Middle of the night Charlie Horses?

Aligator28

Any of you other PG ladies getting these? I know they're common in pregnancy, but OMFG !@#$%^&I#*&! - seriously awaking to a charlie horse in each calf at 2am is no freaking fun. It is so flippin painful.

Jennifer18131

He's not PG, but H shot out of bed with them the other night. Scared the crap out of me!

christenm

bananas

Aligator28

christenm:

bananas

I eat the hell out of bananas lol, at least 2 a day.  

christenm

Aligator28:

christenm:

bananas

I eat the hell out of bananas lol, at least 2 a day.  

wow!  well "they" say that the reason for charlie horses is that your body is low on potassium.  Another good thing, though I find it's disgusting is to drink pickle juice.  But the smell makes me gag.  But if your leg hurts after a charlie horse, that's supposed to make the pain go away pronto!

ShoeFanatic614

Aligator28:

Any of you other PG ladies getting these? I know they're common in pregnancy, but OMFG !@#$%^&I#*&! - seriously awaking to a charlie horse in each calf at 2am is no freaking fun. It is so flippin painful.

That's what I say too.  I was going to suggest bananas as well.  Try to up your water intake.  Which if you're like me will be hard to do.  I'm already drinking an assload of H2O.

I also get Mr.Shoe to rub my calves at night before bed sometimes.  That seems to help.

Lastly, when I feel one coming on, I immediately flex my feet upwards.  That seems to ward off the pain.

Cissy_Strut

Try magnesium as well. MH gets them so bad. He would wake me up all the time jerking around. He takes supplements now and he's been much better.

janeyc1

Electrolyte imbalance?....I get horrible cramps in my legs when I'm sleeping.  Try to drink a sports drink every now and then.  I was told by a trainer that this would help. 

Bitsybelle

My stepdad drinks pickle juice and he says it works.  I've never tried it.