Calf Pains in the middle of the nIght

ok so OUCH!! who is getting these?? one min your asleep then you wake up move you leg and jump in PAIN like I flew outta bed as my leg was cramping and walked it off but yikes! has happened a few times now.. any ideas on how to stop this?

Oh I remember them all too well. I had to remember not to stretch my legs in bed by pointing my toes coz they'd just cramp up. I had to stretch with my feet pointing up! LOL.

I think calcium & magnesium? are good for cramping.. or potassium? Banana's might be a good source. Or perhaps supplements. I found tho just remembering not to stretch my legs avoided it most of the time.

I had calf cramps and ate a banana daily to stop it.

:doh: oh no you poor girl i too remeber them all to well and they bloody hurt :rolleyes: like tears hurt im not looking foward to theses again and i know ill get them but i cant help hun sorry but interested to hear as well.

I remember these as well - gave DH the shock of his life quite a few times I jumped out of bed so quickly. I've heard bananas & magnesium as well, although didn't work for me, just another one of the joys of pg to cope with..:rolleyes:

Yep I've had these, only very very VERY mild though and only if I stretch my legs and point my toes at the same time like someone else said and usually I can stop it before it actually turns into a cramp iykwim.
I'm currently taking CM Conception/Pregnancy/Breastfeeding Magnesium & Calcium tabs so they seem to be working, you have to get them from a naturapth though.

I actually had my first really bad one last night. I think stretching and keeping up fluids is the best you can do.

the biggest thing u can try to do is not to stretch with ur toes (if that makes sense)
i get them every now and then to.. its not nice when ur half asleep lol

I had those with the girls. Just learnt not to stretch my legs out...hated that!
I have heard (myth busters, lol) that soda water every day can help...or was it tonic?

yes got them all the time with dd and have had a few with the pg.

i had it once when i was pregnant with declan and that actually put me in labour LOL but it was the most horrible thing to wake up to

I have the same thing - well, I don't get them much anymore, but I did - I did some reading and starting taking a magnesium tablet before bed (I take Mega Magnesium, which you can just get from the pharmacy, and it has other stuff in there as well) and drink plenty of water - part of it can be dehydration, especially now that's it's starting to warm up ;)

Oh i so know!!!


I have had a couple this month, just woke up with one at 530 this morning, i was laying flat out and moved my leg and the same leg as last time i felt like a band or something wrap around my calf and the pain omg it is so bad i woke my partner up with my noise lol i ended up crying and standing up leaning against a wall to try and ease the pain it went away but it felf like forever!!!

and now my leg still hurts a bit when i walk that lasts for me for a little while then goes away

this is not fun at all!!!!!

yep i get them every night. worse if i point my toes and straighten my leg, but i have constant pain in my calfs all day from it and if i sit for to long they start up again :(

i eat 2 bannnanas a day and drnink litres of water nothing is helping.
going to ask GP about it at next appointment in 2 weeks

So does anyone know what to do to help the pain:(

i had a cramp at 530 this morning and yet my leg still hurts

i take mag, calcium already and eat banana every day along with water


i still cant believe how bad the pain is when the cramp happens