PP swelling

[raechay]

Anyone else still dealing with this? I don't have anything crazy at all (and my BP is super low, no worries there) but my rings still don't fit comfortably, which gives me the sads after not having been able to wear them since spring time last year. Maybe once I can start exercising again? But this time of year my rings have always nearly fallen off from the cold! #FWP

[danisgossipgirl]

I developed this the day after delivery. Just my rings are tight, no other swelling. I mentioned it to my mw and she wasn't concerned. I'm just over 3 weeks pp and I still get it in the morning. Low BP always.

[rn536]

My wedding ring is tight at 8 weeks. I think it's just cause I'm heavier

[malmomma]

I'm another who's rings don't fit still =( I had crazy swelling during pregnancy, but most of that is gone now except for in my fingers apparently. ?

[raechay]

well I guess I'm glad to hear it's not unusual.

So for those of you that still have swollen fingers: did any of you have pregnancy-induced carpal tunnel? Because mine is still hanging on, and it's just as bad (if not worse) than it was in third tri. I guess that's something to mention at my 6 week PP appt if it's still bugging me (I would hate to hear that it sticks around and requires CTR surgery though!).

[babyrn2009]

I was super swollen with my first baby and couldn't wear my rings comfortably for ~3 months after delivery. But they did eventually fit again!

[serunatu]

I was very swollen for the first few days, I can tell it's gone down but I still feel I look swollen. It's probably just the weight I have gained now that I'm 4.5 weeks PP

[kimmie7714]

I had horrible swelling in my legs and feet when I was discharged home. It hurt so bad, I can definitely emphasize with patients that I care for who have heart failure and get so swollen. It did go away after a few days and I read it is a common size effect of Pitocin. I had three IV bags of that given to me. My fingers are still a bit swollen. My rings fit but are very tight. I hope they will fit better in a few more weeks, I miss wearing them!

[rayray007]

Jan 18, 2015 19:41:52 GMT -5 rn536 said:

My wedding ring is tight at 8 weeks. I think it's just cause I'm heavier

Yeah my fingers are just fat, not swollen.

[gdaniels77]

I never had to take my rings off during pregnancy or even PP after pitocin, but that's because I have to have jewelry fit loose or I won't wear it (DH hates it, he would bling me out if I weren't so picky about it). But I just realized when I went to wiggle them around because of this thread that they are actually stuck on now, hmmm.

I can pretend that I'm still "swollen", but let's be serious here. I was 30 lbs down at 3 weeks PP with 30 more to go. My water weight is all gone. It's fat.

[feeshahd]

Jan 18, 2015 22:34:39 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I didn't swell at all during pregnancy, but my feet blew up for a few days after delivery. We came home on Christmas Day, and I didn't even realize they were swollen until I opened the slippers my husband got for me, and COULDN'T FIT MY FEET IN THEM. Slippers!!! They're back to normal now.

As for rings, I don't know if they fit, because they had to be cut off during labor. Super sad. I still need to call a jeweler to see about repairing them. They cut them off right as my epidural was failing, so that was an awesome time.

Omg this was me as well. No real swelling during pregnancy but I puffed up PP.
It's finally gone down (4 weeks pp) but my rings don't fit either.