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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

@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!

@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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.