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Try prenatal yoga if you have a good studio in your area (or you can get a DVD). Yoga has helped my hip and pelvic pain a lot. I also see a physical therapist and a prenatal chiropractor as some hip and pelvic pain can be connected to various parts of your back/spine being out of alignment and not really the hips themselves. Hot showers help some too. The thing that has probably helped the most (besides yoga) is taking 1,000mg of DHA daily, as recommended by the osteopathic chiropractor (and seconded by my OB). He suspected that a lot of my hip pain was due to inflammation, and in high doses DHA helps to reduce inflammation. I think he was right as my pain level has gone down when I take the DHA every day. I would definitely ask your OB before taking the DHA in that dose though, I don’t know if its ok to take so early in pregnancy (I started with it in the mid 20’s week range).

Sitting on an excercise ball helps a lot!

Ugh, I had back pain almost immediately after implantation. Ok, I'm being dramatic, but I would say it started at around 10 weeks. And it was due to the ligaments stretching and my uterus growing. I too didn't want to rely on tylenol so I bought one of those big pregnancy pillows to promote better sleeping positions. It helped a bit but honestly I was in pain for the rest of my pregnancy.