Magnesium helps with cramps. It what my mw told me to take
Pickle Juice helps, messaging legs
Yes the Charlie Horse! I used to get the badly with my first. Like wake up screaming, bad! I have a tendency to point my toes while I'm asleep, lately I've been able to catch myself doing it and like cislunardreamer said, I flex my toes upward, stretching out my calves before it gets bad. Works every time and I've yet to wake up screaming this pregnancy:)
I flex my foot (point my toes towards my face) and hold it there if my leg starts to cramp when I'm in bed. Stops it every time.
We are like athletes now... We need half or one banana everyday... And of course walk for min half an hour...
I found the biggest thing that has helped mine was eating a banana and spinach salad everyday and stretching before seems to really help .. good luck hope it gets better
I've been getting leg cramps and aching in the back of my thighs. The only things I've found to help is exercising or stretching everyday. I'll go for walks, go to pregnancy yoga but usually I stretch my legs out in different ways before bed each night. If I forgot or am too tired/busy I regret it all night