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Swelling And Water Retention After Pregnancy? Posted: 12-13-07 09:32am
How long did you ladies stay swollen after
your pregnancy? Or if you even got swollen
at all? I'm only swollen in the legs, and
ankles, but it's still kinda bad. Doesn't
hurt, but looks really gross. And i'm
still retaining water. Is this normal? I
know things won't just go back to normal
right away, but i don't want to be this
swollen forever. It goes down after i have
my feet up like before, but comes back
after i've been up and about during the
day.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 12-13-07 10:12am
Oh man. I didn't have ANY swelling while I
was preg. But once I spit Oni out, I swear
I swoll up like NOBODIES business!!!
my legs/ankles/feet were HUUUUGE!!!!! It
didn't hurt, but it was FREAKY!!
Drink LOTS of water. It's one of the BEST
ways to reduce it!!! And keep your feet
up. But that's easier SAID that done with
a newborn and an older sibling!!!
Sarah
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musikmaker
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Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 1754 Location: Chicago, US
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Posted: 12-13-07 10:22am
It took me close to a month. I thought I
was never going to lose all that water!
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rosejackson
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Posted: 12-13-07 11:50am
i was lucky enough to get rid of my
swelling once william popped out! the same
goes for the baby weight
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onmyway_0x
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Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 759 Location: Canada
Posted: 12-13-07 11:56am
my feet and nakles were MASSIVE after I
had Bella. It was insane and soo
uncomfortable. It took about three weeks
until they even started going down a
little bit.
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Bridget
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Posted: 12-13-07 12:14pm
i don't remember how long it lasted, but i
do remember my fred flintstone ankles and
feet!
drink tons and tons of water. it'll flush
everything out.
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 12-13-07 19:20pm
I was puffy for a couple of weeks. It was
gross
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strawberi
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Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Manila, Philippines
Posted: 12-13-07 19:38pm
plus ease up on the salt intake
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 12-13-07 20:15pm
I looked like a tick when I had my kids.
And then one night in the middle of the
night I sweated it all out. My bed was
wet and gross, then it was better. So
yeah, feet up, water, no salt. It's a
great reason to take it easy!
