Hi EJE,
Ohmygod - am SO glad I have found this thread! Have suffered from Restless Leg Syndrome for about the last 8 weeks but is DEFINITELY getting worse. Apparently about 15% of women get it but whenever you speak to anybody who's been pregnant they always confues it with cramps which is completely different! My ob recommended the Magnesium tablets but all these seemed to do was, erm, over-loosen my bowel!! Find the more tired I am the worse it gets - had 3 nights in a row last week and come Saturday morning was delirious.....then hardly anything.
Distraction can help - when DH wakes up (accidentally of course - normally when I get to the stage that I'm punching the living daylights out of my up-in-the-air legs!!) sometimes he'll stroke my forehead until I fall asleep....sometimes works but I've normally been awake for hours by then anyway.
Does anybody know what causes it? Thought it could be all our extra blood???
Gosh - it's good to vent!! Sorry to go on!!!
Sara F