Swollen feet

alijeff2313 · August 2013

I am 5 days into my recovery for a scheduled c section. My legs are so swollen that my feet hurt me so bad. I feel like I am walking on pins and needles. They are so hard to the touch and will not go down. I can't bend my toes that's how swollen the are. Putting them up doesn't help..instead it creates more pain for me. The doctor said that swelling is normal and it should go away. Has anyone had this issue and if so how did you handle this?

LeLe9 · August 2013

Oh, it does hurt so bad. Mine were so swollen I thought my toes would just pop off. Broke down crying in the NICU trying to get from a chair to the wheelchair only a few steps away. Elevating helped mine some and couldn't handle full massage but gentle touching or pressing on them provided some minor relief. Hated when they would just laugh when I asked if there was anything that could be done about the painful swollen feet.

DonnaMartinGraduates · August 2013

I didn't have any swelling with my first section, but it hit hard with the second! DH went to the store late one night to get some compression socks for me and they helped a ton. Hope you can get some relief soon!

Mama-Bear · August 2013

I had horrible swelling for about 2w.

LeLe9 · August 2013

I remember looking down a few weeks later surprised I had normal feet again and was amazed

alijeff2313 · August 2013

I'm sorry to hear you all went through this, but I'm glad it's normal. My feet feel like they may pop at any minute!

AACaHa13 · August 2013

I had major swollen feet and ankles up until today. I am 9 days pp and its gone out of nowhere! So weird because they were bad.

katiedid0907 · September 2013

I had this too! It hurt so bad! Drink lots of water and I took a (very slow) walk down my street which I swear made all the difference.

Jing22 · September 2013

Mine came on around day 3-4 and stayed through the end of the first week, two weeks tops. I used support stockings and drank lots of water. My doctor actually told me to walk and not put my feet up. My feet and legs were no where near as swollen as what yours sound to be though.

Starfish+77 · September 2013

I believe my swelling lasted for about 3 weeks post birth. Had bad swelling in my feet and calves.

magdalina.h · September 2013

It is very normal because of the fluid that's pushed through you in the Iv. Drink a lot of water, move your ankles and ice packs

JordanL1221 · September 2013

Oh it's terrible! I talked to my OB and she prescribed me lasix for 5 days. Swelling gone!

MrsJG3 · September 2013

Mine lasted about a week and then one morning a woke up and poof it was gone.

DanielleLynn94 · September 2013

Mine also lasted about a week! My feet have never been so swollen ever!
Drink lots of water, also taking an ibuprofen also helped some swelling

AshleaB12 · September 2013

I had terrible swelling from my feet to mid-thigh. The nurse about freaked out when I got to the hospital after my water broke. She said, "That looks terrible!". I told her they actually weren't as bad as they had been earlier in the day since I had gone to bed for a couple hours and my feet were up. After my c-section they were horrendous again. It felt like the tops of my feet were going to split open. The swelling didn't go completely down until somewhere around 3-4 weeks post-partum.

alijeff2313 · September 2013

Thanks everyone, I feel better! My swelling started going down but then I was put on blood pressure medicine and I blew up again

Slowing starting to go down again

jesstineharangozo · September 2013

My swelling lasted about 3 weeks. It was horrible. I thought my feet were going to look like that forever. Compression socks helped and keeping my feet up.

saraenns · October 2013

3 weeks for me too...fred flintstone feet the whole time. Seeing them normal was shocking at first!

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