Leg Cramps

A few days ago, the alarm went off and I woke up almost in tears.  My calf muscles hurt so bad!  Thankfully I could wake Lucas up to message them for me.  He told me it was because I was dehydrated and not drinking enough water, which is a total possibility because plain water is sadly not that appealing to me since I've been preggo.  So I upped my water intake.  Woke up on Tuesday, in tears again!  Friend at work told me to get more potassium in my diet, so I decided to go to the store that evening and get some bananas.  Later that day, my baby update email came in.  At the bottom was a link to an article called "What causes leg cramps?"  Of course it would be pregnancy related!  All my pains/sicknesses now a days are.  Why didn't I think of that in the first place?

According to research ".. the lower portion of the back is pushed forward. This posture frequently pinches the motor nerve which runs from the spine down the leg — and that pinching is what causes leg cramps.."  So basically the baby is pushing my back, which causes me back pain, which in turn is pinching a nerve and causing me terrible leg cramps.  Oh joy.  The only thing that helps is stretching.  Well Speck, I'll say it again, you better be cute!