Anyone else`s hips ache ?

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My hips are killing, especially when sat on sofa, anyone else got this ? I am 24 weeks.

yup! me too. Im 26 weeks and had this first time too, its awful.
Hurts mostly when laying down in bed, have to keep turning over.
Dont know any cures or anything that helps so any suggestions greatly appreciated!!

Yeeeeeessssssssssssss, mine do too.

I think having the baby helps(!). I'm 40+2 and can't wait to pop her out just so all the discomfort stops!

it could be the start of SPD, or it could just be awkward positioning of the baby! keep an eye on it, just make sure that if it continues or gets worse to ask your midwife for a referral to physio for help and advise

This could be PGP (pelvic girdle pain) - used to be called SPD, but a lot of people including me get more trouble at the sides of the pelvis and down the hips than in the front. Sitting on a swiss ball helps me, and I'd recommend asking your mw to see a obstetric/women's physio if you do think this might be the issue.

www.acpwh.org.uk/docs/ACPWH-PGP_Pat.pdf This has lots of really useful information about handling PGP, things to avoid and so on.

I had it in my first pg too, it eased off a bit in the last weeks, and went away once DS was born.

That's a really helpful link, puddock.

At 26 weeks (I'm 30 now), I got some quite bad pain at the sides of my hips, and across the back (sacro iliac area) fairly suddenly, after going for a walk - after having been v lucky up til then and had no aches or pains to speak of at all. I didn't think it was SPD, because everything I'd read about that described pain in the pubic arch, and my pain was all sides and back.

It was bad enough to make me walk very carefully, and I was worried this was what the rest of pregnancy was going to be like...

Anyway - saw my doctor, who gave me paracetamol, and said referral to a physio on the NHS would take so long, I'd've had my baby and then some by the time I was seen! - so I made 2 appointments with a private chiropractor. Cost me £50 for the 1st one, and £35 for the second one. So not cheap, but I was willing to try anything tbh. She said that you get surges of a hormone (relaxin?) at about 12 weeks, 26 weeks and... forgot the other one, sorry. Anyway, after these is when any pelvic/hip imbalance might appear - everyone is a bit lopsided one way or another, but it's normally such a small issue it doesn't cause problems. It's only when things get out of alignment beyond a certain degree that you experience pain etc.

Solutions - the chiropractor did some very gentle manipulation of hips and sacro iliac joint which helped a huge amount, I felt much better afterwards (was a bit cynical about it beforehand tbh, but happy to eat my words). She also recommended using frozen peas on lower back/sacro iliac area if I had another acute sudden episode - change sitting positions frequently etc.

I've been fine since then. Used frozen peas twice after walks that turned out longer than I was expecting, but that's it, and I feel very lucky it's been manageable.