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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / August 2005joint pain after pregnancy
google threw nothing up does anyone know anything, my doc mentioned he'd do a few blood tests if nothing changes, muttering about something that can happen after a baby, any ideas? ----------- Anne Rogers > google threw nothing up does anyone know anything, my doc mentioned he'd > do a few blood tests if nothing changes, muttering about something that > can happen after a baby, any ideas? Are you taking enough calcium? -- Anita --  SignatureSUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME CHRISTMAS. > google threw nothing up does anyone know anything, my doc mentioned > he'd do a few blood tests if nothing changes, muttering about > something that can happen after a baby, any ideas? With #1 my hips and wrists hurt significantly for 6 months and then went to normal. My hips only really hurt in bed. With #2 my hips hurt for only a month but my ankles and the tops of my feet (I know that sounds weird) hurt for about 2 years. I was nursing that long. I weaned and it went away. Then I dropped a cinder block on my ankle and didn't think that was good enough so smashed it with a chair leg and hobbled around for a few more months :-P. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (5) and Luke (3) > Then I dropped a cinder block on my ankle and didn't think that was good > enough so smashed it with a chair leg and hobbled around for a few more > months :-P. LOL Gotta love that description. :) ~Daednu Hi, Nikki, I am having the same symptoms you describe 9 months after the birth of my first baby. It started at 6 months pregnancy with a kind of "tendons tenseness" and developed into joints pain on the sides and upper part of my feet after rest. I am reading in internet that these are symptoms of rhumatoid arthritis and I am very scared. What did they diagnose to you? > Hi, Nikki, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > these are symptoms of rhumatoid arthritis and I am very scared. What > did they diagnose to you? Hi, you must have really been searching to find that post! The amazing ability of google :-) I was worried about the same thing. My doctor was stumped. The good news is that for me it just went away eventually. IIRC it went away when I mostly night weaned. That was at around 20mos. My only thought is that it was hormone related, and possibly the long term sleep deprivation played a part. Hope that is all it is for you as well!! SignatureNikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 Thank you so much, Nikki. You know, I am going crazy these days about it and no doctor can tell me what I have. Do you mind if I describe you my symptoms and you tell me whether it is the same thing? I really am sorry to bother you, but I am really horrified about this. It started around the sixth month of pregnancy and it felt as if the tendons in my feet were sort of tense, and I couldn't stretch my feet because it hurt. Then that pain disappeared and I felt some numbness, which is also disappearing slowly (yet I still feel my skin a little bit corky) and what I have now is a pain in my ankles and the top of my feet, especially when I have been resting for some time and I wake up to walk. Was yours the same? Please let me know. And thank you again. Knowing that I am not alone in this and that it turned out fine for you is reassuring. > Thank you so much, Nikki. No problem :-) > It started around the sixth month of pregnancy IIRC mine didn't start until shortly after birth. In my first pregnancy I had very sore wrists and hips and that didn't start until after birth either. and it felt as if the > tendons in my feet were sort of tense, and I couldn't stretch my feet > because it hurt. Yes exactly. Then that pain disappeared and I felt some numbness, I don't remember any numbness. what I have now is a pain in my ankles and the top of > my feet, especially when I have been resting for some time and I wake > up to walk. Was yours the same? Yes that part is exactly the same. It was so *weird* to have pain in the tops of my feet. It was pretty constant but lots of walking, or after a rest was worse. Foot rubs did not help. Knowing that I am not alone in this and that it turned out > fine for you is reassuring. No problems at all now. I'm ridiculously flat footed and have wondered if that made any difference? SignatureNikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 Hi, Nikki. Thanks and thanks and thanks again. I am the kind of person that when I have a symptom I always think it is the worst. Chatting with you has taken me out of thinking I might have rhumatoid arthritis. It is incredible but no doctor has been able to tell me what is going on and apparently, our thing is not very common. I saw a feet doctor and he told me that my problem was that the hormone that relaxes the joints before delivery, to make easier the pass of the baby through the hips, had relaxed also the joints of my feet and the bridge had fallen, hence the pain in the tendons, and the subsequent pain in the bones, because I suddenly had become flat footed. The spectacular weight gain I had didn't help much, either. He made me some orthoptics for my shoes and told me to wear them all the time. I somehow didn't believe too much this explanation, but now that you tell me about your flat feet, I think we have gone through the same. I don't know if you plan to have more kids, but if you do, I hope these stupid problems do not come back to you again. Otherwise, maybe orthoptics would help you, too. Thank you again for giving me peace. Charo I saw a feet doctor > and he told me that my problem was that the hormone that relaxes the > joints before delivery, to make easier the pass of the baby through > the hips, had relaxed also the joints of my feet and the bridge had > fallen, hence the pain in the tendons, and the subsequent pain in the > bones, because I suddenly had become flat footed. That makes sense. I was already flat footed, lol. My foot is now at least a 1/2 size bigger then it used to be though. They were anything but small to begin with :-P. The spectacular > weight gain I had didn't help much, either. I gained 65lbs with Luke. He made me some > orthoptics for my shoes and told me to wear them all the time. If it was as he explained that should help. I should wear them all the time but don't. My oldest son has flat feet too that he inherited from me. > I don't know if you plan to have more kids, but if you do, I hope > these stupid problems do not come back to you again. Otherwise, maybe > orthoptics would help you, too. One in the oven as a matter of fact. I hope for no repeats too. I am planning on getting a very good, supportive shoe for pregnancy and after birth as soon as I have the time. Hope yours goes away soon! SignatureNikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 Not sure what the connection is, but I still have terrible wrist pain and have had since shortly after Christopher's birth (he's a year old now) laurie mommy to Jessica, 3 years Christopher, one year old! > google threw nothing up does anyone know anything, my doc mentioned he'd > do a few blood tests if nothing changes, muttering about something that > can happen after a baby, any ideas? > > ----------- > Anne Rogers Joint pain is a sign of hypothyroidism (though much less common than hair loss, constipation, feeling cold, dry skin etc..) which is very common post partum. |
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