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I don't have great advice because my pain didn't go away until birth, by id try some physical therapy exercises, stretches, etc. I'd ask you doc. My pain was really terrible. I hope you find some relief!

Get thee to a chiropractor! It will make you feel so much better!

Do you have a good mattress? That might be obvious, but a good supportive latex mattress and topper became a necessity for me, otherwise I felt like I was dropped off a truck!

I agree with visiting a chiropractor. My OB also recommended prenatal stretches.

I started seeing a DO who does osteopathic manipulative treatment and it helped so much with my hip pain!

How are you arranging your support pillows? I use a body pillow between my legs and also to support my belly. It helps minimally. I saw a chiro last time and it didn't really do much to help me, but I also have pre-existing back issues, and I know lots of people find that helpful! I would mess around with how you arrange the pillows while sleeping and definitely between the legs to align your hips!!!

@wrkbrk: I found a pregnancy pillow didn't do jack for me, I had to get an actual body pillow and use a supplemental regular pillow. Keep messing around with it!

If it's your top hip I'd try adding more pillows between your legs, and if it's the bottom hip I'd add a mattress topper. I also found it helpful to place my top leg on top of several pillows and straighten my bottom leg. Also, I found hugging a pillow to be helpful because you can angle slightly forward. And it helps if your ankles aren't touching because if your ankles are touching that will still pull your top hip down.

I've been having terrible hip pain and really placing almost all the pillows in the house under and around my legs has helped a lot. Plus I notice i have a lot more pain on days I slack off on walking. Good luck!

@wrkbrk: if you have access to a pool swimming really seemed to alleviate the pain. And I was going to say pillow between legs but see you are doing that already!

@wrkbrk: I used this one It's You Babe Mini Cradle, Small (136-180 Pounds) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I615Q4/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_clzRvbFAZSJ96

But I know a lot of people really like this one as well Gabrialla Elastic Maternity Support Belt (Medium Support), Size Medium, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ZKE4AM/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_UlzRvbKP043

I have chronic hip pain that gets really bad during pregnancy. I could barely walk by 20 plus weeks. I can definitely notice the difference between when I'm wearing the support belt and not. But I will say in the last few weeks even with the belt the pain was pretty miserable.

@wrkbrk: nope, it's meant to relieve pressure when you're walking. No help on the sleep front. The snoogle was my most hated loved item at the third tri.

A couple of things helped: my prenatal yoga instructor recommended stretches and exercises, as well as to use yoga-tune up balls to massage the buttock and hip. Basically, lean against the wall with the ball bw you and the wall, and massage it in. Having your muscles relaxed will prevent hip pain that night. A squash ball will do in a pinch. I also had DH massage my bad hip most evenings for the last couple of months. Except for having to pee every couple of hours, it enabled me to get a semi-decent night's rest.

I had terrible butt/lower back pain and hip pain when I slept. I found switching sides often helped. I told my midwife I was barely sleeping from the hip pain and insomnia, she convinced me to take Tylenol and a sleep aid. I was hesitant but it really helped me get the rest I needed and sleep through the night ( minus pee breaks cause nothing can get rid of that)

I also had terrible sciatic pain, and doing gentle warrior 1 and 2 helped immensely!

I had to buy a foam mattress topper and it helped a TON last pregnancy. We upgraded for this pregnancy and it has been a life saver at 21 weeks so far.

@wrkbrk: bummer. Ours technically does too but we added 4 inches of memory foam to help my hips because it was getting too painful to sleep and walking, as a result was painful too. Just point out your are the one pregnant! Lol

@wrkbrk: I'd have to ask DH. The first time.e I just got 2 from Target. Somehow that was cheaper than one thick one. This one we ha e now he got me as a gift once we found out we were pregnant again because after 2 years of use the first set had begun to lose its... foaminess. I am IN LOVE with this new one though.