Thursday, 19 July 2012

Pregnancy delights!

So this is my second pregnancy, and I have noticed that when these things I sarcastically refer to as "pregnancy delights" occur, I suddenly remember that they happened in my first pregnancy too, but my clever little mind has obviously decided it would be best to erase them from my memory. I guess that is normal, and women would probably have difficulty in wanting to go through another pregnancy if they were still able to remember ALL of those pregnancy delights...! Labour included!! Anyway, the reason I write this now is because LEG CRAMPS revisited last night. I woke from a deep sleep with a horrible horrible feeling in my left leg, I wasn't sure what to do to get rid of it...do I just wait, walk on it, or stretch it? I opted for the stretching, and after the pain became worse, it soon passed and I was able to lie down and carry on with my dreams. But jeez! I had honestly forgotten all about those darned leg cramps. But in the middle of the night, "bananas help" soon flashed into my mind. I will regoogle this later to check. I had leg cramps first time around, and they were SO bad in the third trimester, one night I woke up shouting "f*ck!!!" and my boyfriend thought I had gone into labour so he quickly shrugged off a "it's leg cramp" cry and went back to bed leaving me alone in my leg cramp hell. Another pregnancy delight I suffered badly from was Restless Leg Syndrome. IT EXISTS!! (Taken from www.babycenter.co.uk) What it is If you feel an uncontrollable urge to move your legs to relieve crawling, tingling, or burning sensations, you probably have restless legs syndrome (RLS). It sounds absurd, I know, but combined with leg cramps, general uncomfortableness (dammit huge bump) it meant I averaged only a few hours sleep a night. Waking up for work was a struggle to say the least! Restless Leg Syndrome hasn't come back yet, but I sincerely hope that is one pregnancy delight that stays far far away! Sam

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