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soontobehimes · March 2011

how's your swelling? I thought mine was bad when I was pregnant.. but it's about twice as bad now. I feel like my skin is going to crack open. And it's about twenty times worse on my right foot. Anyone else?

StellarStina26 · March 2011

I didn't have any swelling during pregnancy. However, they pumped 4 bags of hydration into my IV while having an epidural. My boots didn't fit leaving the hospital. That swelling was gone in 4 or 5 days after delivery.

bre87 · March 2011

yeah i didn't have any swelling during my pregnancy and two days after we got home i noticed my hands and feet were swollen. i realized it was from the IV but i drank a lot of water and it started to go away in the next few days.

lovesBup · March 2011

I stayed grotesquely swollen for almost a week. The swelling seemed to go down almost overnight for me. I noticed a huge difference over the course of 2 days. I had PIH, so a lot of the swelling was due to my BP.. but I seriously feel like 40lbs lighter. I'm not sure how much weight I dropped because I lost my scale.. but within a week all of the water was gone.

Phil&Corinna · March 2011

I didn't have any swelling during pregnancy either, but was on IV for 24+ hours due to my c/s. I've been wearing only crocs since December so my shoes did fit leaving the hospital, but my feet were ginormous and I had cankles!!! I have since put a very puffy pillow at the foot of my bed and my feet are down about 80% now, almost normal looking, 2 days later!! The rule is "higher than your heart"...give it a try, hopefully it won't be long!!!

mommyjenny257 · March 2011

I had some pretty bad swelling while pregnant, but after I got home from the hospital, it was twice as bad. I even went back to the OB a few days later to have them take a look and check my BP. They said it was just fluids from being in the hospital. I do recall the OB telling me a week before I delivered the swelling could last up to 2 weeks after delivery. LO is 2 weeks old today, and just this morning did I notice that the swelling is finally starting to go away. It's not 100% gone, but it's the best my feet have looked in the last 10 weeks or so. Hopefully it won't take you as long to get your feet back!

linn1376 · March 2011

I had a c-section and had horrible swelling in my feet for the first week and a half after LO's birth. My left foot was the worse of the two but both were painful and sometimes when I moved my foot it felt like the skin was going to burst. I just drank a lot of water and tried to keep my feet elevated as much as possible but with a newborn I'm not sure how you are supposed to stay off your feet.

elle980 · March 2011

Swelling was worse after giving birth. The nurses said it was due to the epidural. Today is the first day my feet/ankles look somewhat normal and it doesn't feel like the skin on my feet is stretching.

HoolahZinger · March 2011

Oh man, I thought I had bad swelling if I was too active during pregnancy, but it was really bad after I got home from the hospital...swollen even when they were propped up and I was resting. It was like that for about a week. My left foot was, by far, the worst. The running joke was "leftie is acting up again!" Stick out tongue

bella85 · March 2011

I haven't had any swelling, but LO was only born yesterday.

anna2029 · March 2011

Mine got worse after delivery. But I also still have pre e so I think that has something to do with it. After a week, it got better but I still can't wear my normal socks, shoes, or any rings.sigh Doc said it could take up to 3 months to return to normal.

flowerchild77 · March 2011

I must be the wierdo without any swelling during pregnancy or after... Stick out tongue

drea_raye · March 2011

I had no epi or iv, but my swelling was worse after delivery, and it was a week or two b4 it was gone...

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veggybugg · March 2011

I could barely put my shoes on when we left the hospital. itwas mostly gone after a week. i lost 25 lbs in the first 5 days I was home.

misskris927 · March 2011

My feet swelled a little the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy. Then, my face swelled up after the c-section (my guess was from the IV's). By the second day, all the swelling was gone and never came back. My lower belly was a little swollen for awhile too, but that was from the surgery.

hispenguin · March 2011

I had quite a bit of fluid via an IV during my induction so I had swelling in my legs/ankles for about a week after the delivery.

mrs.jenRN · March 2011

The swelling was comletely gone after about 2.5 weeks for me. It was better by about 2 weeks, then was gone shortly after.

mrsjanks · March 2011

Took about a week to go away, about 2.5 to get my rings on again.

I didn't drink nearly as much water right after delivery as I did while I was pregnant, but I swear I peed out clear fluid for 2 weeks. All of it was stored up inside me!

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