Stiff joints after pregnancy?

[fortnightlily]

Anyone else?  My joints got achy during pregnancy and breastfeeding, which I sort of attribute to the hormones that loosen up your ligaments.  When I weaned it got better, but not 100%.  

Did this happen to anyone else?  I feel like pregnancy aged me 20 years and I'm all creaky-knees-oldz when I get down to the floor with my toddler

[pooh8402]

Just my left wrist. It still aches 4 weeks out. All my other joints are back to normal.

I was hoping it'd be better by now. It really hurts to hold DS in my left hand.

[waterchurch]

Slightly different but after both kids I got tendinitis in my knees. I had to do PT, and the therapist said it was probably due to all the joint loosening hormones. Fun times.

[boxerdog]

Huh. I was just thinking a couple days ago that my joints are so much more creaky and stiff than they used to be. I hadn't considered that it could be from having DS.

[Deleted]

My hips are still not the same. Creeky and painful.

[hbomdiggity]

My knees hurt just walking. I can't imagine even running at this point (almost 8 weeks pp).

My doc says it may be muscle weakness and will get better as I build it back.

[whiskeyandwine]

Aug 13, 2015 12:28:26 GMT -5 boxerdog said:

Huh. I was just thinking a couple days ago that my joints are so much more creaky and stiff than they used to be. I hadn't considered that it could be from having DS.

Same here!

My DS is 12 weeks old...I wonder??

[melsamoony]

My pelvis hurt/was super weak despite religious pelvic exercises during pregnancy. I kept it up afterwards once cleared for activity and after a few months (2/3?) things got better.

[VillainV]

My hands were really stiff for a few months. I asked the OB about it and she thought it was all in my head.

[rxbeth]

I had a progressive problem with this after my DD. It started off pretty subtle but eventually I had a hard time even just getting up off the floor. I ended up in the ER at about 5 months pp and on a round of prednisone. In my case, I got a viral infection a few weeks post partum and it ended up attacking my joints. I figured it was just normal pain and I was crazy and continued training for my half marathon which just made things worse.

So, I think it can be normal but you need to keep an eye on it.

[amaranth]

My joints hurt so badly for months after I gave birth. Some days it was a chore to go up stairs. My ankles and knees were the worst.

This post made me realize that they're totally fine now. I guess that means it went away somewhere between 8-12 months.

[fortnightlily]

Aug 13, 2015 21:04:00 GMT -5 rxbeth said:

I had a progressive problem with this after my DD. It started off pretty subtle but eventually I had a hard time even just getting up off the floor. I ended up in the ER at about 5 months pp and on a round of prednisone. In my case, I got a viral infection a few weeks post partum and it ended up attacking my joints. I figured it was just normal pain and I was crazy and continued training for my half marathon which just made things worse.

So, I think it can be normal but you need to keep an eye on it.

Whoa, that's nuts!

[heygrey]

All of my joints were SO painful for a while, but since you brought it up I realized they don't hurt at all anymore. If I had to guess it got better around 10-12 months?

[busterpup]

Yes! My right hip and left ankle. And upper back, but I think that's from carrying him around.