how much did u gain from swelling in pregnancy?

I am almost 37 weeks along with my first child (girl!). I have gained a third of my pregnancy weight in the last month due to giant man feet and ankles. Yuck! I haven't worn my wedding ring for months-the hands were swollen first, but then came the feet. I had to wear my new found velcro strap sandles to my anniversary dinner this week. I had on a lovely skyblue knit dress with a beautiful blue topaz necklace my husband bought as an anniversary gift, and it was all topped off with my velcro summer sandles.  I just had to giggle at myself, but really when no other shoe fits what are you supposed to do?

Does anyone else have some good stories so I know I'm not alone? Thanks.

• how much did u gain from swelling in pregnancy? - preggers
  • Oh, and double check which side you are supposed to sleep on (sm) - MTmom
  • Yes - that happened to me with my first too (sm) - MTmom
  • I swelled up so bad - my shiny tight skin
  • Have you given up salt? Seems excessive. - Take care.
  • Hard to recall, probabably 10-15 pounds -sm - Laura E.
    • probably----just love my spelling - nm - Laura E.
  • I'm currently 8 weeks preggers - Trigger Happy

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leg swelling just from sitting for long periods?  Didn't use to have this but have had it latgely.  Soon as I lay down and put my feet up it stops.  Any suggestions as to how to stop this?  It is really aggravating and scared it may cause blood clots.

Sure would like some suggestions.

Does anyone else have trouble with their legs swelling after they sit and transcribe or just sit with legs hanging down for extended periods.  I am having that problem.  After a couple hours my legs, especially around the calves, feel really tight and achy.  I get up and walk around or go lay down and elevate them and after a bit they are just fine.  I assume this is from from sitting.  I try and wiggle my legs but it doesn't see to be enough.  Do those ugly support/elastic socks help this?  If it does I will wear them, I don't care what they look like.  Been doing this for 31 years and jsut recently went back to work after a two year hiatus.  I am 53 and it is different, it seems, when you get older!  LOL

I need to lose about 50 pounds too and I wonder if that will help also.  I have tried everything.  Any ideas?  I am going nuts.

I had a 1-hour massage 2 days ago.  I have problems most with my neck and upper back being tight and sore, limited ROM...wonder why?? lol

This morning I had a fullness in the right supraclavicular area, kind of fluidy, and a sense of it being "full" but no pain.  Later on I noted numbness, tingling and very slight swelling in the right side of my face. 

As far as I know, I didn't get a bug bite or eat something I am allergic to.  This happened last year two or three times, but much more swelling and numbness (looked almost like Bell's palsy).  These other times I never felt the fluidy fullness in my neck like today...this time because it started in my neck, I was worried it was due to some lymphatics draining in my neck.  The fluidness feeling is gone but I have a more definite area of supraclavicular swelling and it is painful to palpate.

I am thinking of going to our ER/walk-in clinic to get it checked out...or should I just wait it out and see what happens? 

BTW, I am waiting for my Rheumatology referral, due to chronically elevated sed rate (76 last time), low positive CRP and slightly positive RF.  Joint and muscle pains abound...

Thanks in advance. 

Been doing this type of work a long time, and I am fairly overweight. I get swelling in my calf and ankle on the right, and it is usually worse at the end of a long day of working.  Also the front of my shin has been sore for a while, I think actually shin splints from pedaling all the time.  Anyone else have or had this?

Thanks

Has anyone else noticed that this job tends to make you gain lots of weight and become pretty antisocial?  I feel like I am just sitting here watching the pounds add up daily...  I do not want to get dressed and leave my house - If I do get dressed, I come straight back home to put on my comfy clothes and sit my butt in this chair all day long.  I moved to a new town 3 years ago and still have not met a soul because I am in my office by myself all day long with no source of networking to make friends.  It has become a pretty lonely life for me.

I am even to the point of going to the local outlets and applying for a minimum wage job just to have a reason to have to get up and put clothes on and get out of the house every day.  I don't know what else to do - am at wits end here!

Hello everyone.

I had a question for all you mothers out there. I'm just around the 8 month mark and i was just wondering if anybody had any good tips about sleeping!  I don't want to spend the $50 or whatever it is for one of those body pillows so i thought i'd see how everyone else who didn't want to spend the money was creative enough to get through the night.

Thanks!

I'm 32 weeks and sometimes when i'm sitting perfectly still on the couch or something the baby moves and i can hear a snapping sound, like when you bend down and your knee snaps. It's not quite as loud but it's still there. I was wondering if anyone else heard this?! I'm assuming it's my skin stretching or something because i can't imagine the baby has joints popping! lol it just seemed a little weird and just wondering if anyone else has heard of this.

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I was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with changing your OB in the last month of pregnancy? Or if anyone knows anyone who changed their OB late in pregnancy?

Without going into too many details, my OB was away on a personal emergency this week and her partner was not in the office due to the holiday. I was having some problems this week and I needed an OB on Friday. I called but my OB's office only had a recorded message. There was no answering service. So I stuck it out until Satruday and went to the emergency room at the hospital where I was supposed to be delivering this baby. The Triage Nurse at the hospital was so awful and mean to me that I burst into tears and stormed out of there. She didn't flat out refuse me medical attention, but she gave me such a hard time about being there that she made me feel very uncomfortable, and in so many words she forced me out. She was the nastiest most unprofessional person I have ever dealt with in the healthcare industry. DH agrees.

So now DH and I are totally turned off to that hospital and I don't feel comfortable at all delivering there. Fortunately for us, we have 2 other excellent hopsitals close to our house. The problem is, my OB only delivers out of the hospital where I had this incident. So I was thinking of changing back to my old OB for the end of the pregnancy. He delivered my nephew and my sister said she liked him and had no problems with him. But he has not dealt with me pregnant. I just went to him for 2 annual checkups several years ago, then decided to change over to my current OB because my sisters and friends raved about her.

And it's really been a textbook pregnancy -- no problems with me or the baby. He would just need my records sent to him, and he'd need to know that I will be a scheduled c-section. Really at this point all I need is for someone to go in there and get the baby out for me.

Any advice? Do you think he would refuse my case since I'm 35 weeks already? The whole incident is unfortunate, and I love my OB, but I am so turned off to the hospital that I'd be willing to go with another OB just to be able to deliver out of another hospital where we'll feel comfortable and taken care of.

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i've read that morning time is the best, but does it really matter?  i'm 37, had a tubal after my second pregnancy six years ago.  i'm a week and a half late.  i've never been this late before.  i figured i'd start with taking a home pregnancy test first.  i'm anxious to take it and don't want to wait until tomorrow, but heard morning time was the best time.

thanks

NEVADA CITY, Calif. -- A 12-year-old girl was forced to take a pregnancy test at school in Nevada City, a lawsuit filed in Nevada County Superior Court alleges.

The Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing the girl, said in a news release that Steve Davis, a counselor at Seven Hills Middle School, pulled the girl out of class.

KCRA 3 has decided not to name the girl out of protection for her privacy.

Davis heard rumors that she was pregnant and wanted to know if it was true, the release said.

Though she denied it and told Davis a classmate had spread rumors about her in the past, the counselor got a pregnancy test from the school nurse and told the 12-year-old to give a urine sample, the Pacific Justice Institute said.

The pregnancy test was negative.

According to the news release, the girl was embarrassed and humiliated, and her parents were angry when they found out.

They worked with the Pacific Justice Institute to get an apology from the Nevada City School District, but didn't receive one.

The lawsuit, filed Oct. 29, 2008, seeks damages for violation of the girl's right to privacy and emotional distress.

"There is no merit in the claim," Superintendent Roger Steel said. He directed further questions to the district's attorney.

Reached at home Monday night, Davis said he had no comment on the lawsuit.