I experienced my first really unpleasant aspect of pregnancy last night. I was woken up out of a very nice sleep with excruciating leg cramping all up and down my right calf. Holy moly, it was awful and I had no idea what to do.
I woke Alberto up and pleaded for him to save me and he came to the rescue with leg massage and Ben Gay. He knew exactly what I needed to do because he gets the same kind of leg cramps from time to time playing soccer.
However, I was stubborn and refused to stretch out my leg or stand up or walk. I went through 3 throbbing painful leg cramps before I was finally convinced to get up and stand. After that it was a very slow process of stretching my calf muscle, hobbling around, and trying to find the coldest surface to stand on (my 'what to expect' book suggested this).
Today, my calf muscle is as hard as a rock and I am still hobbling around the house. Of course, the baby didn't mind all the activity - he was happily performing a tumbling routine in my tummy through it all! :)
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