Comments on: Medical bleg: Why has my body stopped working?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:04:03 +0000

Pregnancy does all kinds of wild and new things to your body. Ask your doc, but don’t sweat it. Keep exercising, it will help tremendously with both child birth and recovery.
And in case no one has told you yet, don’t get new glasses right now. Even your eyes are weird during pregnancy. For what reason, I have no idea. But I was near-sighted during my pregnancy. 20/20 before and since.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:28:21 +0000

Brad’s on the right track. Preg hormones “loosened” my wife’s pelvis and she was in constant, though dull, pain for abt 7 months. Her OBGYN said it wasn’t anything to worry about. Might just call your OBGYN’s nurse and ask if you should come in.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:52:41 +0000

Thank you everyone! My next pregnancy dr appointment is May 12th; I’ll see if the doc thinks it’s weird-but-normal pregnancy side effects, or if I need to see an orthopedist.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:31:47 +0000

Not a doc and never been pregnant, but you’re what, 4months along? I wouldn’t be hugely surprised if its your body shifting to accomadate The baby. Which doesn’t mean its not worth mentioning to the doc if it doesn’t sort itself out soon….

By: secretlivesofscientists

secretlivesofscientists — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:36:23 +0000

My body stopped working 10 years ago, so I think that disqualifies me, but agree with Brad. I feel like I read somewhere, or overheard someone saying that the pelvis does shift quite a bit during pregnancy. The pelvis, as you know, isn’t just one bone that never moves, and the right and left sides do in fact spread apart a little, or tilt, with pregnancy. Right? I mean, isn’t this how the mummy-ologists knew if the lady-mummies had ever borne children? It would make total sense to me that the pelvis, in shifting, doesn’t do it uniforming, or overnight, and that there would be some unevenness. I know that the ligaments are supposed to become more supple, allowing for tilting and rotation of the pelvis to accommodate changes in the center of gravity. That would of course impact the hip joint mechanics.

That, or you slept funny and don’t mess with it, it will pop back into place soon (this one happens to me all the time, because I have a wonky body.)

By: momiss

momiss — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:03:01 +0000

No idea, but kudos on the fact you are still doing any kind of exercises at all. You should ask your doctor to be sure.

By: Brad_in_MA

Brad_in_MA — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:00:56 +0000

Lissa,

I recall years ago from when My Lovely Bride was pregnant, the OB told us to expect some pelvic region changes due to the pregnancy hormones. I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on the internet, but you might want to ask your OB at your next appointment. On the other hand, it could be something completely unrelated.

Good luck and may you have a safe and boring pregnancy.

Brad_in_MA