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since Friday, I have been having this terrible pain in my right upper butt/hip area. Everytime I stand up or bend down to get something it is excruciating

Could this be sciatica? Or what else could it be? Anything I can do to make the pain better? Am I allowed to use a heating pad?

tia

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is it your tailbone?

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yep sounds exactly like sciatica. I know that feeling well. Unfortunately, nothing I did ever really worked to relieve it except just laying still and waiting for it to pass.

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i get this pretty often too. i asked my dr about it and he said it's normal. i've noticed it gets aggravated when i do a lot of bending (cleaning, laundry, etc...) or just from sleeping on my sides.

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o lordie.. i have the same exact pain.. its crazy.. it takes me forever to get up from bed or bend, walk.. for me it started around 7 weeks.. i thought it was early, but right now.. i have to believe it is sciatica..

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I don't think it's sciatica - it's at the back/top of your hip, right? Sciatica pain is much lower, at the bottom of your butt closer to where your leg bone meets your hips.

I had that, and it was awful. I think it had something to do with how I slept. I'd try and see a chiro

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Posted by headoverheels

I don't think it's sciatica - it's at the back/top of your hip, right? Sciatica pain is much lower, at the bottom of your butt closer to where your leg bone meets your hips.

I had that, and it was awful. I think it had something to do with how I slept. I'd try and see a chiro

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I get pain in my tailbone...lower back..butt sometimes too.

I think it's normal. It could be sciata or just your body preparing your birth!

I use a maternity belt when it hurts a lot and it feels better...I also have a body pillow. Sleep with lots of pillows at night. Your bones do hurt.

Call the dr if you're worried!

If it helps, my pain comes and goes..some days worse than others, so at least it's not a constant pain. Hope you feel better!

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Posted by jax1

I get pain in my tailbone...lower back..butt sometimes too.

I think it's normal. It could be sciata or just your body preparing your birth!

I use a maternity belt when it hurts a lot and it feels better...I also have a body pillow. Sleep with lots of pillows at night. Your bones do hurt.

Call the dr if you're worried!

If it helps, my pain comes and goes..some days worse than others, so at least it's not a constant pain. Hope you feel better!

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I know the feeling well! Remember...you have two little babies in there!!

Sleeping has been a problem for me since the beginning. I'd turn to my left...uncomfortable. I'd turn to my right...uncomfortable. A body pillow will help a bit. I have a body Boppy pillow (you can buy one at BRU). I try to prop myself up with lots of pillows and don't forget to put one under your legs.

The tailbone pain is very uncomfortable. Try to sit as much as you can!

Hang in there!!

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I have the exact pain. Ive had it since I was about 15 weeks. Its a shooting pain.

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what you are experiencing definitely sounds like sciatic pain :(

I had it severe in the beginning few months and couldn't walk; I went to the chiropractor every 3 days for 2 months until it subsided. The main problem is that your hips are adjusting and it takes the sciatic nerve with it. Heat/ice can relieve pain, but if you go to a reputable chiropractor who has EXPERIENCE with pregnant women, he/she should know how to relieve the pain.

It's now back and has been back since my 34th week... It's not 1/2 as bad as it was in the beginning, so I'm choosing to deal with it through the end. Good Luck!!

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I have the same thing at the end of the day (I'm on my feet at work all day). It is sciatica. Not sure if you can use a heating pad, I usually just take it easy and I'm okay.

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I use a heating pad with my back pain. I've spoken to several women who have used a heating pad when they were pregnant.

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I had a pain that sounds A LOT like you are describing. It was like my tail bone but to the right side. In the middle of my butt cheek... just above my butt cheek.

It almost felt like something needed to be popped back into place. It hurt to get up and move and walk and sit, etc.

It lasted a while. IDK what it was from. But I def had it later on... I'd say around the late 20s weeks. So far it's been better. But IDK if it will come back. And IDK what it was.

I have a body pillow. NOTHING helped.

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definitely sciatia...take a warm bath, it loosen it up and relieve some of the pain.

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Make sure it's not a UTI!!!!!

I had THE worst pain around 17 weeks, too. I went for a massage and it made it 10x worse!!! I actually had to stay home because of the INTENSE pain. I almost wanted to go to the E.R.!!! I did use a heating pad, which helped slightly, but not much.

I went to doc and she tested for a UTI, which I never would have guessed, and that's exactly what it was!!!!! I was put on antibiotic and it helped.

Good luck and feel better!!

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Posted by letsmakeababy

Posted by jax1

I get pain in my tailbone...lower back..butt sometimes too.

I think it's normal. It could be sciata or just your body preparing your birth!

I use a maternity belt when it hurts a lot and it feels better...I also have a body pillow. Sleep with lots of pillows at night. Your bones do hurt.

Call the dr if you're worried!

If it helps, my pain comes and goes..some days worse than others, so at least it's not a constant pain. Hope you feel better!

thank you! the body pillow is a good idea bc I was just telling DH it is getting more and more uncomfortable to sleep.

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sciatica! what a pain in the A*s, literally.

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Posted by teaforthree

Make sure it's not a UTI!!!!!

I had THE worst pain around 17 weeks, too. I went for a massage and it made it 10x worse!!! I actually had to stay home because of the INTENSE pain. I almost wanted to go to the E.R.!!! I did use a heating pad, which helped slightly, but not much.

I went to doc and she tested for a UTI, which I never would have guessed, and that's exactly what it was!!!!! I was put on antibiotic and it helped.

Good luck and feel better!!

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Posted by TessMike214

Posted by teaforthree

Make sure it's not a UTI!!!!!

I had THE worst pain around 17 weeks, too. I went for a massage and it made it 10x worse!!! I actually had to stay home because of the INTENSE pain. I almost wanted to go to the E.R.!!! I did use a heating pad, which helped slightly, but not much.

I went to doc and she tested for a UTI, which I never would have guessed, and that's exactly what it was!!!!! I was put on antibiotic and it helped.

Good luck and feel better!!

ITA!! around 23 weeks I had pain in that same area and thought it was sciatica...went to the ER and was admitted with a kidney infection! be careful, get answers!!