Im now 14 weeks pregnant and have started to get leg cramps in bed which are keeping me awake, they are very painful and I know I had these with my other children but cant remember what I did to relieve it. Does anyone else suffer from this and have any tips I can try so I can get some sleep?
I got leg cramps ridiculously early as well. They completely suck!
In pregnancy they say that it's more likely to be a lack of calcium rather than a lack of sodium. Magnesium doesn't hurt either.
The calcium/magnesium supplement we added to everything else I take helped for a bit, but I'm back to getting bad cramps again (it's such fun wandering the house at 4am trying to walk a cramp out of your calf!). The other thing I have found that helps is massaging your legs before bed (improve blood circulation) and sleeping with a pillow under your knees and/or lower legs when you are lying on your back.
I hope you find some relief soon, I know how horrible they can be.
I'm getting cramps at night too... in my calves and my toes! Ouch!!!
I find the best way to relieve the ones in my calf muscles is to grab my toes (or get DH to do it ) and pull my foot up towards my knee. Does that make sense? It stretches the muscle out so it stops spasming.
You might want to see a naturopath or care provider to talk about your diet and additional supplements. Cramps are usually linked to sodium deficiencies, and sodium is a big part of the plasma volume in our blood. Your blood volume is already increasing at a staggering amount, peaking to almost 50% more by 32 weeks.
At a similar stage, I was also getting leg cramps and finding myself breathless and faint, so I went to a naturopath who looked at my diet and prescribed additional supplements and within a week I felt so much better!
Horrid Leg Cramps At Night
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) and pull my foot up towards my knee. Does that make sense? It stretches the muscle out so it stops spasming.
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