Swelling after procedure
One thing I didn't expect and don't remember from my other two cesareans was all this swelling in my legs, ankles, and feet..I have kankles now 😂 I truly don't remember this happening before, but it has been 12 years since my last. This is brutal! I can feel the extra liquid in my feet when I walk. My clothes barely fit, and my shoes are so tight. I've heard that elevating my feet helps as well as compression socks, but I'm just wondering how long I have to deal with this. Has anyone else had major swelling after their C-section? If so what helped you besides what I mentioned.
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That first week pp, my legs were pretty swollen. Then one day maybe during the 2nd week, I woke up and BAM! pre-pregnancy legs. It was SO weird since I haven’t seen my legs not swollen for MONTHS. 🤣 I forgot how skinny my calves and ankles were.
I wore compression socks for most of the pregnancy — they help a lot btw. You have to put them on right when you wake up though. Socks don’t reduce swelling that’s already there but meant to prevent swelling.
Mine took about 2 and a half weeks to get back to normal. It's the excess fluid from the IV and everything. Just keep elevating, compression socks, stay hydrated and if you can get a foot bath or massager it's very nice
I had this and no one told me it would happen! Literally they were 3 times their usual size!! Thankfully sleeping with feet elevated and not having the compression socks on anymore they went down after 4 days. I found the compression socks actually made my swelling worse. It was week 2 pp that they went down for me
I had this all throughout my pregnancy and still now 19 days pp. I had to go up 3 shoes sizes 😂 I can't wear compression socks as I'm still in pain when doing certain things and my partner is far too rough at putting them on 😂
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One thing I didn't expect and don't remember from my other two cesareans was all this swelling in my legs, ankles, and feet..I have kankles now 😂 I truly don't remember this happening before, but it has been 12 years since my last. This is brutal! I can feel the extra liquid in my feet when I walk. My clothes barely fit, and my shoes are so tight. I've heard that elevating my feet helps as well as compression socks, but I'm just wondering how long I have to deal with this. Has anyone else had major swelling after their C-section? If so what helped you besides what I mentioned.
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