May increase with dehydration.
Recommendations:
- Increase water
- Stretch (especially before going to bed)
- Exercise regularly
- Increase calcium to recommended daily dose with diet or Tums
- Increase Potassium in your diet with bananas or figs
May increase with dehydration.
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Caused by a growing pregnancy pushing on the bladder. This may be worse in the 1st and 3rd trimester.
Recommendation: Call if it is accompanied by burning, pain, blood, or fever
Caused by increased weight, postural changes, and pressure from a growing pregnancy.
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Caused by increased pressure from pregnancy and increased venous dilatation.
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Most common in late pregnancy and in hot weather and in women who are on their feet throughout the day.
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You may continue the same exercise program you had before pregnancy unless we have recommended otherwise.
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You can have your teeth cleaned, have fillings, have teeth pulled, and have x-rays if they shield your abdomen. They can use local numbing medicine and certain antibiotics. Make sure you tell your dentist you are pregnant and let us know if he or she would like a note from us. It is actually better for your pregnancy if you maintain good dentition during pregnancy.
The American College of Ob/Gyn makes the following suggestions during pregnancy::
Contractions can be normal in pregnancy but some can be a sign of labor or preterm labor.
Recommendation: Call if contractions are painful, more than 6 in one hour, continue to increase in intensity and do not resolve with rest and hydration.