Tailbone protrusion?

BiscuitEater21

I have asked this once before, I think, but it was a long time ago and I don't remember. 

I gave birth vaginally, LO is now 13 months old, and my tailbone is seriously messed up. It hurts terribly when I sit a certain way too long or just shift while sitting the 'wrong way'

And it is even difficult to take a comfortable bath because my tailbone will bump the bottom of the tub and as you can imagine it hurts a lot!

Also, my lower back is messed up from the pregnancy and birth. It's like the lower vertebrae in my back are out of place. I can't lay flat on the ground anymore!!!! I refuse, with how much pain it puts me in, my vertebrae will POP, POP, POP every time I try to get my back flat...it's just not happening now.

How many of you experience these kinds of problems?

Can a second pregnancy/birth 'fix' or 'reverse' the problems?

And finally, are there any other things I can do to help or fix these problems? Maybe yoga or a chiropractor???

TIA!  

ktpaladino

Pregnancy can throw your hips and back all out of whack. I would see a chiropractor to fix this issue. I would imagine a second pregnancy would only exacerbate the problem further. FWIW, I saw a chiropractor during my pregnancy to keep everything in alignment and I had a very quick labor and delivery. I have continued to go periodically over the past year, and it has solved a variety of issues that have popped up. He told me it's very important to make sure everything goes back in place after childbirth, especially the hips. I went through 30 years of my life scared to see a chiropractor because I thought they were all a bunch of quacks but now I can't imagine life without it.

zaraceligon

I'm totally agree with pp,you should go see a chiropractor, i do have a scoliosis and because of  that I develop sciatica but seen the chiropractors  help me to fix my sciatica and my spine.good luck.

mlhw NH

I was having lower back/hip issues post pregnancy.  I went to the chiro and to physical therapy.  It is much better than it was.  For me I had to have the PT to strengthen all of the muscles to help keep me in alignment after the chiro visits. 

BiscuitEater21

Thank you all for your advice and for sharing your stories with me (: I will look into seeing a physical therapist and/or chiropractor and see if my health insurance will cover either, because otherwise I probably won't be able to fix the problem for a while..