Leg Cramps in Pregnancy

Leg cramps in pregnancy are annoying - however common. They are more likely to occur during your second and third trimesters of pregnancy.

What Causes Leg Cramps?

It is believed that a lack of calcium is the culprit. However, others believe that lack of salt as well as poor circulation are contributing factors.

There are no safe medical drugs if you have leg cramps in pregnancy.

How To Prevent Leg Cramps?

Are there natural treatments for leg cramps?

Yes, there are! You can expereince leg cramp relief naturally.

A combination of exercise, herbs and diet are necessary to keep calcium levels high and cramps at bay.

Diet

Try to get 100 mg of calcium per day with 500 mg of magnesium.

Exercise

Walk or swim

Do stretching exercises

Prenatal massages are wonderful

Herbal Remedies

These herbs are high in absorbable calcium and magnesium:

Raspberry leaf tea

Nettles

Fresh parsley

Fresh watercress

Most calcium supplements are made out of rocks. Granted they are microscopic rocks but rocks nonetheless. Your body was not made to absorb nor digest rocks no matter how small. Micro minerals are still rocks.

We are made to eat foods that contain the minerals we need. You must make sure that your minerals - and vitamins - are in a food matrix. As far as we know only one company offers standardized food matrix vitamins.

For Leg Cramp Relief - Avoid These Things

These are said to interfere with calcium absorption.

Spinach

Chocolate

...Bummer

Brewer's yeast

Do not ingest bone meal or oyster shells. They have been found to be high in toxins - i.e. mercury, etc - but also they are not well absorbed. As we said previously, we were designed to obtain our minerals from plants, not rocks or other non-plants sources.