When did your swelling vanish??

[Shanti]

I think I'll get Dh to get me some of those stockings to take into hospital, thanks girls.
He's a nurse so should be able to get me some from the hossy before I go in. Happy to wear them while during hossy stay anyway & at home after.

[butterfly_warrior]

Eek! I don't recommend the hospital ones! Horrid white things with open toes - at least that's what my hospital gave me last year when I was admitted with OHSS. I got some from the chemist - didn't look much different to regular stockings and were heaps more comfortable.

The icky white ones were "accidentally left behind" when I was discharged...

BW

[Shanti]

Eek! I don't recommend the hospital ones! Horrid white things with open toes - at least that's what my hospital gave me last year when I was admitted with OHSS. I got some from the chemist - didn't look much different to regular stockings and were heaps more comfortable.

The icky white ones were "accidentally left behind" when I was discharged...

BW

ok thanks for warning me!! I thought they were all the same! I'll check out the chemist ones then..... hehe I dont' wanna look like a burns victim

[Liz]

LOL at the hospital stockings. I didn't mind them, they were free! and I was wearing trackies all the time anyway No way was I getting around in a nighty or anything when I had to wear maternity pads LOL. Trackies all the way for me, so it didn't matter what was on underneath.

I swelled up at night for a few days after the birth, but I did sooooo much walking between the ward and the NICU that I think I shifted a lot of the swelling and even baby weight! And the nurses weren't concerned about DVT either coz of all my walking LOL.

Hope it disappears quickly for you One thing that DID disappear immediately after the birth was my carpal tunnel. It was miraculous! (that was with my first).

[The[cookie]Doctor]

My swelling went down within a week or so. I was a balloon, I was huge but mostly fluid, I couldnt believe how much weight I lost in my face once I lost the fluid, it was extraordinary

[satya]

My swollen ankles & feet didn't go down for several weeks after I gave birth - possibly around 4 weeks. Not exactly sure but it was much longer than I thought it would be. It was only bad for around a week but took the rest of the time to get back to normal gradually. Everyone I knew IRL told me it would be gone within a day of giving birth. Not so.

[Brianna]

With my first it didn't go away till about 2-3 weeks after I had her

[fionas]

My swelling went as soon as I got home from the hospital. I lost 9kg in one night - I kid you not - I kept getting on the scales and saying to DP, "ANOTHER kilo gone." It was like magic.

One thing the hospital told me was to keep my feet elevated but I didn't actually get chance to do that in the hospital but I did when I got home.