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Motion sickness! It can leave anytime. Hopefully when I wean it will leave.

I had extreme edema and still almost 5 months pp my right ankle will swell if I walk a lot

Eczema problems. At first we thought (OB and I) that I had an allergic reaction to antibiotics. But after using creams for that and it coming back we then decided it was eczema due to hormones. Now that I'm prego it's gone. So it is for sure related to hormones. I just wonder if it is going to come back again a few weeks post like it did before

My bowel and my bladder prolapsed..... so I have some leakage every day and I feel like a tampon has slipped every time I need to poop. Nice.

@Cherrybee: Yess! I do my kegels but feel like I have no control over my bladder! I literally need to RUN to the bathroom as soon as I need to go!

I have a bit of pubic pain when I balance on one leg or one knee, but in general I feel like my body is basically back to normal 1 year pp. I credit pilates all through my pregnancy and starting right up again at 6 weeks pp. Now to shift the last of the weight

I had a bad runner's knee pre-pregnancy that would only rear it's ugly head after a long run. after pregnancy, my bad knee was a total nuisance 24/7 until 7-8 months. i would feel it whenever i bent down or squatted. i did pick up running at 6 weeks post partum so that probably didn't help at all. knee went back to normal with just the occasional post-running pains.

i also had epidural injection site pain until 8 months. i couldn't hyperextend my back at all. everything returned to normal after 8 months though.

Nothing serious. I had part of my leg get reduced sensitivity (like slight numbness of the skin only) that my doc said was nerve related and would *probably* come back post pregnancy. It hasn't but it doesn't matter. Also I'm completely numb around my c section incision. Which also doesn't generally matter but it is weird sometimes because I'll like, lean over to clean the counter and my shirt will get wet and I don't even realize because I can't feel it!

Most things are back to normal, however, the one major issue is my rectocele. It really freaked me out when I felt it protruding one day when I wiped. Oh, and hemorrhoids. I guess having an 11 lb baby will do that to you.

@delight: I remember! Did you ever see a chiropractor? I think that and the massage therapist have helped a lot. Plane rides are my nemesis though

Scar tissue from my episotomy . thankfully the pp incotinence seems to have gotten better.

8 weeks postpartum here. I think I waddle now instead of walk. Maybe because my thighs are fatter, but generally because my lower body is completely restructured. I have 5 lbs left to lose but don't feel like I walk like I used to.

Stress incontinence for sure. I hate it. Also lower back pain forever--but I think that has to do with both loss of core strength from pregnancy AND lugging around huge kids (LO2 is 16.5 lbs at 3 months). Also, I have lost all feeling in some areas where my stretch marks did the most damage. It is so weird!

For the longest time, I couldn't tell when my bladder was full... Thankfully it seems to be resolving. I am still a bit achy around my episiotomy scar though, 7 months on

@blackbird: I've heard really good things about it!!

No major issues. My uterus is forever different. Lots of random aches and pains even when I'm not ovulating or having my period.

My back and pelvis are very out of line still and messed up. It causes me a lot of pain. I don't think this is permanent. I need to quit whining about it and finally go see a chiropractor.

When I got pregnant again, I discovered I have... um... problems when I cough. And I caught something where I was coughing non-stop for two weeks. I went through a lot of clothes changes

@blackbird: I have not heard of this! If this problem sticks around after this baby is born, I'll have to check it out!

Motion sickness, peeing when I cough/sneeze/laugh, and I feel like pregnancy did a number on my immune system. I've sick more in the last 18 months than I was in the last 10 years! I get sick even when LO doesn't or I get sick and give it to her.

@delight: @jape14: I was very skeptical of chiropractic care, but it was, according to my primary physician, either that or medicate.

At least once a month I see their massage therapist - it isn't a nice massage either, it HURTS, but I credit the combination for helping me heal faster. Insurance covered 12 visits a year, so I used insurance to pay for the massage and the initial appointment, and paid out of pocket for the visits.

I used to not be able to sit on my couch without it hurting, and now I can sit on the ground for short periods and be fine! Long periods of time I still hurt, but it's so much better.