That's exactly how I felt. Thankfully I could wear flip flops cause there is noway I was gonna get real shoes on. I was told to watch my sodium and keep drinking a lot of water to help get rid of the swelling faster.
The nurse only told me that its gonna get worse before it gets better and now it's so bad that I feel like walking is going to make my feet explode open
I didn't have GD or much swelling before pregnancy but I swelled really bad the day after I had my baby and I was told it was from hormones, the fluids they gave me, and the pain killers, and it could last for up to a couple weeks after.