!!

D.

K.,
I don't know and I'm no doctor, but you have to remember that your hormones are crazy now and your body is going through things that it has never done before and you will feel all kinds of different things that you've never felt before. Good luck and I hope you feel better.

it is totaly normal, you are just feelig your mussles and and utrus stretch preparing to take on the extra space our child will need to grow. It hurts alot i remember with my first one but didnt hurt till later with my second preg.

hi, i have two kids now but my first pregnancy my hips spread before i even new i was pregnant. first 3 months. and they never went down. but they hurt really bad. i went to the massage thereapist and did stretches that seemed to help. but my second it did not happen i guess because they were already spread

In your situation. I would say that is normal. I believe those pains are from your pregnancy. I would say the best thing to do in your situation is to pray....

Lord I pray for K.. I release your healing power into her body. I command that pain to go in Jesus name. I believe by Jesus stripes she is healed. The healing power of Jesus is working in her body. I thank you Jesus for your healing power that is working in her body. In Jesus name I pray Amen.

Because every womans pregnancies are different, and every pregnancy is different, it could be normal but I wouldn't bet on it.
Monitor it, lie down for a bit and see what happens, get up and do stuff and see what happens...

I would say if it continues or gets worse, call your Dr. I know my OB is completely fine with any call he gets, especially if it deals with something that could potentially be a problem with you or the baby.

K.,

It could be because of hormones and not the weight of the baby, so even though you're only 5 weeks, it might be due to the pregnancy. Pregnancy can accelerate anything you might have been going to get eventually, but since you are so young, it's probably not that. However, you should see a dr. asap anyway. Sometimes symptoms are felt in a different location or way that don't automatically indicate the source of the problem. An ectopic pregnancy, for example, can cause pelvic pain early on that may seem like hip pain.

Best wishes,
B.

Hi K.!
This is the part I always hated! It got worse with my 3rd child. Doing alot of walking is excellent, but hard. So around this time you gotta do a little here and a little there. But your hips are seperating (don't worry, they will eventually go back), Its preparing you for delevery. Not that your ready yet, but in time. What you want and need to do is place a nice sized pillow, I usually used the body pillows and placed them in between my knees and try to keep my back straight when I slept. Sometimes taking a nice warm bath to relax right before bed usually relaxes the muscles and you'll be able to sleep better. But I remember those nights not able to sleep. There had been times that I would even use the couch pillows to make my legs feel like they are doing the splits just so I can be comfortable. Have the father if he's around at that time rub your back and hips, it helps out as well. Good Luck and Congrats!!