Excessive swelling after delivery

[Gili]

I just gave birth last Wednesday and haven't notice my swelling feet until the day I came back from the hospital.  It's so swollen that I can't see my ankles.  Is that normal?

[Me2mommy2b]

My sister also had swollen feet to the point where they looked scary. Her dr suggested soaking them in warm salty water (double check with your dr since I don't remember for sure).

[NataliesMommy]

I had that so bad it looked like I had Fred Flintstone feet.  They were so painful, I thought the skin was going to tear.  Elevate them high as much as you can and drink lots of water.  Mine went away after two weeks or so after giving birth.

[AnnieBrooke]

You'll pee out the excess water weight soon enough.  In the meantime, soaking, elevating and skin-creaming will ease things.

[cutiemama]

Totally and completely normal. I had it after both my deliveries and it lasted about a week with the 1st and about 4 days with the 2nd. Drink tons of water (which you'll need to be doing if you're nursing) and keep your legs elevated.

[myproblem]

It happend to me REALLY bad. I couldn't even put on loose sandals that I had worn to the end of my pregnancy. After about 4-5 days, my feet started to go back to normal.
My friend said it happened to her too.

[tam2girls]

Yeah I had post eclampsia with my first and my blood pressure shot up so far they put me on strict bed rest and isolated me form the rest of the ward. They also made me stay in hospital for observation for 5 days. It was hell. If you fell at all unwell or dizzy see a doctor.

[Wooly25]

I was just reading my American Baby mag. And they were talking about this, I think it was the sept issue.  Anyways they said that most people don't know and even the ER docs don't know, but that you can get Post precamsia (sorry bad speller) even if you didn't have it durning pregnancy.  Anyways they said it can some times be dangerous.  I would talk to your OB doctor about it.  Good luck.

[myproblem]

Thanks for that info. I did not know that either, and thought it was just normal. Now I know if I go through that with this baby, to call my Dr.

[ursi2007]

Hi
I had my baby girl August 2007 but my feet legs arms and hands still swell from time to time.  To be honest have never lost the swelling wholly after the birth.  Doctor had prescribed water retention tablets recently but no luck there either.  any suggestions please.

[Mrs_Dorch]

mine started when i had my first kid... but it wont go away it just seems to get worse my feet swell my fingers my knees and even my face and it hurts so bad... i dont know what to do because its not going away...

[christy122164]

No this is not normal, after delivering my daughter, I had swelling in my legs and feet, it turned out it was high blood pressure, good thing i went to the doctor, he put me on fluid pills (LASIX), I even lost 5 pounds in 3 days because of all the fluid I had.  Go see or call your doctor, your pressure could be up and that could be very dangerous.

[brieon]

i i have my baby last October 2 2008 so almost 7 weeks but i still have this problem my whole body still swelling and i don't know what to do my partner told me that i need to exercise drink a lot of water but i do everything that but still and then i talk to one nurse she told me that maybe i need to take rest but still so anybody have any ideal tell me whats this.............thanks

[mjwhithd]

PLEASE go see a doctor and also suggest Postpardum Cardiomyopathy!  INSIST that they do an electrocardiogram.  This condition is overlooked by doctors ALL the time and is extremely serious! I had heart failure after I had my daughter in 2007.  No one knew this until now (19 months later) but I have Postpardum Cardiomyopathy.  I became so swollen after about the 2nd day coming home from the hospital that I could not breathe and refused to sleep because I thought I was going to die.  I could not bend my legs to get in the car to do to the ER.  When I did get to the ER the doctor told me I was just having a panic attack and sent me home.  Two days later I was even worse so I got in to see my OBGYN and she gave me a diuretic.  I lost 35 lbs in ONE day from fluid!  19 months later after SEVERAL doctors and many that had no answer for me I have been diagnosed.  I am very lucky that I didn't die!  And had it not been for finally getting a diuretic I would have.  Get a diuretic!!!!!