Severe round ligament pain

[franathy]

I'm 34 weeks pregnant from IVF and for the past couple of weeks I have been experiencing the WORST round ligament pain. When I read about it online it doesn't sound like it should be this severe or last for too long, but this is something else! It flares up after doing pretty much anything physical and I then have around 20-40 minutes of feeling like someone is stabbing me in the side/hip with a red hot poker, it's excruciating and I can't move or do anything until it passes. I have severe endometriosis so I don't think I have a particularly low pain threshold. I was doing so well with exercise and pre-natal yoga before, but now I'm pretty much bed-bound as almost anything seems to cause it to flare up. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if they found anything that really helped? I have tried paracetamol, baths, maternity band but nothing has made much difference. Thanks x

[Seb9]

Hi have you had it checked out with your midwife? Could it be spd instead of round ligament pain? If it's spd they can refer you for physio to help manage the pain x

[franathy in reply to Seb9]

Thanks for your reply. They are pretty sure it is not SPD and my midwife said normally she would refer me for physio in any case, but due to COVID physio department won't take any maternity referrals!