Just because cankles and back pain isnt possibly enough!!!...Hello Leg cramps!!!!
Stabbling cramps in both calves wake me up at night! What to do?

Calcium, calcium and more calcium !!!!!

I had the same problem and since my doc put me on extra calcium tablets its been so much better. If I forget to take them for a few days, the cramps come back so I'm getting pretty good about taking them.

If labour is much worse than the cramps in the calf muscles I'm scared!!!

Potassium will help too if it's not restless legs. Bananas are a good source. Hope they get better soon

Hmmm..Ive been taking a powder Calcium-Magnesium supplement all thru the pregnancy, in addition to diary products..So I would hope theres no deficiency, unless she's going thru a bone-hardening spurt right now!

Hope you feel better! I have those too, and they've gotten worse as I'm bigger.

Ooh I have learned to control them: as soon as you feel one push your heel down and your toes UP! seriously stops them.

I do exactly the same!! Sometimes I can feel them start to cramp up several times durting the night, especially if I stretch as a turn over but as soon as I feel them, I do what Aqua said & it goes. I just have the odd time where I don't do it quite fast enough and they cramp up badly so OH usually has to lift my toes up because I can't do it myself!

I went to the docs with the same prob last week, he just told me to take a paracetemal (spelling!) As well talking to a brick wall...

But 2day at work, it has gotten really bad and my lower back is really painfull, i cant get comfy in my chair anymore its horrible

Seeing the midwife on monday, hopefuly get more sence out of her (wouldnt count on it tho!)

oh and another trick that stops them: step barefoot on a cold surface (preferably tiles)

Hope our leg cramps ease up. I always tend to get them at night when I want to sleep as well!!