Leg Cramps

Re: Leg Cramps

• BabyKsMommy member

  November 2014

  The only thing I have found to make them go away is walking on my tippy toes. It's not fun at 3am but they go away.
  
  As far as prevention what pp said.

  Diagnosed MFI- low sperm count  

  DS-Born 7/27/11 After 2 years of IF we have our little man

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• Roxie5739 member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  Take some mag too. Helps me (as well as a packet of salty chips!)

  Multiple ectopics, 2 failed IVF's
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  IVF #2: We have 2 chromosomally perfect embies as a result of PGD (Boy/Girl) 1 failed the thaw (Girl) Transferred 1, yet ended as a c/p
  Thought it was the end of our TTC Journey 6/20/2012
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• srveatch member

  November 2014

  The only thing that helps me is to flex my foot as soon as I feel it coming on. It works 95% of the time.

  TTC since June 2011
  DH diagnosed with Testicular Cancer 8/2010
  Low sperm count. Only option IVF with ICSI
  Starting First cycle Jan/Feb 2012- Canceled due to not responding to BCP and/or Lupron
  IVF 1.2- stims March 14, ER March 24, 16 R 10F 6 made it to blast
  ET March 29- transferred two blasts, 4A and 4BA, froze 4
  Positive HPT 9dp5dt Beta 1- 385 11dp5dt
  u/s April 25- one healthy heartbeat
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• VegasGal1978 member

  November 2014

  I got a double leg cramp during my late first tri that I still have nightmares about. I was so dead set on avoiding them that I looked for any answer I could find.
  
  My end result was proactive stretching before bed. I would stretch each calf out several times before bed. And drank tons of water during the day.
  
  Happy to say I didn't have another leg cramp again. I've stopped stretching since I had LO bit will start again if the cramps return.
  
  Good luck!

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• Eve_Angelique member

  November 2014

  I was having them really bad also, and I got a suggestion from my midwives of drinking a vitamin water in the evening. It did seem to help! I was already drinking lots of water during the day and was still having them so the vitamin water seemed to give me and extra something to help with them! I would get the vitamin water zeros so there wasn't extra calories.

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• amandaleigh1 member

  November 2014

  I had leg cramps throughout my pregnancy with DS. I tried more water, Cal/Mag, bananas. Nothing really worked except stretching my calf muscles more, and even that was hit or miss. I know how they are-- so, so awful. And it is really hard to jump out of bed to work them out when you are hugely pregnant! Sorry you are having them. 

  
  IVF #1 ET 1 d3 embryo 10/30/11 BFP
  3 Embryos frozen (1 d5, 2 d6)
  
  DS born 07/29/12
  
  FET #1 ET 1 d5 embryo 02/10/15 BFN
  
  FET #2 1 d6 embryo didn't survive thaw, transferred last d6. CP 

  
  

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• Jenny935 member

  November 2014

  Thanks everyone! I have been doing water, bananas, and stretching so I'll try the Cal/Mag and see what happens. Perhaps the Vitamin Water will help too. Last night's was both legs at the same time and the left leg still hurts 12 hours later. So weird!  I had them last time, but nothing like this. I have PT starting in a few weeks for my sciatica so maybe she can attack this too. Thanks for all your helpful hints!!

  Married 6/08, TTC 7/09

  MC w/ D&C 3/11 ~ 9.5 weeks

  CP/MC 1/12 ~ 5 weeks

  2 IUI's w/ BFN

  IVF 6/12 ~ 8R, 0F ~ Rescue ISCI gave us 3dt of 2 (6 cell, 9+ cell)

  DS born ~ 3/3/13

  IVF 6/14 ~ Operation Sibling ~ 10R, 5F ~ 5dt of 1 Blast

  Beta 1: 1600+, Beta 2: 4588

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