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joint pain
by doublel, Sep 04, 2003 12:00AM
about a month after I gave birth to first child (of which the last trimester was spent on bedrest due to cervix dialating) I started to have a lot of pain in my kneees and feet. It became extremely difficult to walk, esp in the morning. The symptoms sort of mimick arthritis but... I never had them before. What can cause this - fluid? My son is almost four months old - I just assumed the excess fluid would be gone by now. ANy suggestions?
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I went through a similar thing last year after being on 100% bedrest for 3 months for ruptured membranes. I expected to get up and be fine within a couple days but it really took me a couple months before I felt strong again. I'm a wedding photographer and remember the 1st wedding I shot 2 weeks after and I couldn't hardly move. Even my neck muscles were sore. The more you can walk the better you'll be. I tried to take a couple good walks a day. I'm 12 weeks pregnant right now and am praying that the ole' cervix doesn't give me any problems this time. Hope you feel better.
I asked my obgyn about it and she said she had never heard of anything like that happening and told me to go see my family prac because it sounded like arthritis????? I will get some more exercise and see if it helps - thanks!!!!!!