Very sore, achy hips/pelvis...:(

Hi Girls

I was wondering if anyone can offer some advice here. I am waking up at least 3-4 times in the night with terribly sore hips. I feel like my bones are burning. It feels as though it is really deep within the hip joint and so so sore. I am sleeping with a body pillow between my legs but it is not bringing me much relief unfortunately...Also I meant to be wearing a tubey grip but I can't breathe properly with it on as I am very short of breath too...I have a brace which goes around my hips so I'll give that a try also.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks :hug:

Rach xx

hey,
i know exactly how u feel, it has been happening to me alot the last few weeks
i woke up to a horrible ache feeling in my hips and now i get it in my side its driving me nuts.
i dont get any relief from the pillow between my legs, it just comes and goes. i asked my doc and he said its just part of lat e pregnancy ( yay us lol)

Hiya Rach, I could have written your post...I'm exactly the same and have just gone for an appointment with an osteopath two days ago and although I'm still waking up once or twice with pain it's not as frequent or as severe so it might be worth ago. It is a horrible burning pain isn't it, just horrible.
While I was at the appointment I got her to check my tailbone which I hurt when I gave birth to my daughter and it is so damaged and bent the wrong way she couldn't find the end of it so I'm terrified what implications this will have on this birth, so now I have to worry about that as well.
Well I hope things get better for you, cheers Missy

Rach and others, I'm hearing you. This type of pain is really common - unfortunately the hips, lower back and pelvic joints all start to cop the brunt of our bubbas growing and moving down low in late pregnancy.
Seeing an osteopath who is experienced in pregnancy would be a good idea - they can give you some exercises that will help strengthen and realign the joints. Pilates based exercise is also fantastic. If you're sitting on the lounge at night put a pillow under your knees to take the strain of your lower back and sacral joints.
Good luck I hope it doesn't get too bad for you.
x Lolly

Gosh, I'm experiencing this already and I'm only 25 weeks! I had my first night of pelvis pain about a few weeks ago and another bad night last night. I actually had pain in my groin last night along with the pelvis pain so I'm a bit worried about SPD. Thankfully for me it's not a constant pain yet, just a couple of random nights of discomfort at this stage.

I've had A LOT of hip pain for months and it got so bad I couldn't handle it anymore. After being told 100 times by the doctors it's just normal pregnancy stuff and all I can do is live with it, I got some acupuncture done and although it didn't cure me, it's so much less painful. Maybe worth a shot?

Same thing happening here, but... I swapped my body pillow for a thinner cushion and that seemed to help. I'm seeing my Chiro today and hopefully he can work out if I have done something odd to myself! See someone sooner rather than later... the longer the pain is with you the longer it hangs around after treatment...

I know exactly how you feel.

I recently had my son 7 weeks ago via c section and I had the hip pain and pelvis pain(spd). The best relief for me was the pool as gravity naturally took the pressure off my hips. I found the days that i went to the pool, the better my sleep was that evening. There was no swimming though, it was purely just hanging onto a kickboard and floating (helped me too with my swelling).

What ever you decide, try not to let it go untreated. 7 weeks post my baby being born I am still having a lot of pain.

Ohh and more support under my bump rather than the pillow between my legs seemed to help a little too. Good luck

Hi ladies

I have this too. I'm only 21 weeks preg - with twins! - and mine is the result of a recent fall, but it's so hard to get relief. And not sleeping just makes it so much harder to cope.

I am seeing a physio every other day and she is giving me a range of exercises to do at home to strengthen my core muscles (pelvic floor etc). She's also suggested to me some positions (on hands and knees like a cat, + leaning over a fitball) that take the pressure off the joints, so that has given some instant relief when needed.

She suggested that I try acupuncture, so I thought I might as well give it a go. I've had acu in the past (ttc) and the needles don't worry me so I will start some of that next week.

I've been using wheat packs, which are good for localised relief, and sleeping on my left side with a full length body pillow - the bottom half between my legs. But the last three nights have been hell.

I've also (gulp) taken panadol when it just gets too much. This helps. Somewhat.

I'm also wearing a sacro-iliac joint belt - like a wide elastic belt with velco tabs to pull it tighter. It's my best friend. It doesn't stop the pain but it does make me feel so much more secure.

Sorry not to have a magical answer, but there might be a few things there you could try if you haven't already.

Take care of yourselves.
Jenx

Yep - its awful!

I see a physio once a week for deep tissue massage (ouchy) and streching. I also do a strech at home each night and I wear the sacro-illiac belt all day. Started doing all this about three weeks ago. My physio is great - mum of three with her youngest only 4 months old and she had the same issues.

Physio thinks this will continue for rest of preg and that we will be able to decrease the pain and manage the issue but that it wont go away until after baby is here.

Dont listen if anyone says its just a common pregnancy thing and therefore you should just put up with it! IT HURTS and thats not ok.

I also sleep with a wedge pillow under my bump and a small cushion between my knees. I think the belly wedge pillow is the best thing - really takes the weight off my hips.

hope you get some help and relief Rach!

Rachel