Cankles, here I come!

absoluteremix

So the past few days I have noticed that my shoes are fitting much tighter. Then, I realized my feet no longer have a bone structure. I'm pretty sure cankles are next!! Good thing it's warm out now because I'll be sporting flip flops the rest of this pregnancy!! I'm starting to swell up!

Pookie's_Girl

I fear I have joined you. The other day, I noticed that my calves have swelled a bit, and I now have cankles . But, my feet haven't started swelling yet, thank God. I miss my bony ankles though.

jkchs2003

I was just about to post something in regards to this......

My ankles/feet have been swelling for a little over a week now and today I started giving my coworkers another comment to make to me or another reason to talk about me. I stopped wearing knee high boots because it is getting so hot out and I wore sandals to work. I am wearing pants but when I am sitting down you can see my feet. I have had one comment so far, but I'm sure there are more to come. I've already decided I will not be wearing capris to work anytime for the next 2 months.

britt4786

I'm rocking the cankles, as well.  I was just getting excited to start wearing flip flops but now my feet look like Fred Flintstone's.  Definitely not appealing in flip flops, but in all honesty...my feet don't fit into my normal shoes anymore!

mlasecki10

Since the weather here has been in the 80's the last couple of weeks my cankles have been in full force since then because of all the smelling from the heat. i miss my cute ankles

absoluteremix

britt4786:

I'm rocking the cankles, as well.  I was just getting excited to start wearing flip flops but now my feet look like Fred Flintstone's.  Definitely not appealing in flip flops, but in all honesty...my feet don't fit into my normal shoes anymore!

Flip flops are the only thing comfortable for me right now! Even my TOM's are too tight now. I'm gonna have to get a larger pair of shoes or something because flip flops are fine when I'm sitting at work all day, but I can't wear them 24/7 on the weekends when I'm doing a lot of walking around.

RobinSparkles81

britt4786:

I'm rocking the cankles, as well.  I was just getting excited to start wearing flip flops but now my feet look like Fred Flintstone's.  Definitely not appealing in flip flops, but in all honesty...my feet don't fit into my normal shoes anymore!

ditto!

mlasecki10

absoluteremix:

britt4786:

I'm rocking the cankles, as well.  I was just getting excited to start wearing flip flops but now my feet look like Fred Flintstone's.  Definitely not appealing in flip flops, but in all honesty...my feet don't fit into my normal shoes anymore!

Flip flops are the only thing comfortable for me right now! Even my TOM's are too tight now. I'm gonna have to get a larger pair of shoes or something because flip flops are fine when I'm sitting at work all day, but I can't wear them 24/7 on the weekends when I'm doing a lot of walking around.

I know what you mean im trying to find an alternative because my feet start hurting after a while in flip flops

TessieF

I feel like I have to share because I had this problem a few weeks ago and have found some things that really help.  Around 28 weeks I'd come home at the end of the day and my feet and ankles would be at least twice their normal size.   My calves also felt heavy, none of my shoes fit and it hurt to walk.  I googled what I could do to relieve the swelling, and started doing the following:

1.  taking a long walk every day (about a mile) and trying to get up from my desk to take short walks several times a day - this gets your circulation going

2.  keeping  my feet elevated while I work at my desk (I just stuck a file box under my desk and prop my feet up on it while working)

3.  drinking a lot of water and try to avoid sodium (sometimes I'm not so good about this one)

Seriously this has reduced the swelling 99%, I can hardly believe it.  My feet look totally normal again.

 Of course this works works well for someone at a desk job, but would be harder to follow for someone who has to be on their feet a lot during the day.