Hip Pain when Sleeping

[Mumma T]

Subbing cause I desperately need suggestions too

[LuluHB]

No advice but just wanted to say I'm completely over the whole no sleep thing too. You must be exhausted still working too. I hope someone comes in with a magical solution

[glenny_c]

I've had the same thing with both pregnancies and the only thing that has helped me has been my weekly sessions with a physio. The session hurts like hell but it is so good afterwards. I also sleep with a body pillow, between the knees and under the belly. That and heatpacks as hot as you can handle them just before bed. Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night to warm one up again and take it to bed with me.
I found that panadol doesn't do much as it's a muscle/nerve thing. My physio is a genius though. To start with you might need to go every three days or so, depending on how tight everything is. They will work on your hips as well as the muscles around your spine.

[Mother Goose]

it's most likely your ITB (the band of muscle down the side of your leg). If you have a tennis ball, try getting your DH to massage into the outside of your leg for you. A cricket ball works well too. Or a rolling pin (get him to pretend he is rolling out pastry).

If you need pain relief, panadol osteo works really well. When I did my back, I was put on that and it worked when normal panadol didn't.

[LionsandBears]

I had this with DS1. Partly it was SPD. I found the only way I could sleep was by rotation. I had a number of pillows under belly, knees, etc. i would sleep on my left, get up to pee, rearrange pillows, sleep on my right, get up to pee, rearrange pillows, sleep on my back, then repeat. To sleep on my back, I bought a big wedge pillow to prop me up. We have a Tempur mattress, which is lovely, but it didn't stop the pain.

In addition, I went to the osteo, physio, acupuncture and hydrotherapy. The only time I had relief from pain was during hydrotherapy. I ended up finishing work at 32 weeks, though most of this was related to SPD.