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    Posted: 15 October 2009 at 9:23am
everytime I stretch or flex my toes and sometimes just move ever so slightly - sometimes doing nothing!
my calves (sp) and back of my thighs start like they are going to cramp, they go hard but 90% of the time don't actually hurt

anyone know what I can do for this?

I get really bad cramp in the backs of my thighs most nights once bubs stops moving but when she is moving just get these tightenings

any help apreciated
ohh and I eat enough salt, being a chef I know how much etc to have. just wonderin what else I can do, thanks!
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Have you tried taking magnesium and calcium? These supplements will help prevent cramps.
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Was just going to say what Flutterby said.

I hated cramp in pregnancy

Also make sure you drink lots of fluids as well
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honey is good too


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I also heard about magnesium supplements, friend of mine swears by it.
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we were told at yoga to stretch your ankles/toes back when the cramp comes on to get rid of it

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I get the almost cramp feeling too Trish. I started taking magnesium at bedtime to help me sleep better and I don't cramp at all anymore - anywhere! I would get bad cramping coz the babys sitting so low and its stopped since taking the pills even though he hasn't moved.
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thanks everyone Ill have to go to the mall tomorrow and get some magnesium tablets
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get magensium and calcium combo as it works better together. i suffered from cramps in first pregnancy and my naturolapath put me on these.
have just started getting cramps again so have started taking them again.
Magensium is also good to prevent early labour, and for headaches and aniexty. It's a good all rounder.

Check with your mw too
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And there's another weird pregnancy 'they' don't tell you about - cramping!

I've been getting toe cramps the last couple of weeks and I never get toe cramps.

Didn't think it was pregnancy related though ... pregnancy has a LOT to answer for it seems!!

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Bananas! They are high in potassium which help with muscle cramps.
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Deep Heat combined with a deep tissue massage, if you know someone who does that? whenever i have cramps any where thats the way i go and it feels fantastic afterwards!
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I heard deep heat was a no go in pregnancy
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I understand that the cramps can be an imbalance between sodium & potassium or calcium & magnesium - you have to figure out which you need. For me it is magnesium, I need lots when pregnant & can't take any calcium supplement or high calcium food at all.
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Maybe look at the supplement your taking (if any). I don't know if it is purely coincidence, but I was on Elevit up until about 3 weeks ago and was getting the worst cramps in my feet and calves, to the point of pulled muscles.

I switched to Blackmores Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Gold and haven't had a single cramp since.

 
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