But I wanted to also say, my friend on FB swears by this- to keep mustard accessible and whenever a leg cramp comes on, have a teaspoon of mustard and it should make the pain go away faster. I have no clue if it works, but this lady swears it does. My mom had them during pregnancy and she says having a glass of milk before bed helps prevent them (but I can't really stomach milk). And of course the typical "eat a banana" (or prunes which have more potassium but not many people know that) and drink water... it does sound like a certain balance of minerals and nutrients in your body plays a role in getting leg cramps, but it's not an exact science.
My mom has horrid leg cramps, and always keeps a few sachets of the powdered Propel stuff in her pocket or beside her chair she sits in at home and beside her bed. Half a pack into a glass of water and the cramp stops about 5-6 minutes after she's got it down. Her docs have said that the quinine in it is what helps, just don't go overboard with it. Staying hydrated definitely helps, and when you're hurting, nearly anything is worth a shot so long as it doesn't put you or baby at risk!
Sorry that I've been missing for a few days, had 10 pages to catch up on today! I've been in hospital for 3 days and 2 nights - was finally able to come home yesterday afternoon. Went in due to lower bump cramps and severe vomiting, even though I had nothing in me. They think it's a UTI, and the test results will be back by Monday evening if not earlier. They think that the UTI was causing the cramps and that plus me worrying about it was causing the vomiting. While I was there, I ended up discovering that I now have asthma as well! Now have an inhaler to use as needed. I'm nice and bruised from my 12 needle marks (leg x 1, tummy x 4, wrists x 5 - O2 test, cannula - left elbow, and extra blood tests, right elbow). I also have borderline low iron, so I'm to eat more red meat and definitely keep taking my prenatals and they will be checked again later on. I also had 5 bags (1 litre each) of fluid while I was there!
It felt so good to be in my own bed last night, even though it took about 20 minutes to end up getting comfortable enough to hold still and the bunnies are overjoyed at having me back home!
As far as the weight gain goes, I weighed 282 pounds this morning, and I was 293 at booking in, so I'm still down 11 pounds! My average weight between March and June this year (between pregnancies) was 273-275 though, so I suppose I've 'technically' put on 7-9 pounds so far.
Was able to hear the baby lots (2-3 times on the doppler per day!) while I was in hospital. All of the midwives that took care of me definitely agreed that we have an extremely wiggly baby that hates the doppler, lol! Still tries to kick it away any time it's on.
Anyway, other than resting more and using my inhaler when I need it, things are mostly back to normal here. Hopefully the 3rd time being in hospital this pregnancy is a charm and I won't have any more issues until baby is ready to come!
hopefully tomorrow they'll have an answer for me about that!
Also- if ever you are really worried just go to the ER. Better safe than sorry etc.
