Swollen/puffy hands?

Re: Swollen/puffy hands?

• JillRock96 member

  March 2009

  It could be from the sodium intake.  Drink tons of water today and watch your sodium consumption.  If you're not busy, lay down as much as you can.  If it doesn't seem to get better by tomorrow, I would call the doc just for peace of mind. My hands didn't get puffy until close to the third tri, but I only had one in there. 

  Just another thing to consider....  I started to have elevated BP late in my second tri, and I went out and bought a digital blood pressure cuff.  It really helped me put my mind at ease when I wasn't feeling well and was worried about my blood pressure. 

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• cmw&tdm member

  March 2009

  JillRock96:

  Just another thing to consider....  I started to have elevated BP late in my second tri, and I went out and bought a digital blood pressure cuff.  It really helped me put my mind at ease when I wasn't feeling well and was worried about my blood pressure. 

   Not sure about the swollen hands thing ... I would say if it's only slightly swollen don't worry about it but if it's a lot of swelling I'd try to drink lots of water and rest today and call first thing tomorrow if it doesn't improve.

  Ditto JillRock regarding the BP cuff.  I bought one at the end of my pgcy with DS when I was having issues and it was so nice to get peace of mind when I thought maybe it might be high.  It would also catch a problem early if it started getting really high.  I got mine for like $20-$30 at WalMart and I still use it from time to time this pgcy. 

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• groovygrl member

  March 2009

  My fingers always feel swollen in the morning when I get up for some reason but it goes away as soon as I get up and move around, so I'm not very worried about it, but I was a little freaked out about it at first. I think it might be b/c I'm trying to sleep on my side & tend to have my arms bent or curled up & the fluid is probably not moving around much.
  

  Are yours getting swollen at the end of the day or throughout the day, etc? Ditto pp about increasing water & decreasing sodium. I'd check your feet & ankles too, if you push w/ your thumb over the bony areas you can tell if you're having any swelling.

  Try not to worry!!!!!!!!!!! 
  

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• desabean member

  March 2009

  My ankles and hands have been swollen since about 18 weeks and I only have one baby in there so while it is not "normal" I don't think it is completely outside the realm of possibility either.  My blood pressure is actually right on target.  My Dr. suggested it is most likely frrom eating too many carbs in my case.  She says that pregnant women don't process carbs the way non pregnant women can so you end up retaining a lot of water (I'm sure extra sodium exacerbates the issue).  Do you have a headache?  If you want to try to calm your fears you could go to a pharmacy and check you BP just to be sure it hasn't gone up since your appointment. Hopefully it's normal, but I know I miss cute shoes ; )

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• Million$$Baby

  March 2009

  Thanks. I just looked at them about an hour ago and thought they looked kind of swollen. It could be in my head though, who knows? My feet/ankles are totally normal. I do sleep on my arms so that could have something to do with it as well. I'm going to drink a lot of water today and hopefully things will be fine. If I stil think they're swollen tomorrow I guess I'll call my OB.

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• EverAfterinMi

  March 2009

  Girl.. my rings came off at 16 weeks and are STILL NOT BACK ON!!
  

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