Pressure on my pelvic floor only when I lie down (Hi I’m new)

[tarita]

I’m 35f, never been pregnant.

I have been to my gynecologist, had an ultrasound and am now waiting to go to the gyn again, but it takes forever to get an appointment… (I’m in the UK)

When I lie down I feel pressure in my pelvic floor. This has been going on roughly since December and I feel like it’s getting worse. The pressure seems to wander around, sometimes it’s in the right buttock, sometimes the left, sometimes in the center. (I thought it was my vagina at first hence I visited my gyn). Sometimes I still feel it when waking up in the morning, sometimes it’s gone by then. As soon as I get up it disappears. I have no trouble sitting. No other issues or pain either.

It’s getting more and more intense. Some nights I feel like I’m being kicked in the b*tt....Does anyone have an idea what this could be? When I google my symptoms the only people dealing with similar symptoms seem to be pregnant ladies.

[FingerGuns]

Ask your gyno about Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. You really shouldn’t wait much longer for that, so the emergency room might be a good option if you can’t get in soon.

[tarita in reply to FingerGuns]

Thank you for your reply. I was considering going to the er, but then the pain/discomfort/pressure suddenly went away this night and hasn’t been back. I sat on a hard surface for a long time a few days ago and I’m thinking that aggravated the issue, whatever it is. I have a blood test coming up in 2 days, they can probably figure out if there’s an inflammation going on. So far so good?

[swarke22]

Maybe a ladies health physio could help you see if it is your pelvic floor.

[tarita in reply to swarke22]

Thank you for your reply. I’ll definitely bring up the possibilty of the issue being in my pelvic floor at my next appointment.

[CMFCharlotte]

I have been suffering from a similar thing for 18 months. In addition, I have a throbbing over a blood vessel between my clitoris and vagina. My GYN is baffled on the throbbing - she says blood vessels are not usually painful. I have had nerve blocks with cortisone and with botox. Neither the cortisone or botox seemed to work however the pudendal nerve block did and took it all away for 36 hours. I go the pelvic PT (USA). (physiotherapy in the UK). That has done a lot to loosen the muscles and eliminate most trigger points. I am seeing a pain management physician today to see if there is a longer block he can do. In the meantime, I have found that if I lay on my side and gently massage the muscles near my sits bone that I get relief and can somewhat ignore the pressure and throbbing and get comfortable enough to fall asleep.