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Name: Ashlie

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Well I am 20 weeks pregnant and I have been getting really bad cramps in my legs every night when i sleep it really takes away from my rest. The other night I woke up and my calf was just so tense that I was crying I couldnt stretch out my leg. Does anyone know what that could be from or what can prevent it, if so please help. ↓

Name: jenny to ashlie | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 7:58 PM

well honey it could be from not drinking enough water. ↑

Name: Ashlie | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 8:17 PM

Well I drink water all day long, I really don't drink anything but water and gatorade, occasionally have a soda to get rid of my headache. So I dont know what else it could be. ↑

Name: jenny to ashlie | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 8:31 PM

do you have cramps anywhere else? ↑

Name: Angela1 | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 8:55 PM

I always got those same cramps. They are called charlie horses. And I hear it is from a lack of potasssium. And I was told to eat bananas and it would help. I think it helped me. ↑

Name: jenn | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 9:12 PM

yes, they are caused by lack of potassium or fluids... eat a banana before bed!!!

also.... this sounds CRAZY but it just may work..... my mother read in some magazine that if you put a bar of soap under your sheet (it cant be dove, ivory, or antibacterial soap) then you will not get cramps. and this was advice from a doctor. people swear by it. i dont understand how it could work except for psychosomatically but she snuck a bar into my bed and i havent had the cramps since! ↑

Name: Ashlie | Date: Mar 20th, 2006 9:23 PM

Well I am not cramping anywhere else, just my legs. And you know the other day Jenn my dad told me the same thing and I kinda looked at him like he was crazy but I guess it works my grandma swears by it. Oh and Angela yea I call them that too, some people dont know exactly what it is. ↑

Name: jenn | Date: Mar 21st, 2006 12:01 AM

haha are you serious? he told you about the soap thing???? i would at least try it, if it doesnt work you are only short a bar of soap... not even that, since you can still use it.... my mom swears she read it in some sort of medical journal and that people swear by it!!!
i havent had leg cramps since my mom put the soap in my bed when i was home on vacation and i went back to costa rica and now im back home a year later and still no leg cramps!!! ↑