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By Sinead DuFour, PT, PhD Pain in the pelvic region of the body is common among pregnant women and can be experienced well into the postpartum period.  The traditional thinking that has dominated implicates the hormone relaxin as a key culprit.  Surely the release of a pregnancy-related hormone that has a job to soften ligaments would result in increased motion of the pelvic structures is the reason for the pain, […]