Hello! I rarely respond to posts but had to when I saw your post on the emails that are sent out. During my second pregnancy I also had that same pain. The way I described it was like my pelvis (or vaginal) area was going to split in half. During my whole pregnancy, I felt like my baby (now my precious daughter) was going to fall out any minute. I kept telling my doctors but they couldn't figure it out. They checked the baby, checked me, and couldn't give me any answers. They kept saying the baby was fine which was really all I cared about. I lived with the pain throughout my pregnancy. I wasn't able to exercise during the first half of my pregnancy but was able to during the second half. However, the worst of this came after I delivered. (I had a wonderful, quick, drug-free delivery!) The pain got 10X worse and again, the doctors couldn't figure it out. I had xrays and it didn't show that the pelvis split. If it had, at least there would have been an explanation. This effected my whole every day life. I also had a 3 year old to take care of. I could barely walk up the stairs. I could bend down to pick my daughter up, but on the "up" move, I saw stars. It was awful. This also effected me mentally because I couldn't exercise or function the way I wanted and needed to. It got the point where I felt like they thought I was making it up. One doctor said, you'll have to live with it. Ugh! Anyway, I did go for PT for strengthening of the pelvis floor. Basically doing advanced Kegals. This helped some, but not much. I ended up giving up the search for an answer and lived with it. I just learned how to live with the pain and compensate. I didn't exercise until 4 months after my daughter was born and even then, it took really until she was about 18 months to exercise the way I wanted to. (I started by walking only at 2.8/3.0 on the treadmill and I normally could walk 4.3!!) I was still having pain even at the 18 mo. mark, but felt like I was living much better and not letting the pain effect my daily life. My daughter is now 21 months and I am now feeling much better. Every once in a while, I'll get the pain but nothing like I had for the past year. My advice is to be persistent with your doctors. I should have insisted that they follow through. Who knows what was really going on. Perhaps it was as simple as having to strengthen the pelvis area or maybe it was something and we'll never know. We have since moved and I'll be going to a new GYN and plan to tell her about it and check and make sure there is nothing to be concerned about. We don't plan to have any more children, but if we were going to, I would be extremely persistent. I think we have to be our own advocates with very busy doctors these days.
Good luck and be sure to keep asking your doctor. Also, I would ask for an Rx for PT so that maybe they help you during your pregnancy and hopefully you won't have the pain after delivery. Oh, and keep doing Kegals!!