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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: HIp pain - any suggestions? Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:59am
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   OMG my hips hurt soooo bad today...thought it was being on the boat that had done it but were worst of all last night - so bad it hurt to sleep on either side.
 Anyone got any suggestions on how to relieve this agony? I think bubs is lying traverse again (after the foot long breech the other day) but lying right back into my back....
 
 I am in mega pain....what to do???
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  | busymum   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 11:34am | 
 
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   Aw Bombshell I feel for ya! I usually only get sore hips after lying down for a while so moving around does help (but doesn't help on the sleep front)... you could try heat packs, lots of pillows in bed with ya, etc. During the day I find it helps to go on my knees and lean my elbows on a swiss (gym) ball. I feel sorry for ya, getting it so early though    | 
 
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  | Redbedrock   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 12:30pm | 
 
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   I had severe hip and rib pain during the final few weeks, I had a session with an osteopath and it really was the best money I have ever spent. I ached the next day, but after that it was sheer bliss for the next 2 weeks, then i had Fay and it hasn"t bothered me since
Good luck tho, it's really miserable
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  | Leish   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 12:59pm | 
 
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   Sorry to hear you are so sore Bombshell    I have no advice for you - just sympathy
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  | Mikaela   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:12pm | 
 
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   Bombshell I get arthritis in my hips, so I'm not looking forwards to the later stages of pregnancy.  What I find really helps is taking Omega 3 fish oil capsules - it's a natural (and very effective, in my experience at least) anti-inflammatory AND as a bonus it's known to be great for brain development and is a bit of a natural 'happy drug'... so if you take enough not only do your hips stop hurting but bubs gets smarter and happier as well    I usually take two capsules in the morning and three or four at night.  I'll also take a little vitamin E capsule too, which helps your body to absorb the fish oil.
 Hope you feel better soon.
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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:44pm | 
 
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   OMG the swiss ball idea sounds great but im at work...tried lying down at lunchtime but that didnt help much, walking around i am in agony, and sitting makes me uncomfortable....I cant win.....
I had a total of six pillows arounde me last night and still wasnt comfy....
 god i wish she would move off what ever it is that she is lying on to cause this pain....might have to improvise in office...will look funny to anyone coming in to find me on floor but i am now desperate!!!
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  | busymum   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 2:44pm | 
 
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   lol I've been having lots of pains and cramps this week too (fortunately I'm not working and right at the end tho), my back seems to be copping the worst of it at the moment so I hear you on the pillows thing.
 I just remembered that you're working through, when are you planning to work until?
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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 3:16pm | 
 
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   well boss laughed as i stole my secretaries chair - no arms so i can lean forward...and shoes are off!!! they were flats anyway but am still in pain!!! am going to go home early as no clients today and cant be fagged to be honest!!!
 I have put in to finish up in beginning of march but am now contemplating putting in for leave for last two weeks of feb (more to get money in more than anything - means i would get paid about five times as much for those two weeks as i would on mat pay)...altho im kinda thinking i will not make it past mid feb anyways....if she is really the size they say she is etc im betting she def is early and i finish up earlier anyways...work has been warned...and hence reason i am working now....to get ontop of files etc just in case!    | 
 
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  | busymum   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   Yay for bare feet in offices when the clients are away!    hehe I was in a small office so even as a PA I was in the reception area but bare feet on the odd occasion always felt sooooo good    | 
 
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  | mummy_becks   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 03 January 2007 at 8:44pm | 
 
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   What about a "smiley belt". You get them from the physio department of your hospital. Next appointment you have ask about getting a referral to them to get a belt. I had one for a few weeks and it was great.
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     I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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  | Maya   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 04 January 2007 at 10:09am | 
 
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   I had a tubigrip support which was supposed to help. Didn't for me, but some people swear by them. I got it from the physio at Nat Womens (I still have it if you want it)
 Otherwise I found a tripillow under my bump was the only thing that helped (and I had a fairly susbtantial bump    )
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  | Bombshell   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 04 January 2007 at 2:00pm | 
 
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   LOL i can only imagine the size your bump mustve been emma!
 I feel a lot better today - worked out that i was actually swollen all over yest for some strange reason...and then a bath last night helped a lot!!! Still some pain but nothing like yesterday at all!
 
 Am wearing a skirt with a tummy support today too just in case!!!
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  | Maya   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 04 January 2007 at 7:40pm | 
 
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   Glad to hear you are feeling better today     And if you want a laugh there are pics of my bump in the Due in Oct thread a few pages back    | 
 
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