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| By: | AprilLovesWes |
| Added: | Sep 28th 2007 |
| First noticed: | week 17 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | I seem to be awaken at night or early in the morning by extremely bad cramps in my calf, usually if I point my toes. It actually hurts for a few days after the fact |
| Treatment or advice: |
| By: | Candysmooch |
| Added: | Jun 24th 2007 |
| First noticed: | week 12 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | The urge to constantly move my legs. I believe I'm having restless leg syndrome that developed early in the pregnancy and hasn't ceased yet. Its horrible late in the evening and just gets worse through the night as I try to sleep. Not cramps, just the horrible urge to keep moving them, I can't sit still and watch tv. Nothing relieves the urges. I have them all day, and it just gets worse. |
| Treatment or advice: | My Dr. told me to get more excercise. This only makes it even worse!! I try all kinds of stretching muscles, yoga, walking......none of it helps. Its horrible, not pain.....but do you know how it feels to be unable to actually sit still for 10 seconds?? |
| By: | staylor |
| Added: | Mar 12th 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 29 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | Leg craps in both legs. |
| By: | |
| Added: | Friday 9 May 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 21 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | Extreme leg cramps in both calfs |
| Treatment or advice: | Doc said to excercise 20 to 30 minutes a day. |
| By: | |
| Added: | Thursday 15 May 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 28 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | Horrible cramps in my calves while trying to relax in bed, combined with what I believe to be RLS. I start getting uncomfortable once I've lain down, finally fall asleep, and then cramps when I move wake me up. Exercise CANNOT be the answer for me, as I am a BALLET DANCER and am still teaching/demonstrating, and taking class once a week, and riding my bike with my dog for about 15-30 minutes in the evenings.... |
| Treatment or advice: | So far, raising my legs for about 10 minutes, letting all the blood drain out of them, and then putting them down quickly is the only relief for the RLS. I can feel the blood throb back in...re: the cramps, the only think I can think to do is make an appointment for massage and a thing called PRESSOTHERAPY. They put these boots on you all the way up to your thighs, and then rythmically tighten them, kind of like having your blood pressure taken....I'm going to make an appointment this week. Its not cheap, tho, about 65$..... |
| By: | |
| Added: | Friday 6 June 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 17 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | Charlie horses upon waking up or during sleep! So painful!!!! |
| By: | Amira121 |
| Added: | Saturday 5 July 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 24 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | Severe calf spasms, started in wk 24 im now in 28. I wake up in the middle of the night with intense pain that comes in waves, my entire leg has a will of its own and will fold by itself so I am really unable to move the leg. First time lasted well over a half an hour, wave comes in and releases (the release is satisfying but lasts only about 5 seconds before the pain comes again.) These episodes leaves my leg in painful shock for days. |
| By: | Ginger |
| Added: | Tuesday 15 July 2008 |
| First noticed: | week 26 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | I am getting charlie horses in my shins at night. Pointing my toes will not help. It leaves me screaming and crying and rolling around on the floor. |
| Treatment or advice: | Was told to eat bananas because the potassium relieves them. No such luck! I am now stuffed full of bananas with really achy legs! |
| By: | SugarBloomers |
| Added: | Wednesday 29 April 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 16 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | It began a couple months ago and has gotten progressively worse over the past few weeks. I wake up in the night and the back of my lower legs are cramped up so bad that I cannot move! And to make matters worse, after the muscle pain subsides and I am able to get up and walk, I will feel terrible pain in my legs for a week after. So, I am basically in constant leg pain. |
| Treatment or advice: | I have tried to drink more water and put my feet up more at night. Now, the cramps are coming back, so I am going to try to eat more bananas for potassium. |
| By: | nikki74 |
| Added: | Tuesday 9 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 20 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | charlie horses |
| Treatment or advice: | rub it continuously |
| By: | nikki74 |
| Added: | Tuesday 9 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 20 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | charlie horses |
| Treatment or advice: | rub it continuously |
| By: | nikki74 |
| Added: | Tuesday 9 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 20 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | charlie horses |
| Treatment or advice: | rub it continuously |
| By: | lindsay |
| Added: | Wednesday 17 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 26 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | it is like a permanent charlie horse in both my claves that dont go away |
| Treatment or advice: | i have tried RubA535 to try to relieve the pain but i only helps for 10 minutes. I also tried soaking my legs in a hot bath but that only works for so long. I tried eating bananas and milk but nothing. It eventually just went away a week later. I kept my feet up and also did some stretching |
| By: | lindsay |
| Added: | Wednesday 17 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 26 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | it is like a permanent charlie horse in both my claves that dont go away |
| Treatment or advice: | i have tried RubA535 to try to relieve the pain but i only helps for 10 minutes. I also tried soaking my legs in a hot bath but that only works for so long. I tried eating bananas and milk but nothing. It eventually just went away a week later. I kept my feet up and also did some stretching |
| By: | lindsay |
| Added: | Wednesday 17 June 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 26 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | it is like a permanent charlie horse in both my claves that dont go away |
| Treatment or advice: | i have tried RubA535 to try to relieve the pain but i only helps for 10 minutes. I also tried soaking my legs in a hot bath but that only works for so long. I tried eating bananas and milk but nothing. It eventually just went away a week later. I kept my feet up and also did some stretching |
| By: | erina |
| Added: | Wednesday 21 October 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 21 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | Calf's cramp up into a ball, always when I'm sleeping, I wake up screaming. There is nothing I can do about it but wait it out.it lasts for around 2 mins. Happened during my last pregnancy also leading right up to labor. |
| Treatment or advice: | No clue what to do |
| By: | erina |
| Added: | Wednesday 21 October 2009 |
| First noticed: | week 21 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | Calf's cramp up into a ball, always when I'm sleeping, I wake up screaming. There is nothing I can do about it but wait it out.it lasts for around 2 mins. Happened during my last pregnancy also leading right up to labor. |
| Treatment or advice: | No clue what to do |
| By: | aMANDA |
| Added: | Wednesday 13 January 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 30 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | LEG CRAMPS! |
| Treatment or advice: | STRETCH YOUR LEGS AND TOES. USE ICY HOT OR SOMETHING THAT DOES THE SAME TO EASE THE PAIN AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. |
| By: | aMANDA |
| Added: | Wednesday 13 January 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 30 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | LEG CRAMPS! |
| Treatment or advice: | STRETCH YOUR LEGS AND TOES. USE ICY HOT OR SOMETHING THAT DOES THE SAME TO EASE THE PAIN AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. |
| By: | Ttsunshine |
| Added: | Monday 13 September 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 28 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | Muscle cramping and pulling. Can't walk sometimes. Pain is very intense and makes me feel like I'll fall if I don't sit when I get it, sometimes it's persistent for days at a time |
| By: | Ttsunshine |
| Added: | Monday 13 September 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 28 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | Muscle cramping and pulling. Can't walk sometimes. Pain is very intense and makes me feel like I'll fall if I don't sit when I get it, sometimes it's persistent for days at a time |
| By: | Ttsunshine |
| Added: | Tuesday 14 September 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 28 |
| Seriousness: | Quite bad |
| Discomfort: | Muscle cramping and pulling. Can't walk sometimes. Pain is very intense and makes me feel like I'll fall if I don't sit when I get it, sometimes it's persistent for days at a time |
| By: | dell40 |
| Added: | Thursday 11 November 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 25 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | in bed at night,the pain in the backs of my lower legs is unbearable,if i stretch , |
| By: | dell40 |
| Added: | Thursday 11 November 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 25 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | in bed at night,the pain in the backs of my lower legs is unbearable,if i stretch , |
| By: | dell40 |
| Added: | Thursday 11 November 2010 |
| First noticed: | week 25 |
| Seriousness: | Unbearable |
| Discomfort: | in bed at night,the pain in the backs of my lower legs is unbearable,if i stretch , |