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I hate you leg cramps

love.lovelove.love member
in 3rd Trimester
allll day yesterday I could feel a twinge of pain in both legs as if a cramp were coming on, and if I stretched out my legs one would start. Sure enough last night rolling over in bed they tighten up in excruciating pain.

They feel like they last forever! ugh.

now today my left calf muscle is so sore and tender I'm limping around.

anyone else having fun with these things?!
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  • ~Flossie~~Flossie~ member
    I have the same problem. It sucks big time!
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  • staceymaria321staceymaria321
    yup, me too! At night mostly - its just lovely to wake up feeling like someone chopped your leg off!
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  • cad3499cad3499

    Got them here too

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  • taltal725taltal725 member
    My midwife recommended 1000 mg of Magnesium daily (take less if it ends up causing you loose stools). Ever since I began this supplement my leg cramps are GONE. Thank goodness!! Just thought I'd pass along the info.. you may talk to your OB/Midwife to see if they think that would work for you.
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  • taggiecbtaggiecb member

    My husband likes them even less than I do, I wake up swearing and jumping out of bed, and he just about has a heart attack every time I do it. 

     I did hear that increased fluid intake does help too.

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  • greyt00greyt00 member
    I get them at night, too, and in WEIRD places sometimes.  Sometimes I get them in my shin or on the *side* of my knee.  Also, the charlie horses are really severe, so bad that when I stand up my foot is practically vertical.  I force my foot to go flat and that usually takes care of it pretty quickly.  Hope I don't tear anything!

     
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  • UrbanHippieMamaUrbanHippieMama

    imagetaltal725:
    My midwife recommended 1000 mg of Magnesium daily (take less if it ends up causing you loose stools). Ever since I began this supplement my leg cramps are GONE. Thank goodness!! Just thought I'd pass along the info.. you may talk to your OB/Midwife to see if they think that would work for you.

    Yep!  Take some more Mag and they should go right away!

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  • alrdytkn1222alrdytkn1222
    Omg i hate it!! So awful! I wish DH would be more sympathetic...nothing he can do but it drives me nuts to see him just laying there still asleep when im jumping out of bed swearing and on the verge of tears! SOOOO painful!
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