https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 07:55:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466849 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:41:19 +0000 FancyGem 2466849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had hip pain so bad that I couldn't walk some days. My hip would lock. It didn't get better until I started going to the chiropractor. I go less often now. I also do yoga and Pilates to help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466559 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:59:18 +0000 Lilbear 2466559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had a lot of hip/pelvic pain since about 20 weeks (currently 35 weeks). I am a PE teacher and have found on my more physical days at work, I have more pain as the day goes on and I sometimes have difficulty standing up and walking. My sacroiliac joint cracks with every step on bad days, and it always cracks at night when I am rolling over or trying to get out bed. </p> <p>Things that have helped me are super hot showers and rarely I will take Tylenol if it is super bad. I also found that I can no longer do things that require me to put weight on only one leg while the other is lifted (putting on pants/underwear - I have to sit down for it). I also have found that it helps to keep your knees together when rolling over in bed. </p> <p>One of my biggest triggers is getting up off the floor when playing with my toddler. I found that I can't put one leg up into a kneel and pull myself up, I have to put both feet underneath me and stand up in a squat type of position. Finally, the biggest thing is that I just have to take it easy. I am at the point now where if I just sit on my butt as much as possible, it is manageable, but once I start walking around too much or lifting up my toddler too often, my pelvis gets all jacked up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466415 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:14:51 +0000 Anagram 2466415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had terrible hip pain with both pregnancies; worse and earlier the second time. I went to the chiropractor, wore a support belt 24/7 (the chiro told me the support belt will also help my hip pain; I wrongly thought it was only for back or belly pain), and slept with a long pillow between my legs from top to past my toes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466405 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:12:06 +0000 LindsayLou 2466405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had awful hip pain from about 22 to 26 weeks, in one hip more than the other. It continued after that, but got better. I think it was mostly due to my hips spreading out. Sleeping with a pillow between my legs helped, I used a narrow down throw pillow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466369 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:57:01 +0000 Alivoo01 2466369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS gave me sciatic nerve pain (lower back). Seeing a chiropractor on a regular basis and wearing a maternity belt when I was on my feet for prolonged times helped a lot!</p> <p>With DD, I have tail bone pain and random pinched nerve pains. Getting adjusted by my chiro helped relieved all these pains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466309 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:29:22 +0000 Astro Bee 2466309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had hip pain since late second tri - so 13-14 months ago! For me, it seems to be muscular concentrated in the left hip/buttocks. During pregnancy, I would have DH massage my hip and butt every night before bed, which helped a lot. I also used a pillow between my knees when sleeping, and occasionally still do 10 months PP. My prenatal/postnatal yoga instructor, who is a physiotherapist, recommends stretching and exercise. When I'm more active I can go days without any pain or discomfort. Yoga therapy balls also help, placing a ball where the pain is localized and rolling it against the wall. Heat helps a bit, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466304 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:27:42 +0000 mrsrain 2466304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had quite a lot of hip/pelvic pain from about 27-32 weeks. It went away when baby flipped head-down from transverse!</p> <p>I'm actually dealing with some bad pain today but I think it's radiating from my sacroiliac joint. Switching off between ice and heat seams to help, as well as doing some general stretches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466294 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:24:58 +0000 Chillybear 2466294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I just used a reg pillow or body pillow - there were only so may ways i could sleep near the end. It got better after birth but truly resolved after I weaned at 15 months... same with my wrist pain. I was told everytime i brought it up that it was tendons and the hormones that loosen everything up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466292 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:24:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 2466292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got sciatica with both pregnancies but it was extra bad the second time. Seeing the chiropractor for adjustment and deep massage helped a ton. Also wearing a pregnancy support belt helped. The only thing that cured it completely was delivering the baby. </p> <p>The pain was mostly in my right back hip area and would shoot down my butt and leg when I moved the wrong way. </p> <p>Also I always slept with a pillow between my knees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466274 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:19:34 +0000 regberadaisy 2466274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I have chronic hip pain that's the result of a fall years ago. The pain is exacerbated during pregnancy. Some days it is unbearable and I can barely walk. I got a pregnancy support belt with A. It is legit night and day with the belt on versus not. The one I got was less than $10 on Amazon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466265 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:15:29 +0000 pastemoo 2466265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: what kind of pillow did you use? when did it finally go away? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466255 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:11:10 +0000 Chillybear 2466255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had lots of pain in my left hip flexor (it felt like it was running vertically over my hip into my thigh) it constantly felt like i needed to "pop" the joint to alleviate the pain. there was not much I could do to alleviate it and the doctors weren't concerned. I tried to stretch a lot and sleep with pillows between my legs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hip-pain-in-pregnancy-vs-injury#post-2466250 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:08:30 +0000 pastemoo 2466250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you talk to me about your pregnancy hip pain?</p> <p>I know there a lots of kinds of pregnancy hip pain--and that pregnancy itself can increase your chance of injury from overstretching ligaments.</p> <p>But I don't know how to tell if the pain is from an injury or from being pregnant--or from an injury you only were able to incur because you're pregnant.</p> <p>Can you talk to me about the kinds of hip pain you've had while pregnant, when it happens, what you do to help, and if you do any exercise or physical therapy, or warm compresses or anything to help (or cause) this pain? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-982213 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:45:40 +0000 bisous 982213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@walnutems: I hear ya! I was scared of the chiropractor, too, but it turns out I needed it pretty badly. I love my massages but chiropractor ended up being pretty affordable since most of it was covered by insurance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-982209 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:42:46 +0000 raintreebee 982209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally feel your pain. A stretching regime similar to this has helped me. <a href="http://orthoinfo.org/PDFs/Rehab_Hip_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://orthoinfo.org/PDFs/Rehab_Hip_3.pdf</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980863 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:56:36 +0000 runsyellowlites 980863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ended up with pgp when I slipped into an almost horizontal split at 5mth pregnant. eek!</p> <p>What helped was seeing the chiro AND he had me do a few exercises at home.</p> <p>Pelvic tilts while on my back actually helped a TON! I did 10 holding each for 10 seconds. And he had DH pull on my leg while laying on my back at a slight angle in (I would ask for instructions from the chiro) and that helped tons too.</p> <p>Hope you can figure out something that will work for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980843 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:52:04 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 980843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had crying in the night pain around that time. Maybe try acupuncture? It's really not painful at all...it's relaxing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980404 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:08:23 +0000 NovBaby1112 980404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had horrible horrible hip pain at night while pregnant. it was awful, i could barely sleep some nights. i did some research and bought a foam mattress topper like this one:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/DreamDNA-Density-Memory-Foam-Mattress/dp/B00CGMBDU6/ref=sr_1_1?s=bedbath&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1375366005&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=foam+mattress+queen" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/DreamDNA-Density-Memory-Foam-Mattress/dp/B00CGMBDU6/ref=sr_1_1?s=bedbath&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1375366005&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=foam+mattress+queen</a></p> <p>it helped soooo much!!! seriously well worth it! you just put it over your mattress and it takes so much pressure/weight off your hips. it felt like i was sleeping on a cloud. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980398 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:06:28 +0000 Anagram 980398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@walnutems: I was scared of the chiropractor, too. I'd never been to one before pregnancy. But it wasn't painful at all!! I mean,literally...no discomfort or anything strange. My chiropractor was a dad of two kids and super knowledgable about pregnancy...and was also just a nice guy telling me I looked small for how far alone I was (haha, right), how I was still "limber", (haha.....don't think so) etc.</p> <p>Best of all, my insurance covered it, and the chiropractor's office did massages too--- also covered by insurance! So even if its a massage you're after, check out a chiropractor that has experience with regnant women (I just called a few places and asked on the phone if they worked with pregnant clients, they all said yes, then I just randomly picked one and ended up really liking the guy). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980349 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:51:43 +0000 Ra 980349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The snoogle didn't really help me. I had terrible hip pain and unfortunately nothing helped. It went away right after I had him though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980342 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:48:13 +0000 Ash 980342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@walnutems: We have a queen size bed too... and either I sleep on the edge or dh because the snoogle takes up so.much.room. But I do love it! And no matter what, I end up on the edge of the bed!! Oh, and, I've been going to the chiropractor since before my bfp... still going about once a month (I'm 24 weeks) and 99% of the time, my body feels great!! I'd look into it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980339 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:47:38 +0000 Meltini 980339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a prenatal massage and it didn't do ANYTHING for the pain. I enjoyed every second of it but I recommend going into it more for the relaxation than the pain relief. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980258 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:19:01 +0000 Turd Ferguson 980258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Snoogle and a heating pad for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980257 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:18:40 +0000 walnutems 980257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bisous: For some reason chiropractors scare me! I know a lot of people that love them and swear by them but I'm a scaredy cat! The thought of telling DH that I need a massage every month or so sounds so much more appealing, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980256 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:18:22 +0000 Meltini 980256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a snoogle and see a chiropractor. I'm pretty sure the chiropractor is the only thing that keeps me from being in pain daily. The snoogle doesn't really help that much but it is pretty nice to snuggle with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980242 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:13:54 +0000 bisous 980242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@walnutems: Oh-I also saw a chiropractor for the first time. That helped too!<br /> I got a massage while preg but it didn't do any good...they seemed to be too gentle (maybe the woman I got doesn't work with pregnant clients a lot, though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980233 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:11:21 +0000 bisous 980233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@walnutems: I had terrible hip pain from 25 weeks to a few weeks PP. Lots. Of. Pillows! </p> <p>I had a snoogle, too, in our full sized bed (DH was happy when we were done with that!), but I think what helped the most was the pillow between my ankles and the soft pillow under my hip. I kept a pillow between my knees, too, but I was using that when the hip pain appeared. My bed looked like a fort, but it did ease the terrible pain I was feeling in the middle of the night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980229 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:09:58 +0000 walnutems 980229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Shoot...I was afraid of that. We have a nice and cozy queen :wink: so, I guess DH and I are going to have to figure out how to make it work!</p> <p>@Anagram: I've never been to a chiropractor, but I've heard good things. Did you ever try a massage? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980225 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:09:41 +0000 Adira 980225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice, but I had the same issue while pregnant. The good thing is, now at 5 months pp, my hips are back to normal and don't hurt all the time anymore!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nighttime-hip-painhow-diddo-you-deal#post-980217 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:07:30 +0000 Weagle 980217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't find that using any particular pillow helped very much. I did get into a little routine where I would go to sleep with the pillow, take it away at the first wake-up, put it back at the second, etc. I think that did help a bit. </p>