Beatrice,
I also suffered a lot of knee pain during my pregnancy and still have some today (my babies are 6 months old). It is better, I have to say. But I guess I will always have some knee joint pain with me!

Are you actually in Chicago, or a suburb? I'm in Algonquin.

Ann

BBG born 7/7/03
33 weeks 3 days

Beatrice, I developed DeQuerveins (sp?) syndrome after the birth of my trio. This is like carpal tunnel, but at the base of your thumbs instead. I also experienced some pretty horrible pain in my feet for about a year after too. So bad that I would be reduced to tears walking down the steps in the morning when I got up.

It took about a year for both my hands and my feet to get better, and I took an Anti-infammatory drug for a while to help improve the pain.

MTM - mom to Michael(84),Stephan(85), Thomas, Matthew and Kathryn - born 12/27/99 at 32w 0 days

Beatrice,

I was actually going to post the same thing today! I was on bedrest since I was 20 weeks and delivered at 33w6d. That's alot of time to spend horizontal. I too suffer from really bad knee pain, mostly my right knee and my left ankle hurts too. I also wake up very achy, hardly able to walk when I get out of bed. It gets a little better as the day goes by but it still hurts alot. Especially because I spend so much time getting on the floor, sitting indian style, it puts alot of pressure on my ankles. I'm only 35 and I feel like I'm 80!!! I gained an awful lot of weight with this pregnancy (100 pounds, to be exact) and I only lost 60 pounds and that was within the first 3 weeks after delivery. I still have 40 pounds to go but dieting, somehow, doesn't seem to fit my schedule right now. I barely have the time to eat so I eat what's quick and that's usually all the wrong things. I would also love to join a gym but I'm afraid it would be a waste due to all my aches and pains. I'd love to get back into my size 5 jeans again but unfortunately, now I'm a size 12! Now that may not sound too big but I'm only 5"1'. I just attribute the this pain to being too heavy for my frame so therefore, my joints suffer.

I actually did go see a doctor about my knee and he recommended physical therapy 2-3 a week. Yeah right!! Like I have the time!!
If I had that time to spare, I'd go to the gym and strengthen my legs that way. Well anyway, somehow, I developed a bone spur behind my patella (knee bone). He wants me to try physical therapy before having to operate.

I'm so glad I'm not alone with this. And not that I'm happy your suffering too.....I'm sure you know what I mean This pregnancy really took a toll on my body but everytime I look at my little bundles of joy, it makes it much more bearable.

Hope you feel better soon.


Cristina
Proud mommy to Daniela, Bobby and Vanessa
Born June 28, 2003 - The best day of my life!!!

Cristina
Proud mommy to Daniela, Bobby and Vanessa
Born June 28, 2003 - The best day of my life!!!

I felt achy in my lower legs until just around the kids' second birthday. It would actually be uncomfortable to walk down stairs first thing in the morning: the soles of my feet ached. Like you, I felt like an old woman. I DID finally see an orthopedist, and he didn't find anything wrong.

I've done a little research on bedrest, and have been surprised by how long-lasting and far-reaching the medical effects of being in bed for even a SHORT period of time can be. The muscular degeneration starts in the second week of full bedrest. Throw in pregnancy hormones (which loosen the ligaments to prepare for childbirth) and it's not surprising that some of us take a while to recover.

The good news? My lower-leg joint and muscle aches faded away and then finally disappeared for good.

HTH,
Jody
g/b/g born Jan 2001
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Jody
g/b/g born Jan 2001
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Not only did I feel great after delivery, but I never felt bad during the pregnacy.

Now, if you ask my wife this question, she'll probably have a different answer.

Surviving husband to Tammie who passed in March of 2009.
Now married to Nina.
Father of Samantha Nicole, Kayla Shea , and Dominic Paul born on 10/14/02
Step-father to Kristina Nicole born on 09/24/85
Grandfather to Riley Faith born on 5/13/06
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My trips are just over 10 months old and I just the other day commented to my DH how it didn't hurt when I squatted. My knees finally feel like normal. When I was in for my 6 week post op I mentioned it to my Peri and she said the muscles around the joints are the slowed to recover. At the time I was feelings a lot of pain in my knees and my elbows.

So, yes there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Jane, mother of...
Sarah- Of course I'm the princess 8/24/01
Joshua- Our little peanut
Matthew- Mama's boy
Paul- I'll just sit here and clap
3/3/03- 34w 6d

Jane, Proud Mother of...
The Princess 8/24/01
"Buzz", Animal Boy, and "Nemo", 3/3/03- 34w 6d

Beatrice,

I think after 14 months, I finally feel normal. I still have problems being on the floor too long, but other than that I feel pretty good. I was on bedrest for about 3 months. I have started walking on the tredmill. I am still tired as heck though.
I delivered at Lutheran General. Did you?

Nancy
Colin, Megan, and Kaitlyn 10/17/02

I often feel like I've been beat up by a professional - that's how I feel! ACK!

My biggest pain areas are my back and my feet. For my feet I've resorted to wearing tennis shoes all day, every day, and that's helped tremendously. Before the shoes it felt like my feet were literally falling apart, as if my bones & muscles were tearing apart every time I stood up or moved my foot "wrong" when sitting. Now at least I can walk without excruciating pain at each step. This goes against every grain of my farm-girl heart, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

My back is another story, though. I suspect the pain is here to stay. My lumbar region is the worst, I can tell my spine is messed up there, and that happened during the pregnancy because I got so huge. My mid-back (thorasic? sp?) also hurts frequently, but I can tell that's muscle pain (I can sometimes feel them "ripping").

Of course my knees also hurt, and my hands/wrists hurt from overuse, too! I saw my internist last Spring about the pain I was enduring, she said it was just wear & tear and might go away as the babies got older and I had to bend down less. In the mean time I alternate Tylenol one night, Motrin the next. I can't stand taking painkillers like I've been taking them, but I have to find relief somehow!

I didn't associate all this pain from being on bedrest, though. I was on bedrest for almost the entire pregnancy, but now that others have mentioned it, perhaps because I started my mommydom from a big deficit in regards to physical strength, maybe that's why I've been full of so much hurt this past year.

Oh well, that's Life, right? The pain is getting better, but I do put up with it every day. I sure hope you can find some relief, Beatrice!

Tulip & The Three Amigos
Born at 35w5d on December 31, 2002 - Happy New Year's Eve!!!
Aimee, Let's bump heads!
Edward, Rollin' Rollin' Rollin', Got to keep on rollin'!
Hope, Bouncy! Bouncy! Bouncy! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

YES! You *can* breastfeed triplets!!!
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Tulip & The Three Amigos
GBG born at 35w5d on December 31, 2002 - Happy New Year's Eve!!!

YES! You *can* breastfeed triplets!!!

I am a Velveteen Rabbit, and the birth, love, kisses & magic that are my children has made me Real.

My three turn one today (it is midnight here) and I feel like I am just know back to normal (mostly). I had weird hip pain. I think it takes a body awhile to get everything back into place. Hang in there.

Melissa
Mom to Bridget, Bella & Will born 1/12/03 at 32 weeks

Melissa
Mom to Bridget, Bella & Will born 1/12/03 at 32 weeks

Hi. After my daughter Leya was born, I suffered extreme pain in my knees and feet. I would actually wake up during the night and couldnt go back to sleep from the pain. I thought this would last forever and I spoke to a friend of mine who assured me that it would go away after a year cuz she suffered the same thing. And sure enough, the pain completely went away after Leya turned 1
So regardless of being pregnant with one or four, the suffering post delivery is the same I guess! good luck and hope the pain goes away soon!




Eman (33)
DH (32)
DD Leya (24 months)
EDD 7/22/2004 (Expecting triplets)

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Eman (36)
DH (35)
DD Leya ....... Jan 10, 2002
GBG @ 32 weeks 5 day

I'm so glad you posted about this. For the first few months after giving birth, I had terrible pain in my knees. I could barely turn over in bed, it hurt so badly. That's gone away, but my back still bothers me sometimes. I also feel like I'm 80 when I get out of bed in the morning. It takes me a while to get moving. I had no idea that other triplet moms went through this. Now I have hope that maybe it will improve.