Joints Lacking Balls

[Trethowan]

Ha. So... here's a question. Any of you mothers have sudden onset of joint pain after having a kid? Maybe it's not related to pregnancy. I know that correlation isn't always causation, so I'm trying not to leap to conclusions, but I'm always so stiff now. I thought it would have passed already but the usual yoga isn't really working. It's mostly my knees, ankles, elbows, shoulders, hands, and back. Oh, that might have been all of my joints. LOL

It's frustrating cause you mention this stuff to doctors and they just shrug at you. Whhyyyyy... I'm tired of being shrugged at. I'm tempted to try some sort of natural supplement but I don't want to take anything that would mess with my milk supply.

It's not that big of a deal, but with the gallbladder thing, and the joints thing, and now my vision in my right eye going wonky, I'm just a little weirded out by all these new health things going on. Is having a baby THAT taxing on the body? Yeesh. You'd think I was going to fall apart over here.

[richila]

I don't remeber if my joint pain started post partum or not (My son just turned 21.) but I found this:
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a7751345/postpartum_joint_pain

http://www.fitness.com/articles/704/new_mothers_and_joint_pain.php

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1006137/how-to-care-for-loose-joints-after-pregnancy

Hope you find something that helps- Hugs

[Trethowan]

Aha! Relaxin. That's gotta be it. I did some googling but I wasn't finding too much. I think my google-fu has failed me. Thanks for the links!