tingalayo
05-11-18, 15:02
Hi, hope somebody can help me, I'm not in a good way.
I'm pregnant, due any day now, and for the last couple of months I've had this nerve problem in my left buttock which means I can't sit for long periods without pain, and it really affects my life e.g. when I was still in work I was in agony at the end of each day. I had a referral sent off for antenatal physiotherapy but I never heard back so presumably they don't consider my problems bad enough to bother with, too late to bother chasing now. What I've noticed recently is that the skin on my left buttock is actually NUMBED now, so if I scratch the area the sensation is dulled. And that's constant whether I've been sitting or not. The reason this worries me is that, while I'm reasonably satisfied that whatever this is has been caused by pregnancy, I fear that it's gone on too long and caused irreversable nerve damage, and I'll be like this forever. I suppose it's impossible to find out until I give birth, but I'm completely fixated on the idea that I now have this problem for life, and will always be in terrible discomfort when sitting or relaxing. I could easily imagine pain going away in time, but I find it a lot harder to imagine the sensation in my buttock just regenerating on its own, it's too constant. I also feel let down that I never got to see a physio, and trapped by the fact that there's no point seeing my doctor about it because I could only get an appointment a couple weeks from now and by that point I will have given birth. I'm on maternity leave, waiting for my baby to come, and I'm just sat here testing whether my bum is still numb and getting worried every time I feel a nerve zap, and imagining a future where it's gonna be this uncomfortable for the rest of my life. Does anybody have any advice/kind words for me? Thanks :weep:
I'm pregnant, due any day now, and for the last couple of months I've had this nerve problem in my left buttock which means I can't sit for long periods without pain, and it really affects my life e.g. when I was still in work I was in agony at the end of each day. I had a referral sent off for antenatal physiotherapy but I never heard back so presumably they don't consider my problems bad enough to bother with, too late to bother chasing now. What I've noticed recently is that the skin on my left buttock is actually NUMBED now, so if I scratch the area the sensation is dulled. And that's constant whether I've been sitting or not. The reason this worries me is that, while I'm reasonably satisfied that whatever this is has been caused by pregnancy, I fear that it's gone on too long and caused irreversable nerve damage, and I'll be like this forever. I suppose it's impossible to find out until I give birth, but I'm completely fixated on the idea that I now have this problem for life, and will always be in terrible discomfort when sitting or relaxing. I could easily imagine pain going away in time, but I find it a lot harder to imagine the sensation in my buttock just regenerating on its own, it's too constant. I also feel let down that I never got to see a physio, and trapped by the fact that there's no point seeing my doctor about it because I could only get an appointment a couple weeks from now and by that point I will have given birth. I'm on maternity leave, waiting for my baby to come, and I'm just sat here testing whether my bum is still numb and getting worried every time I feel a nerve zap, and imagining a future where it's gonna be this uncomfortable for the rest of my life. Does anybody have any advice/kind words for me? Thanks :weep: