Leg pain in pregnancy/Restless leg syndrome?

[durhamjk1]

I have had leg pain recently and I am 25 weeks pregnant.  The pain seems to radiate from the bone of my leg and then ache all over.   My mother said that RLS was common in pregnancy and that she believed she had when she was pregnant too (they didn't have a name for it then).  I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what you did to help the pain subside.  It is not unbearable, just uncomfortable enough to keep me awake at night.  I have been using a heating pad.  Anyone else have this?  And did you do anything for pain?  I don't want to take any medication - thanks!

[durhamjk1]

Thanks ladies!  I have been using a heating pad and it does seem to help - I will try to exercise my legs more and try the bath.  Thanks!

[110279hld]

I had it during pregnancy also, it was AWFUL.  I found that a hot bath would calm it down.  So right before I would get into bed I would get into a hot bath from the waste down for about 10 minutes and go right to bed - it was the only way I could fall asleep.  The heat really seemed to help.  If I couldn't get into the tub the only thing I could do was walk.  Oh, try squats.  They say that if you exhaust your muscles it can help also.  The easiest way to do this is is with squats.  I would squat down as far as I could and hold it until I couldn't hold it anymore.  i did this a few times and then the pain would go away for a few hours.  Good luck!!

[BearHitch]

Well... I had this problem when I was pregnant.  There are of course medications to help with RLS, but as far as I know none of them are okay during pregnancy.  In all honesty- I just had to tough it out until my son was born  :S  It was terribly uncomfortable- my legs were always so twitchy and night and I just HAD to move them.  It was one of the worst symptoms I had during my pregnancy.  So I had it, but I have no advice to help alleviate your symptoms  :(  Good luck!

[durhamjk1]

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