You can be in a lot of pain and keep waking up at night because of sudden muscle spasms in a part of your leg, probably your calf. And you might get cramps for several weeks. But most people find their leg cramps suddenly go away.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Salih A.
Treating leg cramps and restless syndrome.
Prescriber. 2001; 12: 93-97.

 

 

 

 

 

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If you get leg cramps while you're pregnant, you'll probably find they bother you more later in pregnancy, especially at night.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Young GL, Jewell D.
Interventions for leg cramps in pregnancy.
In: The Cochrane Library. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.

 

 

 

 

 

² But you'll probably stop having leg cramps as soon as you've had your baby.

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