A Hormonal Link Between Restless Legs & Pregnancy

A new study in the journal Sleep links restless legs syndrome in pregnant women to the hormone estradiol.Results show that in the last trimester, pregnant women with RLS have much higher levels of estradiol than healthy controls. Estradiol is an estrogenic steroid hormone.RLS is more common in women than in men. Symptoms often appear for the first time during pregnancy. These symptoms tend to