[#1]

So yesterday my hips started aching, and they are really sore today, not to bad wen I'm sitting, but wen I walk they are sore..... Could this be to do with the pregnancy? Or should I go and see my doc? Any ideas lady's? Xx

[#2]

So yesterday my hips started aching, and they are really sore today, not to bad wen I'm sitting, but wen I walk they are sore..... Could this be to do with the pregnancy? Or should I go and see my doc? Any ideas lady's? Xx

[#3]

Its probably a pregnancy thing, all your ligaments soften during pregnancy and pains are very common. Its definatly worth having a chat with your mw or dr as they may be able to refer you for physio to help.

Oh the joys!

Sara xxxx

[#4]

Thanks Hun, actually feeling better today, don't think it's helped walking on all the ice, tend to stiffen up a lot, will c how it goes, got my 18 week MW appt on Friday, so will mention it then xx

[#5]

It's definitely worth mentioning to the midwife, especially if by hips you mean more in the region of the sacro-iliac joints rather than the actual hip joints - could be that something like a support belt will help.  I'm most of the way to needing one myself, but it's no surprise as I have joint hypermobility syndrome, a damaged left SI and had problems with PGP from about 15 weeks onward with my last pregnancy (I used a walking stick prior to that, and had to graduate to crutches).

If it is SI problems, then for me the most important thing, and the reason I needed to move onto crutches was that they helped me to walk more evenly, and it was irregular gait aided and abettted by the walking stick that really set it off.

Hope it stays settled again now though!

[#6]

My wife has also been suffering from aching hips - she is due in early March - and she reckons it has a lot to do with how she sleeps. As the bump gets bigger and she inevitably has to lie on her side, the bump hasn't got any support and it pulls on her backs and hips.

There are special pregnancy pillows you can buy that are shaped to fit the contours of a pregnant lady and support the areas that need it most but you can also fashion somthing out of strategically placed pillows and blankets.

Sicne doing this, the aching hasn't gone completely but it has certainly improved things.

[#7]

Thank you both for your suggestions, I've found it seems to link to if I've stood for a long period, over an hour or so, then it seems the next couple days they ache, it's just ment I've had to alter part of my job role but since changing I've not had the issues. X