Restless Legs
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Topic: Restless Legs
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Subject: Restless Legs
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:23pm
Anyone else get this, and how do you make them feel better? ------------- |
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:25pm
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i got them and iron pills fixed it for me..dont ask me how! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:41pm
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Bananas work well and a glass of milk. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:49pm
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I used to run mine under cold water and that helped.....mind you it was January/Feb and really hot. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 12:21am
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Ugh! This drove me nuts with both pregnancies. Magnesium supplements worked for me, they help for legs cramps too! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:52am
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Im on iron pills so they arnt helping the legs lol, think I'll try a banana and a yoghurt(dont like milk on its own lol) when they start hurting,
Its such a annoying feeling, when I get the restless legs I try to stretch them but them Im scared I'll get cramp cos Ive had that a few times and OMG the pain **cringe** A bath would probbaly help aswell I guess... ------------- |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 10:57am
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My least fave thing about late pregnancy. Drove me mad.
No help though! Sorry! |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 2:16pm
My mum recommended magnesium tablets and once I started taking elevit tabs daily, they stopped. I have too heard that eating a banana will help.  -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: Beachy
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 5:46pm
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Ooh I feel silly for asking this... so please excuse my clear ignorance!
But what are 'restless legs'?? |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:35am
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Like....when your legs ache like crazy and they feel itchy and weird! Its horrible
I was reading about it in a pregnancy magazine in the boom shop yesterday. My mum said she had "Silly Legs" when she was pregnant, she would be walking through the supermarket and her legs would just ive way on her
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 4:53pm
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I have always had restless legs, especially in the evenings (my Mum also had them!), but it doesn't seem to have gotten worse during pregnancy for me. Unfortunately, I have nothing useful to add! Someone once suggested panadol, and I'm thinking maybe antacid tablets might help too (seeing as they have calcium in them)? I'm taking iron pills as well as elevit, but neither seems to have made a difference...
(I call it jumpy legs, as they just feel like you have to continuously move/jiggle them around.) 
At least you don't have long to go Sheena!  -------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 5:55pm
Yeah I hope he comes by the weekend!
The restless legs are the worst at night time, I dont know what to do with them lol!! ------------- |