You are just getting "charlie horse's" in your legs!! I got them all the time when I was pregnant. So normal. The only thing I found that work was NOT to stretched out my legs!! lol I would some times forget and start to stretch but stop right away!! The pain was so bad! And the after pain would stay for days!!! Try eating bananna's. And I have also heared putting a bar of soap at the foot of the bed has stoped them, Dont know if that works?
sounds like charlie horses to me, i get them too and am currently 32 weeks. its HORRIBLE. i get them in my calf and find pointing my toes torwards my knee helps, you could try that. also take a magnesuim suppliment right before bed, since doing that i havent got any. my obgyn suggested it so i assuming its ok for baby.
i agree with mommyofone- it happens in pregnancy and in namy occasions, increasing your potassium helps, so eat a banana each day. but sometimes it just happens and when it does the onyl thing to do is slowly stretch them. i got them badly just like you to the point i was crying cause it hurt so bad.
I agree with the above posters! They do hurt SOOOOO bad...I too have been awoken almost to the point of tears or yelping! For me, I found that actually forcing myself to walk on it helped. Also, flexing the foot helped me and trying to give a deep tissue massage to that area to loosen it up was good too!
I have heard that a banana a day will help...and the funny thing is, when I did get mine most recently, it was on the day I didn't eat my banana!
I had leg cramps/charlie horses from 5 months on with my 1st baby in '04 and Bananas and more water were the solution.... bananas are my least favorite fruit but i choked them down and my leg cramps were reduced to like once a week instead of twice a night...