any hip patients out there?

Question

I had hip surgery in March to fix a labral tear and shave down bone spurs etc. was on crutches for two weeks and did physical therapy every day for a while. I was feeling pretty good. Now I am 18 weeks pregnant and am in immense amounts of pain. Does anyone have any advice from personal experiences? (Obviously besides what my doctor has advised. Tylenol etc)

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I have had surgery on both of my hips for pretty much the same thing. My left one was 2 years ago and the right one was a year ago. I have been having a lot of pain in the right one, especially when I sleep.

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I had emergency hip surgery six years ago to repair a fracture. It still bothers me every now and then but wasn't too bad during pregnancy. I bought Dr. Scholl's shoe inserts and have supportive pillows for my car and desk chair. While I was pregnant I sometimes used a heating pad on my outer thigh, and a pregnancy pillow or knee pillow. The problem I did have was during labor last year. My water broke on its own, and the epidural didn't help much on the bad hip. The pressure of the contractions caused a lot of pain on that hip. Ended up with a c-section because my pelvis was too small for the baby.

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I would speak to your doctor again...if tylenol isn't helping they may want to put you on something stronger. As the pregnancy progresses the pain will probably increase. Being in pain can be worse for the baby than prescription pain killers..the benefits may outweigh the risks for you and since you are past the first trimester it is safer now to take stronger medication if needed.

any hip patients out there?

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