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Any tips for achey hips??

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Spink · 14/02/2007 21:27

Hello, I'm 37+4 and am being woken up in the night by very achey hips... I could do with some sleep at the moment, so if anyone has any advice to ease them, it would be lovely!

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Lazylou · 14/02/2007 21:29

I suffered really badly from this literally all the way through my pg. I found that putting a pillow or cushion between my knees helped, as it tended to raise my legs so they were level with my hips iyswim. Obviously you have to keep alternating but I always went for the achier side. Helped me sleep a bit better.

liquidclocks · 14/02/2007 21:30

Had awful hip pain with DS2, partly due to previous injury. Apart from warm baths there's not much you can do. If you're struggling to sleep you could ask your doctor if it's OK to use codeine or co-codamol at night - I used 15mg codeine before bed and again when I woke up for my first loo visit () - don't you just love pg - not for much longer though!

becca2007 · 14/02/2007 22:03

I wish I knew the answer. It's got worse and worse since about 24 weeks, and now is almost unbearable. All I can do at night is mess about with pillows until I find the least uncomfortable position... not good

Beauregard · 14/02/2007 22:05

Youre a poet and didn't know it

Beauregard · 14/02/2007 22:06

Not meaning to be insensitive

Dinosaur · 14/02/2007 22:06

My hips still ache and my DS3 is 2.7...

becca2007 · 14/02/2007 22:58

You would not believe how long I just spent trying to work out where the rhyme was in my post before I looked at the title!

Emprexia · 14/02/2007 23:05

Paracetamol, and if you have a boppy/nursing pillow, stick it between your legs so your knee and ankle are both lifted.

Also, try putting an extra duvet or two underneath you to cushion the hip you're lying on. It may annoy your other-half but its well worth it.

I actually bought a full length body pillow during my pregnancy, i LOVED it, with me developing SPD by week 17, it was a real god-send.

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Spink · 15/02/2007 12:21

Thank you ladies! I tried the pillow trick last night and I think it did help some. DH got up, once I'd woken him tossing and turning (and throwing pillows all over the place) and got me a hot water bottle, which seemed to really help too. I am going to tell him tonight that I think a nice leg massage before going to sleep will really help
...I've been trying to think of more poetic lines but my brain is far too addled to come up with some on actual purpose!!!

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colditz · 15/02/2007 12:24

A pet beanbag is lovely

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