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I saw a chiropractor periodically through the rest of my pregnancy when mine started (was from injury). It made a HUGE difference and even helped me go from sporadic "false" labor to consistent early labor when I was 41+3 (I really think I should've been more consistent with it).

My nurse told me that sleeping with a pillow between my kegs makes it worse. The nights I do, I really hurt in the morning. The nights with no pillow, doesn't seem to be as bad in the morning.

Yup! I had major major pain. The pillow worked, sitting on my exercise ball, my heating pad, and my support belt helped. Mine got so bad that I had to stop my prenatal yoga class and ended up walking with a cane towards the end of my pregnancy (I was kind of mortified, a bloated whale using a cane to waddle down the street). Remember to keep your legs together when rolling out of bed, that helped.

But unfortunately giving birth was the thing that finally made it feel better.

Ah, you poor thing! I had quite a bit of horrible tailbone pain, sciatica, and just general I can't move without hurting issues from very early on (like you, week 12ish or so) up until the late second/early third trimester (around 26-28weeks, maybe?). I will say that the sciatica went away completely, the hip pain did not but is very bearable, and my tailbone stopped hurting before 20 weeks. Definitely make friends with a heating pad, be careful when you get out of bed (keep legs closed), and just be aware of how you are sitting/standing/sleeping and try to avoid positions that cause you pain.

I hope it stops hurting for you soon!!

This is weird, but I find I actually have less pain when I wear (very sturdy!) heels than when I wear flat shoes- I guess I walk and adjust and distribute my weight differently. Still sucks though- I'm 22 weeks and it's really been the last week or two when by the afternoon I can barely walk at all.

Mine started around 12 weeks, and while the pain has died down a little now (my leg/joint doesn't give out as much anymore), its still painful. I've found that sitting on an exercise ball seems to help, and my Snoogle pillow helped for awhile (but doesn't now). Honestly, both my midwife and chiropractor have told me that its not really going to go away until baby comes. SO sorry!