Restless leg syndrome?

knottiea882d3e60d65c765

Help! I’m 8 weeks, feeling crappy and exhausted. I’m really struggling with sleep due to restless leg syndrome. I used to take melatonin which really helped but my doc says that’s a no-go now. Anyone have any tips or tricks?

harpseal135

Increase your potassium and iron intake, that helps my husband.  

Be sure to ask what dosages are safe.  If your doctor said no to melatonin, then what did they say about what you could try???

knottiea882d3e60d65c765

They did not offer an alternative 😭

lilswed

Ask about calm drink - it’s an uptake in magnesium- I used it pre pregnancy for feeling restless - but check with doc first.

knottie9e29b57c17ae0542

Consider wearing compression socks throughout the day! They don’t have to be strong, like 10-20mmhg. There are plenty of options out there but pro compression is my favorite! A little pricy but worth it

bre-sieberg

My mom who is an OBGYN Nurse said unisom. I was having restless leg syndrome almost every night until I started taking Unisom at night and that helped me immensely. It also helps with nausea at night.

knottie6715aaade6d6b109

Magnesium lotion on your legs and stretching 

adeal15

unisom is a life saver, knocks u out in 15 min, but doesnt make u drowsy the next day and not too deep of a sleep that u wont wake up if u have other kids.