Swelling from c section

I was the same, I think it’s all of the medication they give you in the hospital that make you swell up like that… but all you can do is drink lots of water , electrolytes just keep your self as hydrated as possible and your body will make it go down on its own

Same after vaginal on right leg. Hydration and you'll pee it out. Elevate your leg to help. If you can walk around your home a little bit as well

Hi! I didn’t have a c section but I did have a lot of swelling in my legs and feet during the first couple days pp. my OB said to just drink a lot of water b/c using the bathroom helps get rid of the added fluids from delivery (which caused the swelling)

i was the same way and walking around helped my swelling and elevating your legs when you're resting helped me

Elevate your feet on a pillow. Wear compression socks and stay off your feet as much as possible. My swelling went down after 2 weeks, now I’m in week 3 and no swelling at all.

Elevate and stay off of them. Wishing you a speedy and healthy recovery! 🫶🏾

This happened to me too. I got off the pain meds they gave me and it went away after 3 days.

this happened to me as well. walking made it worse initially, but then helped as the circulation started flowing better. lots of water and elevate your feet / legs if necessary (i really didn’t do this) mine went away after i was home and started moving around a bunch more

When laying down elevate your feet so that they are above your heart and do ankle pumps and circles to help circulate the fluid. Make sure youre taking very small walks in your house every hour in the day to prevent a blood clot from forming.

Mines were HORRIBLY swollen after my c section for like 5-6 days. I did epsom salt soaks, constantly moved feet including some walking, elevated legs and my partner would massage them. They literally shrunk one day to the next though.

Happened to me too! It was terrible and had a hard time excepting it was normal 😂 took about 1 week after the procedure for it to go away. I didn’t do anything special. The docs told me just to drink water and elevate my feet.

funny thing is that it’s only my left one now my right one has improved

I was the same momma i just kept my legs propped up on something n tried to stay off my feet so much it helped me