TMI Question: Sore crotch?

WhiteysWifey · October 2011

For about the past week I feel like someone took a baseball bat to my pubic bone. My guess is that things are moving around down there to make room for the babies. Did anyone else deal with this? Did it get better? Worse? The same?

everam01 · October 2011

I felt like I had ridden a horse without a saddle all day long from around 24 weeks through the end...

UsedToBeGoldie · October 2011

that is probably the thing i miss least about being pg. My crotch was so freaking sore with both pregnancies- I carried low with both - and the pressure down there was horrible.... and no- it didn't get better until i gave birth

WhiteysWifey · October 2011

everam01:
I felt like I had ridden a horse without a saddle all day long from around 24 weeks through the end...

Oh my gosh...that's exactly how to describe it. I used to ride all the time...and that's what it feels like.

CaliDutchGrl · October 2011

Someone on here called it "donkey crotch"....like you have been kicked in the crotch by a donkey! Best way I could explain it...

afwifestrecker7706 · October 2011

Yup I have had it bad for weeks now. I asked my nurse and they said nothing can be done about it. I have found staying off my feet as much as possible has helped and to move slowly when getting up and down also helps.

kmb585 · October 2011

Yep, I definitely had this. I hate to be the barer(sp?) of bad news but mine lasted until ~ 2 weeks post partum.

Yelloskies · October 2011

that is so funny you mentioned this! Mine just started at the beginning of my 24th week and I thought maybe I had walked around too much but then it hasn't gone away. Great timing on your question. I was a little embarrassed to ask

zsvendsen · October 2011

I posted about this about two weeks ago. It feels like either horseback riding or bike riding all day after not riding for a long time. For me, it really depends on when it hurts. Immediately after I stand up from sitting or lying down it hurts. If I'm moving around a bit more and keeping a little bit limber (getting up a lot or walking a bit) it hurts much less. Mostly if I stay in one position for too long I'm toast! I mix it up, and sit on my yoga ball which does help a little.

togagirl · October 2011

Yup, and I have to tell you I still get it sometimes if I am sitting too long or have a super hard workout. The OB told me at my annual last year it's actually a muscle that is probably just super stretched out and will never be the same.

Fancy3Face · October 2011

OH ya! I had that bad. I was in physical therapy for it right before and right after delivery. It only got better when I delivered and got all that weight off my pubic bone and my pelvis was able to start to settle back into its normal shape.

Sorry you're dealing with it, but it should go away once those sweet babies get here!

mmbench · October 2011

We used to call it "lightning crotch" around here. Mine started at 14w and went until the bitter end.

jbiden37 · October 2011

Was shopping this weekend and walking strange and my husband says "whats wrong"....I said I feel like I got kicked by a horse, so from now on I'm adopting Donkey Crotch!!!

katyboston · October 2011

Thank you for posting this- I thought I was the only one! If I stand still for too long or get up too fast it's so painful and exactly as everyone else describes. Looks like I better get used to it but great to know that it's totally normal!

sweetsugarmama · October 2011

I had it when I was pregnant with my singleton. an ice pack helped. I kept it on my crotch when I was at my desk at work (and straddled a yoga ball crotch down). Which was fine most of the time when I was alone but not so cool when you stand up to greet someone with a big wet spot on your crotch.