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Originally Posted by Socks
Why was your wife in bed for 5 months? Not being rude just curious.. My wife is 8.5 months pregnant and you'd hardly know except for the tummy size.. Did she have some kind of complications? Hard to imagine she's been in bed since month 3 of pregnancy?! crazy
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She had pubic symphysis which basically involved the ligament holding the two halves together being ripped apart. It happens in 1 in 37 pregnancies or so, but my wife got it particularly early in her pregnancy (4 months in) which meant that it had a lot of time to get worse as the baby got bigger.
The first 4 months she was on bed rest at home but the final 3 weeks were in the hospital, unable to even roll over, much less walk anywhere.
The baby was over 7 pounds at 37 weeks, so that weight was pushing down into her already straining pelvis. Had we gone to 40 weeks... well, I couldn't imagine what would have happened.
Not every pregnancy goes wonderfully perfect.
