It is a big day at the Carlson household, my one year anniversary from my LPAO. According to my husband, "It feels like it was a lifetime ago." I feel like it was a little more recent. If I wasn't 25 pounds heavier and would have kept up with my physical therapy exercises, maybe I would be feeling further along. Dr. Mckinley said my recovery would be slowed down by the pregnancy, he was right again! I have no issues standing all day at work or walking long distances. There is no more locking up of the left hip, but I do have a nagging pain in the back of my left hip that gets worse if I move the wrong way. I didn't start to notice this pain until recently in my pregnancy so I am hoping it is due to the extra weight I am packing on.
I have started doing prenatal yoga once a week. I feel great while I am doing it. (I do the best I can, I always was the most inflexible person I ever knew!) Unfortunately the day after I am SORE and then noticed this little nagging pain. I also discovered that my hip flexors in my left hip are really weak, which I have to say really surprised me. I can barely lift my own weight of the left leg when I am sitting down with legs extended in front of me. It is getting better though I can lift it a little easier than I did when I started the yoga class.
I am also seeing my D.O. again for manipulations. I am seeing him just as much as my OB for prenatal adjustments. In the beginning my left pelvic bone wouldn't move at all, now last week it is moving so hopefully that will mean success for my VBAC. I switched OB offices to have a group that is a little (not much) more supportive of VBACs.
I am really hoping to avoid a PAO on the right, I think it is still too soon to tell if I will need one or not, I am just taking one day at a time.
4 years ago