I'm 17 weeks pregnant (first pregnancy) for a couple of weeks I've been getting shooting/stabbing pains in my private area, also I'm not sure if this is related but I am also getting shooting pains in my lower back, you know the 2 bones at your right at the bottom of your back above the butt that feel round/ball shaped, that's where I get the shooting pain that radiats into my hip socket, I'm not sure if it's related to the shooting pains I get in my private area, that mainly strikes at night and just keeps coming again and again when I'm trying to sleep these shooting pains keep happening, the pain in my lower back also strikes at night/evening times, I also get the shooting pains in the day too but not as much as I do at night, in the day I get pains here and there in my private area, but at night it lasts maybe an hour before I can fall asleep its not a constant pain, it sort of shoots and then goes away a few seconds it comes again then goes away and that keeps happening till I fall asleep, the lower back pain however comes whenever I try to move, like lift my leg or turn over its very sharp and sometimes excruciating, sorry for this being so lengthy I just tried to describe it in as much detail as possible I've mentioned it a few times whenever I've got for appointments but they say it's normal that pregnancy hormones is making everything looser so it's normal to get pain :( also I try not to lay on My back because I heard it can cause miscarriage, or stillbirth but it's so hard to turn over onto my side because when I lay on my side I feel a very painful pressure feeling in my lower back I just thought I'd mention that to, hopefully you ladies can give me some advice ps I am waiting on a phone call from the Dr today so i will mention it to them also