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@walnutems: I'm sorry. I've always had hip issues so being pregnant just aggravates. For me, as much as I hated the snoogle it was the only thing that provided some respite from the achey hips.

@walnutems: same with the snoogle. I had terrible hip pain and the snoogle helped a bit. I lucked out and got one through my local moms group for free (just bought a new pillowcase for it).

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I went to the chiropractor,too and the inky thing that really helped my hip pain was having my daughter. And then it still ismtakingma while for it to totally go away (I'm 3 weeks post partum).

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!!

@walnutems: I had terrible hip pain from 25 weeks to a few weeks PP. Lots. Of. Pillows!

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!

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.

Snoogle and a heating pad for me!

@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!

@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.

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).

I had crying in the night pain around that time. Maybe try acupuncture? It's really not painful at all...it's relaxing.

I totally feel your pain. A stretching regime similar to this has helped me. http://orthoinfo.org/PDFs/Rehab_Hip_3.pdf