Restless legs

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• dorrart

  May 5, 2009 8:00AM

  hi there i have suffered the same as you with my first pregnancy and again with my second, the only think i can advice is to drink a lot of water and try to raise your legs when possible so when you are lying on your bed or sofa put some extra cushions under your legs.
  that might help
  dorra 25+5
  

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• ProudMummy1

  May 5, 2009 8:02AM

  Hi dorra - well i do drink gallons of water a day and when i sit watching TV on an evening i'll put my feet up on some cushions lol.
  Is there nothing i can use actually on them??
  xxx

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• Pink cupcake Regular

  May 5, 2009 8:22AM

  Hi Kelly, I suffered terribly with restless legs when I was pregnant last year and my mum told me to drink tonic water and someone else reccommended that I eat a banana before bed aswell! There's something in the tonic water- quinine I think, that's supposed to help with the restless legs. Hope this helps xx

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• Lilac210

  May 5, 2009 8:23AM

  Hi Kelly
  
  I am 34 weeks pg and suffer with this too - last night I jumped so violently in bed that I woke myself up and hubby was laughing his head off! I was having a dream that I was falling. I used to get this before I was pg as well.
  
  I drink loads of water too and raise my legs when I am laid on the sofa, but I dont think that there is anything you can put on your legs to prevent it happenning.
  
  HTH
  
  xx

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• ProudMummy1

  May 5, 2009 8:28AM

  Thanks NicPink - i'll ty the tonic water and banana trick and see how that goes.
  
  lol Lilac - i know what you mean about the "jumping" bit as i'm doing that already so goodness knows what i'll be doing in the next 20 weeks or so
  I'd heard about some kind of spray from Mothercare that's supposed to soothe them but i can't remember for the life of me what it is (blaming baby brain!!)
  xxx
  

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• Ames123

  May 5, 2009 8:55AM

  I can vouch for tonic water too!! and try to reduce salt intake a bit, that works for me. x

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• EmsieLou6785

  May 5, 2009 9:03AM

  Hon
  You would need to check it's safe to use as i'm not 100 per cent sure but if I get restless legs (my family suffer from Varicose veins so too much walking and I get restless legs) I use the sanctuary moisturiser but the one with ginger so it tingles or if you get a cooling foot/leg spray, virgin vie do nice ones but just double check about the tingling one from sanctuary. xxx

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• ProudMummy1

  May 5, 2009 9:13AM

  Thanks hunny - i shall ask my m/w, i was hoping there would be something i could just rub on to soothe them xxx

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• ProudMummy1

  May 5, 2009 9:20AM

  Aha, have found this product that Mothercare do to help:
  http://www.mothercare.com/gp/product/B001CGG5T6/sr=1-20/qid=1241529437/ref=sr_1_20/275-4137801-8426805?ie=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=42800041&mcb=core
  
  Think i may give that a go
  xx

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• MummyG3

  May 5, 2009 9:27AM

  OOh I get this too and its really horrible, I dont know anything that helps but didnt want to read and run,
  
  I lie there at night thinking I need to get to sleep before my legs start twitching - and then because Ive thought of itmy leg starts. I mentioned it to my phsio and she did all the checks for numbness etc and thankfully there is nothing serious wrong its just something I have to deal with
  
  Hope the tonic and banana works for you hun
  
  Gxx
  26+3

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