Hello. I'm 35 years old, female, approximately 75 pounds overweight. Last January my GP noticed some mild pitting edema so I followed up with a cardiologist who performed an echo, and felt that my swelling was from veinous insufficiency. My GP ran blood tests and found kidney and liver functions to be fine. I became pregnant about a month after these tests and by week 20 had significant pitting edema with no other symptoms, but ultimately at week 30 ended up hospitalized with mild preeclampsia, ultimately delivering my child just short of 36 weeks gestation. Since my discharge for the pregnancy nine weeks ago, I battled high blood pressures briefly that resolved without medication, my kidneys are no longer spilling protein and I have had 2 sets of blood tests to check both liver and kidney functions, all normal. My blood sugar is also normal. At my check up last week my GP again mentioned the pitting edema, it is not in my ankles or feet at all, only on my lower leg in front of the bone. My GP prescribed Lasix 20mg 1x daily, and this had no effect. I have taken up walking 4 miles daily to lose weight. So my ultimate question is; all information I find on leg swelling always mentioned heart failure - I have no shortness of breath or anything else besides the swelling. I can walk the 4 miles and don't have any fatigue beyond the normal "mommy" tiredness at day's end, and that is minimal. Elevating my legs doesn't seem to make a difference with the swelling, and it is just the same in the morning as in the evening. If I drive for long it does get worse and ocassionaly show up in my feet, but quickly resolves there. I'm curious if this can just be weight-related? I was on bedrest for 5 weeks prior to delivery. I would call the piting edema mild, and is not noticeable unless I apply pressure. I'd like to know if this were heart failure wouldn't I have other symptoms, and ankle and feet swelling? And what else could this be? Thank you.