Okay mamas I need some help. I HATE bananas. I hate the taste texture everything. But I need another way to get potassium into me because my legs are CONSTANTLY cramping to the point I can barely walk I wake up in the middle of the night screaming cause it hurts so bad. What can I do besides bananas and potassium pills !? I am currently 32 weeks 5 days pregnant with my daughter
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I use Earthley Good Night Lotion and it has been amazing. It’s safe to use while pregnant and breastfeeding. I believe they also have a muscle ease cream too.
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Pickle juice works excellent !
I agree with pickle juice , just started it recently and within minutes they stop and stay gone all night for me.
Yogurt smoothies with avocado , spinach . Sweet potatoes
Potatoes are loaded with potassium also
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I used a magnesium lotion and it worked wonders!
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Water or pickle juice. Potatoes with the skin, are a good source of potassium. It’s mainly in the skin though. I deal with low potassium, here and there. I just bought something called, liquid IV. It’s 3 times the electrolytes. I’ve started drinking, one a day.
Pickle juice. … LOTS of water
Food containing magnesium 
These have been a game changer!
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Pickle juice or apple cider vinegar
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Mustard or , magnesium and potassium supplements
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Pickle juice works fir me.
I drink mineral water high in mineral salts.
A shot of dill pickle juice. For leg cramps. Works I. A couple of minutes
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Do you like kiwi? Or Spinach? They also have high potassium 
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My husband and I both take a magnesium AND zinc supplement. No leg cramps anymore. But where you are pregnant clear it with your DR.
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Potatoes have more potassium than bananas, magnesium is also important
Dill pickle juice. It’s the vinegar.
I started using magnesium oxide and the first night cramps were gone. I’ve heard mustard and dill
Pickle juice also work. Miserable feeling!!
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Tonic water it contains quinine but this is in England so don’t know if yours is different ?
A magnesium supplement.
We had talked with a pharmacist about my dad’s leg cramping, and what type of supplement would help with it. He told us to get a magnesium supplement. Since starting the magnesium supplements, my dad does not cramp any more. Or well he does when he forgets to take them.
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First and for most speak with you doctor…
Water. I got leg cramps when I didn’t drink enough water throughout the day.
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Pickle juice shots and
A combo of COQ10 and Magnesium every night just before bed. An added bonus of this will be more restful sleep as well.
Try a health food shop. I got a spray that is applied to bottom of spine,but it was several years ago.
My dude uses pickle juice when his legs cramp and he says it’s instant relief 
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Potassium supplements, I’m 32 weeks with my 4th.
Requip medicine for restless leg an cramps
Liquid magnesium. I never have any cramps anymore thanks to it.
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Pickle juice really helps
You need magnesium. I follow Dr. Barbara O’Neill and she’s a holistic doctor and very good and knowledgeable it. What she does. I also take Celtic salt which has the three magnesiums in it as well as 89 other minerals that we need for our body. I have no more leg cramps at night. You also might be low on vitamin D, so you might want to have that checked by your doctor. You need magnesium to help absorb your vitamin D.
Eat mustard when cramping. Couple of tablespoons. Magnesium is helpful
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Ask your doctor to check some labs. It could be something other than potassium.
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This was literally above your post and it made me LOL!!
Dill pickles also boost potassium.
Isnt cramping from dehydration
Magnesium Glycinate. You can buy it as a capsule at health food stores. Make sure it’s the glycinate. It’s a godsend! Take 1 at night.
A squirt or packet of yellow mustard
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Omg! I feel your pain. I’ve tried EVERYTHING, only to be ripped out of bed all night by Charlie horses! Cantaloupe has about 600x more potassium then bananas. I drink pickle juice when cramps start. At least 1/2 a cup. The relief is within minutes, sometimes seconds. I don’t know if it’s the salt, the vinegar, or the cucumber, but it works!
Theraworx. Any drug store. I get extremely painful cramps my oncologist research nurse told me about it. Works very well
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Lots of water and avocados!
Magnesium and electrolytes.
Tonic water it has quinine in which helps with cramps.
Put a bar of Ivory soap under the covers near your feet at night.
Calm legs supplement. Also magnesium lotion
Have to get to the root cause.
Iron deficiency
Magnesium deficiency
Calcium deficiency
Or dehydration
But have to get blood work done to really see what you may need as supplements.
Magnesium lotion. Look up “8 sheep organics”. Works wonders
Theraworx muscle cramp foam. Put it on before bed.
Drink tons of water, you can also get leg cramps from dehydration and dehydration is super likely that late in pregnancy
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Was told by my Dr to drink a little bit of dill picked juice at night
Go talk to your doctor
This could be a sign of something worse.
You need potassium and magnesium. I discovered an ocean spray juice contains both. It’s labeled Revitalize. Safer than pills.
Watch doing too much pickle juice if you have bp issues because the sodium in it can cause your bp to rise.
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See your doctor, dehydration and magnesium are more likely to cause leg cramps than potassium.
If your pregnant you need advice from your physician. So many things are not good for the fetus. But oranges also have potassium. But please ask your Dr Don’t go by FB doctors
Magnesium supplement take at night as directed on bottle and 20 mins keg crap gone and you will sleep sound!
They sell leg cramp pills across the counter. Dissolve 2 under your tongue and cramping stops immediately. They really work for me
Magnesium supplement and increased my water I tried to get to half my body weight in ounces.
Strawberries 
lots of strawberries
My mom has leg cramps really bad every night. She takes a little packet of mustard and eats it and her cramps go away almost immediately. Hope this helps.
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Teaspoon of mustard works for me
I always thought this just meant you need to drink more water and is a sign of dehydration
Can you drink dill pickle juice , I use for cramps and heartburn 
Pickle juice does wonders.
I was getting leg cramps real bad and my Dr told me everyone thinks its because they are low on potassium but that’s not always true so she started me on magnesium 2xday and after a few weeks I stopped having leg cramps.
magnesium. you are lacking it also water,water water. you are dehydrated.
Compression socks have helped me
A spoonful of mustard. More if necessary.
Genuinely curious why no potassium pills. You’re taking the vitamin either way. If it’s from a banana or pickle juice or apple cider vinegar you’re still after the nutrient value. So I’m just curious why wouldn’t you take all natural potassium supplements?
Too much potassium can be dangerous as your heart is also a muscle and it can be affected please speak with your Dr. Before you do anything.
Maybe a multi vitamin? Drink lots of water too.
This sounds so silly but put a bar of soap ( like Irish soap ) under your sheet by your feet .