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I still have tailbone pain when I sit for a really long time, and my son is three years old!

I asked at my follow up visit and it definetly wasn't broken, but bruised. I spent a lot of time with my ice pack.

I had a sore tail bone and I had a quick delivery...I sat on a rubber donut for over a month

@GoGoSnoGirl: just seeing this and thought I'd jump in. I fractured my tailbone delivering and the pain started to subside substantially around 10 weeks. I asked my OB about it at my 6-week checkup and he said it could take up to a year to get better so I'm happy that at 9mo PP it only hurts after a really long day sitting in my crappy desk chair at work.

@Honeygold89: my tailbone felt like it curved out more or was more pronounced after having my lo. The weird thing is I didn't end up having him vaginally but something definaltey shifted! It hurt to sit, felt like it was protruding and exercises like sit ups were very painful.
Now at 2 years, it has gone back to normal and only have some discomfort if I sit for a long period if time. Maybe I've just gotten used to it by now ...

@jape14: @Rockies11: @jh524: @FannyMae: Thanks, ladies... though, I was afraid you'd all say it may take a good long time. I should remember, myself, as I broke my tailbone years ago snowboarding. I know it took many months, if not longer, back then to heal up, but I only really remember the occasional pain while doing sit-ups, etc. not the nearly constant ache & increased pain while sitting & when getting up from sitting. We just bought me a cut out cushion to sit on... hopefully that helps a little.

I had severe tailbone pain starting at 5 weeks that got to the point I couldn't sit down without pain. I went to my general practitioner, who gave me extra strength Advil and wished me luck.

2 weeks later I went to my OBGYN for a checkup and she suggested a chiropractor. I was highly skeptical, but it has worked! It took a few months, but between the chiropractic care and the massage therapist (it wasn't comfortable type massages, but a bit of torture), I have no pain 18 months PP at all.

My insurance pays for 12 visits per year, the rest I paid out of pocket, and it wasn't too expensive. Hope you all get some relief!

@Tanjowen: I just saw my chiropractor today & he adjusted me. I'm hoping that will help to resume my chiropractic care, & hopefully add in some massage therapy, yes. And, fortunately, it seems my new donut cushion has eased the pain a fair bit that I was feeling while sitting to nurse. I have been taking the Motrin the Dr prescribed me when I was discharged from the hospital, but generally I don't prefer to continue on longer term meds.

@Honeygold89: That sucks! And it's from that long ago?

Just wanted to throw in my experience for anyone who finds across this later. I developed a lot of pain near my tailbone a few days postpartum, but in my case it's a pilonidal cyst that is infected. Some think trauma to the area can cause it, so it probably is related to the birth. So if you have tailbone area pain, but the area gets really red and swollen, you may want to consider a cyst as a possibility.

@Honeygold89: From what they said, it was close to "popping" and draining on its own. They would normally have you sit in a tub several times a day to soften the skin so it would do so faster. However, since I was staying in the nicu and only had a shower, they opened it up, drained it, and packed it with gauze. Which didn't feel great, but was not near as bad as the Internet led me to fear. I had to go back every other day to repack it with gauze, and take antibiotics. It's been 8 days and when I went back today it was enough better that I don't have to go back, thankfully.

@Torchwood: I was coming here to say the SAME thing! I had a pilonidal cyst too when I was pregnant and I thought it was tailbone pain for the longest time. Mine drained on its own (gross) and I took antibiotics. The Internet freaked me out majority, too! But it's been two years and no recurrence.