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I didn't swell that much...I did have to stop wearing my rings around 30 wks, and around 37/38 wks, my shoes were a bit tight, but I didn't look any different and I wasn't uncomfortable from it. LO was born mid october (in NYC).

My swelling got worse around 34 weeks but it was never horrible. I have two wedding bands around my engagement ring but by then I could only wear one wedding band. My swelling was my ankles mostly.

@lawbee11: I'm glad you asked this after my walk last night my rings were practically stuck. It freaked me out! Mind you it was pretty humid here yesterday, but I'm also 28 weeks and didn't think it would start this soon.

I'm 34 weeks and I noticed today my feet swelled up after being outside for 20 minutes (it was 90 degrees here today!). Prior to this week, I haven't noticed any swelling. My rings still fit (as of now).

Honestly, my swelling was way worse in the two weeks after delivery. I was supremely puffy.

@cascademom: eventually. I got an epidural out of exhaustion at 9 3/4 cm. So I'm sure the fluids I got didn't help at all in that regard

I'm 32 week tomorrow, and just started swelling at 30 weeks. It comes and goes. Exercise helps keep the foot swelling down. My hands don't FEEL particularly swollen, but my rings were getting tight, so I got a stand in ring and just wear that every day.

Flying (I've done it twice in the past few weeks) makes feet swell enormously.

I was wearing heels and my rings at 32 weeks. I took them off shortly after to be safe. Around 37, they exploded. I spent a LOT of time in DH's lazy boy with my feet up and they shrunk after a couple days. I was incredibly swollen afterwards-my ankles ached

I didn't really swell at all. Like APRK I was more swollen pp I assume from the fluids I was given during labor.

I had mild swelling in my hands for some time now, but starting 35 weeks I noticed my feet starting to have mild swelling as well.

I started at 24 weeks and it never stopped, just kept getting worse. I went up 2 shoe sizes and 14 months later, still dont fit in to my rings.

My Midwife said shes only ever seen 1 otherperson more swollen than me. It was miserable.

I'm carrying twins so my situation is a little different but I had to stop wearing my rings around the 20 week mark and not a single pair of shoes has fit for the last 8 weeks, including flip flops! I finally bought a new pair of sneakers that are an entire size up from what I usually wear and my toes are touching the end...so basically, my swelling has been really bad, my hands always kill when I wake up in the morning! Will definitely not miss that!

I didn't really swell. I was still able to get my rings on and off with ease at delivery (I got them cleaned often and the jeweler commented how most people can't take them off). I was pregnant during the winter/spring though.

My friend, who is skinny and had a nice all in the front bump, swelled like crazy with her first! Her baby was due in August and we live in PA. She works long 13+ hour days standing though and worked until she delivered. She literally had to ice her feet in the morning to get them in her shoes and said as soon as she walks down stairs in the morning they were balloons. Her swelling stayed mostly in the legs/feet area. She didn't have as much in her second pregnancy, which was winter/spring and she gained/carried the same.

I started swelling up a little bit at about 36 weeks, but it's still not that bad, even at almost 39 weeks. It's mostly just my feet at the end of the day, and I'm not wearing my ring just to be on the safe side. The swelling coincided with the warmer weather, so if it had been hotter, I'm not sure if I would have swelled sooner or not.

I started swelling at 24 weeks. It was terrible. I gained 40 pounds, but I swear 15 of it was in my ankles. I had one pitiful pair of flip flops that I could wear.

I wouldn't wear capri's, even though it was super hot because they looked so terrible.

I had BAD swelling. Like I was unrecognizable, even my nose was swollen. But I had Pre-e, so thats why. Before that, I had minor swelling in my feet and hands, which led to carpal tunnel. That was June/July in NYC. SO HOT...

@cascademom: That's exactly what happened to me, but I also hemorrhaged during delivery, so I got extra meds/fluids for that too.

But BEFORE I was induced (it was a surprise induction), I started swelling around 26 weeks, and it got progressively worse . . .I had pitted edema from the knee down (more like mid-thigh down, I digress . . . .), and my feet were so swollen that they felt like they were going to burst when I stepped down. I was miserable!

ETA: I had LO at the beginning of September last year, so I went through the hottest months of summer in the South.

I never swelled!