Pregnancy - Second Trimester

Blah11 · Sep 10th, 2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by LuluBee

I get them too - I wake Matt up and get him to flex my leg for me - which I'm sure he loves

I've read that drinking tonic water helps - something to do with the quinine in it

Quinine isn't good in pregnancy! Something to do with it stimulating contractions in your uterus.

Shifter · Sep 10th, 2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Blah11

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Originally Posted by LuluBee

I get them too - I wake Matt up and get him to flex my leg for me - which I'm sure he loves

I've read that drinking tonic water helps - something to do with the quinine in it

Quinine isn't good in pregnancy! Something to do with it stimulating contractions in your uterus.

In the kind of amounts they put in soft drinks it isn't a problem.

Jemima · Sep 10th, 2008, 10:50 AM

We were taught a technique in one of my classes which is supposed to complete eliminate leg cramps during the night...

Before going to sleep, lie on your back and pump your feet up and down very hard around twenty times (flexing them back and forward). I don't suffer with them but apparently this is a sure fire way to avoid getting them.

HTH. x

Sunnie1976 · Sep 10th, 2008, 13:20 PM

The physio at the ante natal unit told me that eating a banana before bedtime will help.

lolly101 · Sep 10th, 2008, 13:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunnie1976

The physio at the ante natal unit told me that eating a banana before bedtime will help.

thats so bizarre!!! I was just gonna type that too!!! I had leg cramps in my first preganancy and I used to wake up screaming!
I was told to try bananas, something to do with potassium....
I so know how painful this can be, I had forgotten about this...

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