"Oooooooouch. Help me. Help me. Help me." That was all that I could manage to say in the middle of the night as I awoke to the most gigantic leg cramp I have ever experienced. Being the great guy that Eric is, he started pushing me out of bed because he thought I was having trouble getting up to go to the bathroom. "No, my leg. My leg." My calf muscle was completely tight. My toes were pointed down and despite my best efforts I could not flex my foot. Eric grabbed my foot and tried to help me stretch my calf, but he couldn't budge my foot from its current position either. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Eric was able to stretch my leg and the cramp released.
It's been two days since the cramp and my calf is still causing me pain when I walk, press the accelerator pedal while driving, or keep my foot in the same position for too long. I hope I can manage to make it through the rest of the pregnancy without any more calf cramps.
