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I had horrible swelling. My entire foot, ankles and calves would swell. I could put Indentations in my feet and calves!

Yeah, i had no calves, ankles, feet or toes by the end. It was just one stubby blob where they used to be. Its horribly uncomfortable. Im sorry.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: I seriously wish I'd taken a picture of mine because they looked JUST like that!! I was totally in denial too, I kept telling people "I can't believe how little swelling I've got, I still look like my old self!" LIES! Lies, I tell you!

@babyjmama: I wasn't in denial. I cried! I couldn't wear ANY of my shoes. I went up three shoe sizes and by the end of my pregnancy (in October) even my flip flops didn't fit.

I was amazed (and mortified) like @artbee mentioned that the swelling doesn't magically go down. My feet and legs swelled even more post-partum. It took a good three weeks before my legs went down. I had tree stumps for legs! GROSS.

I was having just a bit of swelling for a few weeks, but in the last two weeks, my feet are crazy swollen no matter what I do. Like you, though, my blood pressure is within relatively normal levels. I can definitely make dents in my feet that will last for a while and my flip flops, shoes, etc. make indentions. I'm hoping I can still squish my feet into my work shoes for one more week!

If I stand, sit, or lay down for a long period of time, they swell way more. The only thing that seems to help is alternating standing with sitting or laying down. Something about changing positions frequently seems to help.

I didn't but a friend did. She couldn't wear anything but flip flops and had to literally ice her feet to get them in her work shoes. She said she would wake up in the morning and as soon as she walked down stairs her feet were so swollen. Dr told her the same thing...as long as bp was okay nothing to worry about. Bright side this pregnancy her feet are doing MUCH better!

I had crazy swelling all over that I could press dents into. I was drawing smiley faces and sending pics to friends.
My blood pressure was insane though. Swelling was my only sign of pre-e, I felt totally fine otherwise, not dizzy, no pain, etc.

I couldn't even wear old navy flip flops. I feel your pain! I was preggo in 100+ degree texas weather. My ob had me laying on my left side with my feet propped up as much as possible.

On a side note, my shoes still don't fit but its amazing how much water weight I carried in my legs!

I had this too!! I feel your pain and hope it doesn't get worse... I remember seeing my feet like a week after DS was born and thinking they looked so nice and skinny

I am having some too. My legs looked almost normal this morning, and now after basically being on my feet all day, they are swelling all over again. I basically wear the same black flats to work every day right, cause they are the most comfy. Today I wore flip flops since the weather was so nice here. I hate having to wear socks and shoes.

My doctor told me that if you are drinking too much water that it can cause swelling. Are you drinking too much???