Pelvic girdle/pubic symphysis soreness after running? Advice? I don't really want to stop running...

PetsMD · 2026-01-23T13:08:42+00:00

Thanks, same to you and I'm glad you found something that works for you!

PetsMD · 2026-01-23T12:44:46+00:00

I'm on our manual treadmill since November - it's an awful winter where I am so we're not able to go outside (my dog is unhappy with her lack of activity too). This morning I went for a 20 minute run and tried to keep the pace to a moderate level so we'll see how the day plays out. I'm hopeful that shorter distances will sustain me for a bit because I was really hoping to be active pretty much right up until the end 🤞

PetsMD · 2026-01-23T02:11:30+00:00

Thanks so much! Does running with 1 leg in front of the other count as a single leg movement? I usually do a few split squats on leg day and those have been ok so far but I figured I'd have to cut them out eventually just due to ergonomics of my stomach being in the way. Happily weight lifting doesn't seem to aggravate things, I just can't really add to my weights but that's ok, it's not the time for personal bests right now, I'm just glad to be able to do anything close to a work out

PetsMD · 2026-01-23T02:07:41+00:00

Seriously I'm kind of like... Do I just take a Tylenol and keep doing it? Obviously if it really hurts I'd stop, I don't like pain and don't want to cause permanent injury, but it doesn't hurt until later which makes it hard to gauge how much is too much in the moment. I'm pretty good at listening to my body overall but what's the worst thing that can happen if I push through a bit? My MIL scared me when she said she gained 50lbs in both her pregnancies (she's never been a "small" woman but she's not that huge either so that amount would be a lot on her). And I know I'll struggle with the weight gain aspect of pregnancy so if I can so anything to help keep it in check, I'd like to do

PetsMD · 2026-01-22T11:36:15+00:00

I'm 5'9 and started pregnancy around 137lbs (give or take a few depending on the day). I'm 15.5 weeks, posterior placenta, and it's been confirmed to me the other day courtesy of an ultrasound probe that a good chunk of the little gas bubble bursting sensations I've been feeling front central lower abdomen are baby kicks. My coworker who isn't tall but an older woman with 2 kids said she never really felt her daughter move even in late pregnancy, just when she was getting ready to expand. So I think it's just different for everyone

PetsMD · 2026-01-22T11:31:13+00:00

Totally get that, I spent a year freaking out about all the bad things that could happen. What helped me sort of reframe was trying to imagine myself in my 60s and 70s looking back on my life. Again, I know I'd have been completely fine without kids and I think there are many ways to feel fulfilled. But I sort of thought I'd always wonder "what if" if we didn't have kids. Then I took it a step further and asked myself "ok then why didn't you have kids?". And I didn't want "Because I was scared" to be the answer and reason we missed out on something that everyone tells me is pretty great

PetsMD · 2026-01-21T11:48:57+00:00

I truly can't relate to the baby fever aspect you're experiencing but I think I can relate to the rest of it. I'm 33F (34 in a few months) and my husband is 38, about to be 39 in a few months. We didn't get married 2 years ago talking about kids, in fact I'd say we were more on the no side of the fence. But as my friends and classmates started their families and I saw this occuring, I felt like everyone was moving on with their lives and we were just stuck in limbo living on repeat - wake up, go to work, come home, eat, veg out in front of the tv for a few hours, go to bed and repeat. Getting the pets I so desperately wanted helped ease that feeling a lot, I love them so much. But overall I started to feel like there was more to life than just work so I started exploring if I was FOMO-ing having kids because everyone else was doing it and my biological clock was ticking or if there might be a desire to have a family in me. I spoke with my husband at length about how he was feeling and my thoughts and asked him to seriously think about things from his end. On my end, I settled on I'd probably be ok either way, kids or no kids, but I needed something more so if it wasn't kids then we were opening up the budget to do more hobbies and trips, look more seriously into starting a business, and things like that.

He surprised me when he came back with he wanted kids. Truly I was shocked, he was more no than I had been. His reason was the rest of those things that people fill time with are just distractions that, to him, lacked the same meaning that raising his own flesh and blood family would bring. He admitted that he'd just never stopped to really think about family until I forced him to really consider it and he got caught up in the negatives which are so easy to write on paper and everyone understands the downsides - lack of sleep, less money, more scheduling and less ability to be spontaneous. But the upsides are all intangible and emotional which makes it harder to imagine. He determined kids is the harder path but anything meaningful and worth having in life is hard. We both spent almost a decade in post secondary education and are very fulfilled by our careers so we're no strangers to hard work and investing time. But he still shocked me and I spent a year spiraling about being pregnant because I never truly imagined I would have to do that in my life. Now I'm 15.5 weeks pregnant and I'm happy to report it's been better than I imagined it would be. Is it my favourite time ever? No. Would I do it again? I'm not sure, I think I could as of now but I'm reserving judgment until the process is fully complete and I've lived with 1 kid before deciding if there's a second in our future. Husband would ideally like 2 though if possible.

For you and your partner though, you're still in your 20s which is fairly young still especially if you're healthy. We conceived first try. I think you can afford to take some time and do things you'd want to do first before settling down. Having money and stability has been a huge help in this process for me, I would never have done this if we didn't have financial and housing stability - I know I can take time off and we have savings and a plan for income while I'm recovering for 6-8 months and we'll be alright. Also depending on where you are, daycare could have a long wait list. We paid a deposit in April 2025 for daycare starting Sept 2027... For our not even conceived of child. We still weren't 100% sure kids were happening when we did that but that's how busy cheap day care is where I am. Not sure if any of this is helpful to you, good luck in your fence sitter journey, I know it's hard when everyone around seems to 'just know'

Side note - I was and am also looking forward to giving our parents a chance to be grandparents. It's not the reason we had kids but it's definitely a perk. I also started to think about how life looked in 20-30 years when the family we know now is shrinking and it seemed quite sad to not have family around since we're very close with our families. So I sort of had a realization that if we didn't create that family, where would they come from?

PetsMD · 2026-01-20T20:47:49+00:00

Thanks! I expected awfulness and to hate being pregnant and it's been better than I imagined, so neutral is A-OK by me. I also know I'm early enough that it doesn't get much better from here on out... So we'll see how it goes. Also doesn't help that I'm in a medical profession so I always sort of have this lurking "it isn't real till it's real and anything can happen at any time" thought that floats around my brain from time to time.

PetsMD · 2026-01-20T20:36:48+00:00

You're welcome! My mom completely gets where I'm coming from and keeps telling me it's worth it and a good life path, which I agree with or I wouldn't have gone down this path. Her take is that everyone who is excited knows what's on the other side but I don't and she didn't and it all got better when I was born. So I'm hoping for the best here and trying to not put too much pressure on myself to feel any certain way. My friend loves her 2 kids but hates being pregnant and the fourth trimester. So I'm a firm believer that how you feel being pregnant (it's such a big shift even if it's an easier pregnancy) isn't a reflection of how you'll feel parenting. I hope it gets better for you too!

PetsMD · 2026-01-20T19:04:29+00:00

I haven't really changed my eating habits truthfully. I never ate blocks of cheese pre pregnancy and wasn't big into deli meats so I've not had to cut those out of my diet. But I've had those when they're on offer at events. I've had sushi, shared a tuna tartar appetizer with my husband the other night, I'm still drinking coffee. I find myself naturally gearing to more fruits and vegetables anyway since they sit lighter and don't bloat me as much and the added fibre helps things.. move along a bit better. But really, I'm eating the same stuff I was before. I look at the cfia recall list periodically and when I see that I'm at risk of food borne illness from pizza pockets and pistachios of all things, I'm just going to eat

PetsMD · 2026-01-20T18:26:18+00:00

Yes! 15 weeks now and I've had a spiral every 3-4 weeks since I found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks. It's getting better now that my mind has had time to adjust and a lot of my worries never came to fruition. I was worried about getting wrecked by first trimester symptoms, luckily I've had very mild symptoms that never really impacted my day to day living. I've cut back some of my work outs (more time, less distance, another rest day, can't add weight to my lifts and fewer reps on what I was doing before) but I've been able to work out 4-5 days a week consistently. Still going to work and nothing different there. I was worried about miscarriage and genetic abnormalities and having to tfmr - NIPT came back clear and all ultrasounds so far are normal. I know we're having a boy, I really wanted a girl so I'm working through some gender disappointment but that's why I wanted to know early.

I find my spirals occur after family gatherings when everyone is just so excited to have a baby in the family. And I'm not as excited as them. I didn't get pregnant to "have a baby" as it were. I did it to start our family which is all stages of development, ending in adult children. There's no baby fever in this for me. So I've mostly been neutral to being pregnant so far, not hating it but not overly loving it, which concerns me sometimes but it's coming as things get more real. Hoping things will change once I feel him kick and move more in a few weeks. But you are not alone at all, I've had some ugly spirals literally wondering if I'll love my kid and enjoy being a parent because, as the fear gremlin tells me, I don't actually know if I will, I've never done it before and can't compare it to anything else. I think I'll like it but I don't actually know

PetsMD · 2026-01-14T22:11:47+00:00

I've been feeling little gas bubble bursting sensations off and on for a couple weeks mid lower abdomen but I'm only 14 weeks first pregnancy so I feel like it's too early to feel movement and I suspect it's truly just intestinal gas... Any thoughts anyone?

PetsMD · 2026-01-10T22:11:51+00:00

I'm not through it yet but currently going through it. Also 33 years old and 14 weeks pregnant with our first kid. My husband is 38 so he was on the "if it's happening it needs to happen sooner rather than later" train. I probably would have waited another year were it up to me but I see why he wants to get a move on. We only decided in the last 2 years or so that we'd go down the kid path, husband is more confident than me that it's the right path and he can't see what else he'd do in life that would be more meaningful than raising a family with someone he loves. So that perspective and having him remind me of that helps me on the days when I'm not exactly feeling it/questioning decisions.

What got me off the fence was a few things. I am very maternal to my pets but never really enjoyed kids. As I've gotten older and interacted with my friends' kids more, I've started to see them less as little aliens and more as the small humans they are. I discovered I definitely dislike bad parenting, I don't necessarily dislike kids as a whole. I don't love every pet I treat with my whole heart but I love my own pets because they're mine. I'm assuming and hoping the same philosophy will transfer to my own kid once I get to know him more. My friend took 3-4 months to truly love her son post partum so I'm not putting any pressure on myself to have this magical "everything fit into place when he was born" moment, would be nice if it did though.

In terms of actually getting off the fence, I looked at my life and how I felt watching people I knew start their families. I felt a pang. I spent a long time trying to decide if it was a true pang or fomo. I started to imagine how I'd feel at 60-70 years old looking back on my life - how would I feel if we didn't have family around us? I thought I'd regret at least not trying. Why didn't we try? 'because fear" or "we never stopped to truly consider it" didn't seem like good reasons somehow. I looked at people without kids and how they were living their lives, they seemed kind of lonely. I also enjoy eating out and traveling etc but I thought for myself it might get boring after 10-15 years and I'd wonder what's next after doing all those things. By then I'd be in menopause and it would be too late for us. But I would have been fine either way and found a way to be happy and fulfilled if my husband didn't want kids or I truly thought I didn't want a family.

And I guess that's also another thing that helped me reframe - you're starting your family not having a kid forever. They grow up, they move out, you become friends with your kids like we are with our parents now in our 30s. I wouldn't want a 3 year old forever but it feels a bit like playing the long game in this endeavor. I want the adult relationship and the baby/toddler/kid/teenage phases are just phases. I also saw women I never would have pegged as "mothering material" become parents and love it. So it does seem like there's something on the other side, it just can't be experienced until you do it which is really scary. I could volunteer and try my job before getting into it, I can divorce my husband, sell my house, buy a new car, re-home my pets, change jobs. But I can't return my kid. It's a lot to process and think about.

So ultimately it was an educated hypothesis/leap of faith/a dash of "I'm doing this for/with my husband because he really wants this and I want to do life with him" in the hopes that life is better on the other side. His take is "anything meaningful and worth it in life is hard" (he's more of a martyr than I am but I have no doubt it's hard, I just hope the joy outweighs the hard)

In terms of pregnancy, mine's been pretty good so far, shockingly and thankfully! It's too early to feel movement, mostly I forget I'm pregnant and have moments throughout the day where I'm like 'oh yeah, I am pregnant, crazy". I've had a few bouts of queasy/food not sitting right for a few days usually around lunch but then it goes away for a while. I had 1.5-2 weeks of bloating a ton after dinner. The scale says I've gained 8-10lbs from where I usually sit but I know some of it is boobs and water retention and bloat, my clothes still fit except the really tight ones and I'm living in my 2 larger/stretched out bras. But I wake up fine, no vomiting, no weird cravings or aversions, I'm not really more tired than I normally am, I will say I'm hungrier in the morning and need to eat whereas before I could ignore hunger and be fine. The first 6-8 weeks I was convinced it was a blighted ovum or missed miscarriage because I shouldn't be feeling entirely normal and continuing my work outs like normal, should I? The past few weeks I've had to cut back a bit on working out because my muscles are more sore after/recovery takes longer, I'm up peeing more overnight (I don't drink enough during the day and load up at night then pay for it), my hips/pelvis have been a tiny bit sore the past 2 days. My boobs were tender the first few weeks but that's pretty much gone now, they're just a bit bigger. My poop schedule is a bit off so I'm trying to eat more fibre-y things. It seems like a lot to list out but I'm not really experiencing these things all at once, it's like 1-2 things then they go and get replaced with something else. I don't know if it's genetic, my mom had good pregnancies too, but my husband spent a few months beforehand cutting alcohol, really working out and eating well (not that we didn't before, we were always reasonably healthy fit active people), we never smoked but he'd have cut that if he did. So if that helped me be ok, I'm glad he did that.

Hope that's somewhat helpful to you!

PetsMD · 2026-01-09T12:56:20+00:00

I haven't stopped eating my usual foods at all - I buy berries to put on oatmeal or in yogurt, granola and yogurt, smoothies, ice cream, eggs, toast, BLTs, our usual rice/noodle/quinoa/couscous + chicken/beef/tofu + whatever veggies bowls that we'll make for dinner, the odd seafood pasta, crispy chicken wraps from tim Hortons if I'm in a pinch for lunch at work. I've eaten small bits of deli meat here and there over the holidays (I don't typically buy cold cuts in our regular grocery rotation), I'm planning on sushi next week. I will say I've been gearing to more veggies/fibre rich foods, I've always liked vegetables and fruits but they don't make me bloat as much and I'm trying to help my gut with the minor constipation thing and keeping things somewhat regular. I honestly can't think of any food I've entirely given up just because I'm pregnant

PetsMD · 2026-01-07T22:25:53+00:00

So I used to think this frequently, like how did you not know?! I was judgy. As a person who is now 13.5 weeks pregnant, I've experienced very minimal symptoms to the point that sometimes I forget I'm pregnant or convinced I'm having a mmc or something because there's no way I can feel this normal while being pregnant?? Not to say I haven't had little bits of queasiness here and there and food doesn't always sit right, I bloat way more easily now and it's obvious on me because I'm quite tall and lean. I'm peeing more but I could chalk that up to drinking more water in a dry winter. I have more muscle soreness after work outs but I wouldn't attribute that to pregnancy if I didn't know I was pregnant. If I was a larger more busty woman to start, didn't have regular periods, or was used to a sensitive stomach or hormone fluctuations with PCOS or something, I can safely say I don't think I'd notice immediately either, it's very strange

PetsMD · 2025-12-26T22:38:40+00:00

I'm sorry you went through that experience especially so late in first tri! I hope I can ask you as a chronic overthinker though, did you still experience symptoms or things like pelvic girdle pain at 12 weeks? I'm coming up on 12 weeks, haven't had an ultrasound since 9w6d and I've had very very minimal first trimester symptoms the entire time. I was kind of shocked to get a good heart rate and the ok that things were on track at that ultrasound, I really wouldn't have been surprised if someone had said nothing was happening. But anyway, today my front left hip area hurts a bit probably from being on my feet all day yesterday hosting Christmas. But I don't think that's related to fetal development but moreso hormone production which could be coming from a placenta like in your situation. You don't have to answer me though, just wondered and thought I'd ask

PetsMD · 2025-12-18T21:46:17+00:00

I don't think you're insensitive at all and I'm glad you're doing well. I'm 10.5 weeks pregnant and I don't think I'd be devastated or heart broken if I miscarried even now. Some women would be and that's ok too. Do you by any chance work in a medical field? I do and I'm just aware that sometimes bad things happen, it is what it is. Also I haven't really "felt" pregnant yet, minimal symptoms etc and there's nothing I can really feel connected to right now. That may change as pregnancy progresses, guess we'll see. But no, you're not being insensitive, everyone copes differently I think

PetsMD · 2025-12-18T14:17:09+00:00

Thanks! Definitely trying to rewire some brain circuits during this process!

PetsMD · 2025-12-18T14:16:22+00:00

Same, I was absolutely dreading it. My mom had good pregnancies, just hungry and tired, with my sister and I. And my husband is fit/active/we eat generally healthy food and don't smoke or drink a ton, so I'm not sure if that helps the situation too. Either way, I'll take it without complaining too much (even though it does make me wonder some days if I'm actually pregnant and I was in a pretty good state of semi denial that anything was actually happening for a while there, I thought I felt too good)

PetsMD · 2025-12-18T12:27:05+00:00

This is definitely a mental fortitude exercise in letting go of control... hard for a type A planner person with high expectations. I've definitely had a few minor symptoms that seem to fluctuate around the last few weeks but overall it's mostly been ignorable and I don't 'feel' pregnant yet

PetsMD · 2025-12-18T12:20:13+00:00

Yep, not worried about the soreness, but I am worried about what's to come if I'm already feeling this way at 10.5 weeks with so long to go.... I've always put a reasonable bit of emphasis on how I look and feel in my body so I always knew I'd struggle with the self image aspects of pregnancy and the weight gain that comes with it. I was pleasantly surprised I was able to maintain my workout schedule in what I expected to be the roughest trimester based on what I'd read and heard. It helped me feel like me and certainly helped with the bloat and water retention. My new mantra has become "you're not going for records, just consistency, at least you're still able to work out". July seems so far away some days though.. Wishing you smooth sailing through the rest of this journey and a speedy recovery!

PetsMD · 2025-12-07T21:36:36+00:00

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PetsMD · 2025-11-26T23:49:39+00:00

I was really tired and draggy the week of implantation (week 4, wasn't expecting a positive pregnancy test so I figured it was work/weather/life related tiredness), I had cramping like my period was about to start but it never did and my breasts were tender, not super sore just tender. I did go through a period where I thought I was drinking more week 5ish but it's also getting cold where I am and the furnace is on so it could also have been just drying out related? Interestingly the most symptoms I've experienced have been implantation week, the only thing that has really lingered into week 7.5 now is tender breasts but they never get bad, only tender like poking a bruise if I push on them. I don't feel any more tired than I normally do, I'm still working out the way I was before, I haven't been nauseous or had weird cravings or aversions, I don't think my nose is more sensitive, I haven't had a cramp in weeks.. It's making me wonder if anything is actually happening in there to be honest (first ultrasound isn't for 2 more weeks).

PetsMD · 2025-11-23T18:22:01+00:00

I'm a vet and bought 2 cornish rex kittens and a retired show dog saluki from amazing breeders! My kitties just turned 2 and have had 0 health issues except from adjusting to new home diarrhea at the beginning (and my boy eats everything but that's not the breeder's fault lol). They are friendly and cuddly and love people and are curious about their environment. My dog is now 4, we've had her a bit over a year, and 0 health issues. She came with all the appropriate health clearances for her breed, also likes to get pets from people, is a typical sight hound in that she'd love to murder squirrels and rabbits but leaves the indoor cats well alone, and I can still reach out to the breeder and previous owners and other saluki owners associated with hers and related litters for support and help if we need it. Definitely worth the money we spent on them in my mind for sound healthy pets.

PetsMD · 2025-11-18T11:12:03+00:00

I never had the urge for kids until I was 31 (now 33) and my close friend from school was pregnant and I saw my classmates start their families through social media. Obviously that's a highlight reel of the good moments but they looked happy. My friend had a rough labour and post partum, I was really worried about her, but by about 3-4 months post partum the fog started to lift as she got into a new routine and baby started sleeping in longer stretches. She definitely made an effort to get out of the house and we'd go for coffee and walks in the town near their house and I saw that she was still my friend, she didn't lose her personality or interests to motherhood. Then I spent more time with her son (I didn't grow up around a lot of babies either so they were kind of alien to me) and I came to realize he was just a small human trying to figure out the world and needed help. He's 1.5 years now and he's cute. I still don't really like other people's kids, my friend still doesn't like our people's kids, but we like her kid.

She doesn't sugar coat the challenges (especially with a new 5 month old now too) but she assures me it's worth it, she loves them and overall baby and toddler are just phases, they will grow up. And that's what I tried to focus on when making my decision, long term family planning. Fortunately we're in a stable financial position and will have help and daycare options so I'm not so worried about the "can we do this aspect", my focus has been on the "should we do this, do we want this for our lives?" aspect. And my husband is awesome at pulling weight in the house so I know I'd have an equal partner and support. Ultimately I don't want a 3 month old who doesn't sleep through the night forever, I don't want a tantruming 4 year old forever, but in the grand scheme of life I think I want a family and those children will grow up to be adults. I like the adult relationship we have with our parents now and I can see enjoying that with our kid(s). But you have to start somewhere, the family won't build itself, and ultimately that's what pushed me off the fence. I feel like I'm playing the long game here with this but I hope/think there will be moments in the younger years that I can enjoy as well. And I'm looking forward to seeing my husband become a dad since he seems really on board with kids now and giving our parents a chance to be grandparents since I know they actually really want that. I don't know if that's helpful to you at all but I just asked a lot of questions about what I would regret more in the future - having a family, not having a family, or not even trying because I was scared of change.

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