How To Prevent Leg Cramps During Pregnancy Video

A birthing ball can be a great tool for strengthening abdominal and back muscles and relieving tension during labor. Learn how to use a birthing ball during pregnancy in this video.

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Improve nutrition & exercise
Add sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium
Keep moving
Flex toes, don't point

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Bea is a Registered Midwife who moved here from England, where she completed her midwifery training in both hospital and home settings. Bea owns the Labor of Love Birth Center in Tampa, Florida, which offers women a unique birthing experience in a home-like, comfortable environment and has a large Jacuzzi tub for those wishing to enjoy a water birth experience.

BEA ROWELL: Hi, my name is Bea. I'm a midwife working here at Labor of Love Birth Center in Tampa. We specialize in looking after ladies who are in low-risk pregnancies and who are looking for natural birth choices. I'm here today to talk to you about how to prevent leg cramps. Leg cramps are normally caused by poor nutrition and inadequate exercise. Nutritional things that you're looking for are sodium, calcium, magnesium and potassium. The way that you can look for this in food is from bananas, oranges, grapefruits, soybeans, sardines, salmon, dark greens, almonds, cashew nuts, so all those things are going to supplement you with the things that are lacking and causing you leg cramps. Also, it's important to keep moving, keep your blood circulation moving, keep your muscles working. If you do happen to have a leg cramp, the way to resolve them, don't point your toes out straight, bring your toes back upwards and back towards your knees. Okay. So when you have a leg cramp, you know how to deal with them. Hopefully, you won't have too many, and you're going to have a lovely pregnancy.

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