hip pain at night

I have just entered the lovely world of excruciating hip pain. I only get it night, starting around 4 am. Up until that time I am of course flipping from side to side at least 8 times so both sides are killing me by 4. I use a body pillow between my legs, and I tried using it differently when I saw a post last week about keeping your lower leg straight and hanging your upper leg over the pillow, nothing is working for me!!! I don't want to take Tylenol but my sleep is so poor these days with the bathroom visits and now this. I guess I needed to whine a bit Have any of you had this and found a solution?

 

i havent found much relief but i do know that when im on my back(which some ppl say that is bad) it allows me to get a couple winks in. i go to the bathroom every time i turn over and by the morning my hips are sore as well. i have used a heating pad on hips on medium and try to keep it away from my belly. not sure if any of this helps. i dont like taking tylenol either. have u tried a warm bath to relax all ur muscles b4 u go to bed maybe that will make it alittle easier?? hope it gets better for u and not worse

 

My hips have been hurting since about 20 weeks, it started with just at night when I was laying, but now, it is anytime I change positions get up to potty, lift my leg up... any lifting motion really. I found the pillow helped, and tylenol, but last week when I was in the hospital it was hurting so bad. I told me doc, and he gave me some flexerill, it helped so much- I didn't have any pain for 2 or 3 days. And then last week it came back with avengence. So- come to find out- they babies had gone head down when the pain go better- but now little miss baby a is back transverse in my hips- so I know it is her doing it. So there is not much I can do for it! Just keep trying different positions with your body pillow, and take some tylenol if it means you can get some rest

 

Ugh, I remember that all too well. I felt like all I did was flip from one side to the other every night. I used the pregnancy boppy between my knees too, hoping that would help, but it didn't. We even bough a memory foam for our bed thinking it would help. And it did for a bit, but then it was back. I am sad to say that the only thing that worked for me was delivery my babies, after they were born was when the pain went away. I remember the same thing with my oldest DD too.

 

I had the same problem with my second pregnancy. I tried 4 different pillows, nothing worked. It was awful not to sleep so I asked my doctor if I could sleep on my back if I propped my back up. He said yes, so for the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy I slept on my back with 2 pillows propping me up. It was almost like how you would be in a hospital bed. It worked great, but it took a few days to get used to sleeping almost in a sitting position. Good luck....

 

Mine have been bad for some time but the last few nights have had me in tears. There's just no getting comfortable! I have to switch every 10 - 15 min and when I do it's been excruciating. I, too, have wondered what can be done but from my experience birth is about it. I am going to try soaking in the tub from now on before bed, maybe that will help, but getting out of the tub isn't so easy anymore either.