Blooming Wife!

I’m in a babbling mood tonight. Just thought I’d mention that Mrs Levee’s pregnancy sickness is passing, and she’s starting to take on what is a very cliched ‘healthy glow’.

On the down side, she’s developing a difficult condition with her pelvis as the pregnancy progresses. The reason for this is that she breastfed Jay for over a year and got pregnant about a month after stopping breastfeeding.

The problem is, in order to give birth, your pelvic bones start to soften in the run through the pregnancy. This is perfectly natural and is brought on by hormones in the woman’s body to help with the delivery. Mothers who breastfeed maintain a level of these hormones as long as they continue to feed the child this way. As I understand it, it also holds off menstruation during breastfeeding and acts as a kind of (unreliable) contraception.

Anyway, with the bones in this softened state, carrying a growing baby puts increased pressure on the pelvis and this can cause pain. Mrs Levee had this with Jay’s pregnancy for the same reason and now it’s back. In a worst case scenario, the expectant mother can be confined to a wheelchair or hospitalised.

We’ll be watching this in the coming months. Bear in mind, this is my layman’s view of the condition - it may not be totally accurate, so check out the details with your doctor.