Symptoms of PGP/SPD
Suffering from PGP/SPD can affect you emotionally as well as physically, and you may find it difficult to be positive throughout your pregnancy and afterwards. It can affect your ability to look after yourself. It is important you never feel guilty or inadequate for having PGP/SPD, it is not your fault.
- Pain over the pubic bone at the front in the centre
- The joints in your pelvis moving unevenly
- Changes to the way your muscles work to support your pelvic girdle joints
- One pelvic joint not working properly and causing a knock-on pain in the other joints of your pelvis
- Pain across one or both sides of your lower back
- Pain in the area between your legs
- Pain in the hips, lower stomach and down the inner thighs
Pain can also radiate to your thighs, and some women may feel or hear a clicking or grinding in the pelvic area. This pain can be most noticeable when you are:
- Walking
- Going upstairs
- Standing on one leg ( for example when you’re getting dressed or going upstairs )
- Turning over in bed
It can also be difficult to move your legs apart – for example, when you get in and out of a car. You are more likely to develop PGP/SPD if:
- You had pelvic girdle pain or pelvic joint pain before you became pregnant
- You have had a previous injury to your pelvis
- You’ve had PGP/SPD in a previous pregnancy
- Hypermobility in all your joints

