Postpartum symptoms

Hi Everyone ,

My baby girl was was born on May 8th , it was my first c-section which so happened to be unplanned.Fairly traumatic birth but feel extremely lucky that the doctors made the call for an emergency c-section. All to say that after having my daughter I am on blood pressure medication until my 6 week visit with my OB. I have been experiencing very strange symptoms and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this . Both my thighs and ankles have been red and warm , feeling and looking like a sunburn. I was at the ER twice this week because the oncall OB was concerned about a blood clot but luckily it got ruled out via ultrasound no clots in my legs. Has anyone experienced this? I am going to be checking in with my OB to see what they think it is. The ER said that it was a rash due to an allergy but the weird thing is its only on my legs and that it is happening in the evening. Anyone experiencing something similar?

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Has anyone had a growth scan before? I’m 26 weeks and I’ve got a growth scan when I’m 32 weeks I’m a bit worried as a few of my friends have had these (I know every pregnancy is different) and ended up being induced later on. I don’t want my baby to be induced too early if that’s the case.

But my question is wht happens at a growth scan? How does it work? I didn’t have growth scans with my first born so a bit on edge about having one with my second

Thanks