Post partum swelling/fluid retention

[Leslie]

Hi,

You'd think I might know this since this is not my first baby, but I haven't
run into this before.

I posted a few days ago that everything went so smoothly with Annie's birth
and we're back home now, very happy, but I do have one problem. My feet and
legs, hands, etc. are extremely swollen. There must be pounds of swelling.
It's very uncomfortable but when I left the hospital there didn't seem to be
too much concern from the doctors about it and my blood pressure was within
normal at the time. Seems a little high tonight - around 160/80 - but it's
also the end of the day and I've done too much.

Anybody else gone through this? I seem to remember that Jolinda went through
some severe fluid retention.

Thanks,

Leslie (in Maine)
So content other than this!

[c-watson]

Hi Leslie,
After the birth of my dd, who is 6 yrs old now, my legs and feet swoll up like
balloons. I had never seen or heard of such and called my doctor immediately. He
too, didn't seem to concerned. He said something about excess fluid and that it
would take care of itself. I can't remember how long it took, but it did go away
on it's own. He did tell me to elevate my feet and try not to do too much. Hope
yours goes away quickly too.

Charise
25 weeks 5 days

[Laurie]

Leslie........my understanding is that the fluids in your body redistribute
after birth. My sister had a terrible time with it. Her whole body was
swollen. They kept an eye on her but basically, it was rest, feet up and
keep drinking fluids.

Best wishes to you..........Laurie

[tim&clarice]

I had alot of fluid retention after i had Alexis. It was mainly in my
feet. I couldnt wear shoes. It would get worse after i would do too
much walking. So i just kept off my feet. The doctor said it was
normal to have fluid retention. Eventually it went away on its own.

Alexis 8-21-00
Jake 7-30-96

Tim and Clarice Baker

[joyfu...@gamewood.net]

You can always call your OB if you are unsure but when I was discahrged
after Kelsey's birth my OB said it is very common to retain fluid more
after birth than you did before. You might want to try to push your
water intake. Kelsey will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and finally my
swelling is just about completely gone. I know it is very
uncomfortable.

Hope you are feeling better soon,

Annemarie
Katie 12/21/96
Kelsey 08/23/00(clomid baby)

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"Leslie" <Lesl...@Mail.Com> wrote in message news:8phdf8

| I posted a few days ago that everything went so smoothly with Annie's

birth
| and we're back home now, very happy, but I do have one problem. My feet
and
| legs, hands, etc. are extremely swollen. There must be pounds of swelling.

Leslie,
I'm SO glad you posted on this!!! I am *extremely* swollen. My feet, legs,
thighs, even hips are huge! I honestly think I'm holding pounds and pounds
of fluid! My OB and all the RNs at the birthing center said it's normal.
I've never heard of it before! They said that the edema should go away
after about 2 weeks.
Again, thanks for posting. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem.
Hang in,
Vicki

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After the birth of my son, it took me about a week to see my ankles
again - I was shocked it took so long.

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[Conni]

I had the same problem my ankles and calves were totally swollen and
ached.
my doctor told me to elevate my feet and it seemed to do the trick it
eased up in about 2 days.
conni