Foot cramps and pregnancy

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Avatar f tn Yes I get them all day and night, 3rd pregnancy for me and nothing really makes them go away I alternate stretching, pillows, exercise, tylonol (when unbearable), potassium, I try to eat bananas. Sometimes it helps others nothing works. Its one of the more annoying cant do much about it symptoms, just try to hang in there, oh also sleeping propped up helps, in a recliner prefrably. Hope you find some relief.
Avatar f tn Does anybody else get those crazy calf cramps that tighten up like crazy? And it just hurts sooo bad. Ughhh !!!
Avatar f tn Stand up when you get the cramps and they'll go away. Works for me every time.
1123420 tn?1350561158 For charlie horses what you want to do to stop the pain almost instantaneously is to flex your foot. Your natural reaction is to point your toes and try to stretch out the pain but that can make it worse or lengthen the pain time. Instead flex your foot (imagine trying to point your toes toward your forehead). This should stop the pain ALMOST immediately.
Avatar f tn Foot cream rubbed on the back of my calves helped. So did soaks in hot water and showers. Get hubby to give you a leg rub. Heating pad on the legs where it hurts or a warm water bottle. Exercise helps to keep the blood flowing. Wooden massage tool. Hop something helps soon! I feel your pain! I'm going through the exact same thing right now!!
Avatar f tn Go to CVS or a health food store, the is a product by Hylands called leg cramps. Its homeopathic and safe during pregnancy. I highly recommend it! Works for back cramps too. Also you can take a magnesium supplement that does wonders as well. I take both. Good luck.
1388357 tn?1280189493 Hi...I still get the vibration and cramps in my foot...it always seemed to happen when I changed my shoes...one style to another..... I am still having this issue...tho not like b4 as that is the case with many of my symptoms...but I had a month or more of the vibrating, now I have had a few nights of cramps in the arch of my feet. My hands tend to cramp when I hold something too long.....
Avatar m tn I've been having constant foot cramps. Podiatrist recommended some stretches and stuff, but also suggested a thyroid test. FT3 is 3.22 (2.57-4.43) FT4 is 1.17 (0.64-1.77) TSH is 4.24 (0.27-4.2) Anti-Tg is 41.14 (1000 (<5.61) So the TSH is just a hair too high, but the anti-TPO is off the chart. Is there a thyroid problem or not? What does this mean? I've got an appointment with an endocrinologist, but I just want to get ahead of the game.
Avatar f tn My foot cramps too because I curly toes when it's really good and the after climaxing I relax and sometimes get a major foot cramp haha no big deal. If he had an electrolyte imbalance the cramps wouldn't only occur after sex.
Avatar f tn Is anyone experiencing foot cramps? My left foot keeps cramping and it hurts for days at a time. Anything to releive the pain?? Thanks in advance!
12216401 tn?1424138136 Heck yeah. When you get one or feel it coming, flatten your foot. Against a bed, wall, the floor, or in the air. Make it flat like you're standing on it and it should stop the cramp.
Avatar f tn I am 28 weeks and got those cramps like about 4-5 times till now. All you have to do is massage that area slowly and pain goes away. My doctor suggested eat more potassium and calcium.
Avatar m tn I will be relaxing and all of a sudden I get severe, very painful muscle spasms that bend my foot so bad it feels like my foot is going to break right in the arch and my little toe and the toe next to it usually spread out in some kind of spasm spreading out to the side and my other toes turn under. I have no idea what is happening. I have to grab my foot and really force it back to a normal position as well as my toes, which is very painful. Then it will start all over again.
Avatar f tn t have bright red bleeding/clotting.... These cramps can be intermittent, random and be for first few weeks and even in later weeks of preg.
Avatar n tn Hi ladies, is anyone suffering from leg/foot cramps. I'm 25 weeks pregnant and they've started coming on badly in the evenings and during the night in the last few weeks. I'm trying to drink lots of water and have a topical magnesium cream but nothing helps. So painful and causing really disturbed sleep. Any ideas?
Avatar f tn I had Charlie horses every nigjt in my 1st pregnancy and it would leave my muscles stiff and sore making it hard to walk. I asked my doctor what to do and she said eat more bananas. This pregnancy I've been eating lots of bananas amd I try to flex my toes up. So far I've only had like 1 or 2 at the most.
Avatar f tn I get foot cramps with this pregnancy, and I usually drink water and use a heat pad on my foot for 5 mins until it relaxes. Hope this helps.
Avatar f tn Any of u ladies having cramps in your legs that start st the bottom of your stomach and to the yop of your knee cap. Like is this normal? I'm 27 weeks pregnant and its gettn unbearable. I work at a real stressful job wer i stand, bend, lift heavy, and not to.mention the heat.. So ready for it to b over..
Avatar f tn Stretch your legs before you go to bed by standing facing the wall and putting your toes on the wall to stretch out your foot and calves. She also said that some purple swear by putting a bar of the Irish soap in between their sheets at night. Good luck, I hope you find some relief I have been having the same problems.
Avatar f tn 2nd pregnancy, currently 30 weeks and I get leg cramps everyday! It wasn't like that with my first so idk what to do to help with my leg cramps. I drink a lot of water and I do a lot of walking so idk what can help with this?
Avatar m tn I have been getting horrible leg cramps at night that go away but if I put my foot on a certain position or are standing it comes back just not as pain full. Any advice?
Avatar f tn I'm 5 weeks and a few days pregnant and I started getting foot cramps that come and go. Im really starting to freak out and its making me cry. I am a hypochondriac and I have severe anxiety. Im just worried because idk if it's pregnancy related or if somethings wrong. (I google everything bc of my health anxiety) and I read stuff about blood clots. My bf keeps telling me to stop worrying and crying but I'm so scared right now.
Avatar f tn The book I have says doctors don't fully understand leg cramps. Charlie horses are thought to be caused by low potassium, but leg cramps during pregnancy aren't always necessarily caused by low potassium. It says to stretch your calves before bed and if you get a cramp flex your foot and rub the leg. It helps, I didn't get them until 27 weeks. They suck. Usually if I feel one coming on I flex my foot and try to relax.
808544 tn?1248686419 I too wake up at night and have to jump out of bed and walk around until the cramps are gone. Then I go back to bed, fall asleep and wake up a half hour later with cramps in a totally different area, I hate it! I eat banannas every day and try to drink lots of water and also gatorade for electrolites, but still get them. Hang in there, it's another one of those nasty sides that some of us on treatment have to deal with. Good luck!