Calf cramps anyone?

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I discovered a few days ago that when I stretch my legs in the morning after I wake up, my calf muscles will sometimes tighten and cause extreme cramps. Some of them are awful. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm stretching when I wake up and I'll feel the cramp coming on and can't help but start crying out in pain. Has this happened to anyone else? It's only in the morning and only if I stretch my legs forward as I'm beginning to wake up. It's pretty annoying! I'm 17-3

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Magnesium! And lots of water!

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Immediately get up and put weight on it. It helps relieve the pain

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YES! It used to happen to me when I was younger all the time from malnutrition. But it hadn't happened to me in years. And two days before I turned 17 weeks it was the middle of the night I stretched out foot and it happened. They are absolutely painful. Didn't miss them at all! My calf was sore for a couple days after.

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Yes. Oh it's awful. I've sat straight up in bed clutching my calf!! More water, more potassium I've heard. It seems to help but I've just learned not to stretch quite as enthusiastically. 😉 I'm 28wks 5d and they started around 20wks id say.

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Yessssssss 😭😭😭😭😭😭 worst pain I felt all my pregnancy!!!! I was literally crying in my sleep and trying to massage it while sleeping 😂😭 I make sure now not to stretch to much/too hard lol. I'm ready with this pregnancy to be over tbh.. I wanna see my baby😩

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I'm 30+2 and I've started getting them too. Mine happen throuout the night and wake me up. I had one the other night that was sooo bad that I could feel it the next day. I was driving and it cramped up and I was like, "oh perfect timing!! Not!!" 😤

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Yes and they tense up so bad. I've been trying my best to drink more water because I've heard that might help.

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Yes it's been happening to me lately at 33w3d😓 at first I couldn't take it, but I thought to myself I can't be complaining, this is nothing compare to what I'm gonna go through with labor.

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Every night for me

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Mine used to do that when I stretched my legs in my sleep. My doctor told me to eat a lot of food with potassium (bananas, bread ect.) also I found that getting up and walking makes it stop hurting so bad.

Calf cramps anyone?

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