i've just come back from the having my wedding ring cut off by a jeweller and thought i'd drop in to tell you all what i wish someone had told me: remove your rings BEFORE your fingers swell up and it's too late!

i wasn't in the habit of taking my rings off so didn't notice that my fingers were slowly swelling until this week, when my ob said my wedding ring would have to come off. people in the third trimester thread had all sorts of great ideas about ways to get rings off, but unfortunately none of them worked for me.

i was worried that it might be very unpleasant to have the ring cut, but in fact it was completely painless and took just a few seconds.

anyway, my advice to you is to check your rings regularly, or take them off early on, otherwise you may reach the stage where they're starting to cut off your circulation.