The joints of the pelvis can cause pain during pregnancy. The diagnosis is not hard to make when you are aware of the existence of this condition and its symptoms. Pelvic arthropathy causes such pain that movement is limited and the ability to walk is impaired.

A woman with pelvic arthropathy will feel pain mostly around her pubic area spreading out to the groin and the front and back of the thighs. Some kinds of movement, such as lying on her back and trying to turn onto her side, worsens the pain. When she walks, her steps will get shorter until she is almost waddling. Walking up and down stairs is especially difficult.

Some degree of pelvic joint pain affects most women in the later stages of pregnancy but the discomfort for a small group of women is often underestimated. For these women, pelvic arthropathy might develop early in pregnancy and last well after delivery.