I’m really starting to struggle now...

I’m exactly 17 weeks today. I bought a pregnancy pillow at 10 weeks when I was crying all night with sciatic pain down my right side.

It helped until 16 weeks. This last week I’ve been in agony again. I’m tossing and turning from left to right side, neither are comfortable. Even if I roll onto my back temporarily for some relief, I’m finding that I can only really stay like that for a matter of minutes before the lower back pain becomes too severe for me to cope with.

I feel embarrassed to call my midwife for advice with this, I mean I’m 17 weeks I’m hardly huge at this point. I do have a posterior placenta and I do wonder if placentas against your back do boost your chance of having back pain earlier on in the pregnancy.

The other thing is I have a condition called EDS and it means that my joints frequently dislocate, my back also is prone to pain and subluxations. So adding pregnancy to that makes things a whole lot worse. But there’s nothing I can do to manage that besides deal with it, really.

I’m just hoping I manage to find some relief soon. I’ve tried literally every combination of pillows, back support, knee and hip support, neck support, elevated head blocks etc. I’m hoping it’s just a phase of the pregnancy that will pass soon.

Good luck mama xx

Sleeping and hip pain