17 weeks really bad leg pain?

Question

I am 17 weeks along now. I have called my dr offic but becuase of the holiday they are closed this week.
I have really really bad leg pain in both legs now. It hurts to lay down stand walk or do anything really.
Has anyone else ever felt this before? my sister in law said it might be a blood clot . How would the dr determine if it is a blood clot. I have never had anything happen like this before.

Answer 1

You might want to go to the hospital to find out. You could have a pinched nerve, you should really have it checked out SOON. Best of luck!

Answer 2

The easiest way to determine if you have a blood clot is to have an ultrasound done in the area where the pain is. Because you are experiencing pain in both legs, and not just one, your leg pain is most likely not due to a blood clot. Also, the area where a blood clot has formed is usually red, hot to the touch, and very tender. You are probably experiencing leg pain due to the weight you are gaining from the pregnancy and from the shift your back has taken to accommodate the baby. During pregnancy, everything shifts to make adequate room and support for the baby. You can help alleviate the pain by eating foods with potassium (like bananas) to keep your muscles from cramping. A warm bath and elevating your legs may help. If the pain does not go away, you need to contact your doctor's answering service and ask your doctor if you can take some Tylenol for the pain. If the Tylenol doesn't alleviate the pain, you need to be seen to determine where the pain is coming from. It is possible that you have a bulging disc in your lower back from the weight of the uterus and baby pressing on your back.

Answer 3

It is more likely to be a vitamin deficiency than a blood clot, but if you are worried you should call your dr tomorrow.

In the meantime, add a calcium supplement and a potassium supplement to your prenatal vitamins. That is what helped me.

For more immediate relief, try a hot bath with Epsom salts (if you are worried about it being too hot for the baby, just soak your legs). Also, try stretching by flexing your foot, and extending your leg. This works best if you holld on to both ends of a sheet, put the middle of the sheet under your foot (while sitting) and pull back on the sheet while you are stretching your leg. DON"T POINT YOUR FOOT WHEN YOU STRETCH - it will probably make it a lot worse!

Answer 4

Its not a blood clot. It wouldnt be pain all over in both legs. Unless you had such severe life threatening clots that both legs had clots in them.

your uterus sits on the siatic nerve, which is the biggest nerve in that area, and responsible for your lower body's ability to feel and respond. It runs through your pelvis and into your right leg. But main nerves run through the pelvis into both legs from there.

As the uterus grows, and the baby moves and repositions, it pinches and hits that nerve. Causing horrible shooting pains, terrible leg contractions, muscle cramps, and your joints and muscles to sieze up. Its really really painful. Even tingling feelings and numbness.

If you had a blood clot the doctor would check for it with blood tests (looking to see if your blood is too clotty) and with ultrasounds on your legs. He'd also check your family history, theyre generally genetic. Things like that. Unless you lay around a lot, or sit all day long without getting up and moving, its unlikely you'd have blood clots before your late second or third trimester. Not impossible, but unlikely.

Try swimming. That helped me a lot. I could lay or sit either for all the pain and cramping.

Answer 5

Not sure what the problem is with you, but I had charlie horses really bad with my first 2 pregnancies. They would usually occur at night (early morning apprx 3 am) I would barely wake up and find myself stretching my legs and feet and would get the worst charlie horse in the world. If you find this is why your legs are cramping, try pulling your toes up towards you when you stretch instead of pointing them towards the foot of the bed, it has helped me tremendously with this pregnancy.

Answer 6

Im 34 weeks pregnant and i have ALOT of pain in my left leg. at my last appointment the doctor confirmed that it was another annoying yet completely normal part of being pregnant! before making a trip in i would consider calling first to see if they say the same thing for you! good luck and hope its nothing bad!

Answer 7

you could call a hospital and talk to someone.good luck