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When do leg cramps start during pregnancy?

These painful spasms that radiate through the calves and up the legs are very common among the expectant set.

leg cramps

Short answer: Nobody’s quite sure.

Unfortunately for most women, leg cramps lastthrough the third trimester of pregnancy.

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