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I remember looking down in the shower and thinking “oh my God, whose feet are those?!?!” They looked like I had Kleenex boxes on my feet.

@erinbaderin: yes! Almost out of body like experience. Lol

Wow, your legs look phenomenal after having had a c-section! I had pre-eclampsia with both of mine and I looked as though I had elephantiasis of the the trunk (* lower limbs) for 2 weeks following the birth of my DD and 5 days after DS! DH nicknamed me his "lovely sausage" (& I could have kicked him if I could have lifted my swollen legs that high! 🤣). Mind you, 5 days after DD, I lost 40 lbs of fluid out of the 70 I gained during my pregnancy AND I was STILL swollen like the Goodyear Blimp! (I'm 5 ft 2 and normally fluctuate from 105-115... 70 lbs was crazy.) I still had balloon legs! Anyway, yours look amazing post surgery. Keep them elevated, drink lots of fluids to flush out the toxins, and try massage for circulation and warm salt baths for your lower legs (don't sit in it with your CS scar still healing).

Yup! It appeared suddenly at day 3 after birth. I went home at the same weight as I went in, after having an almost 9 lb baby. It took about 10 days to go away and I found nothing helped but time.

I had this with both of my vaginal
Deliveries. It was awful
Tips: compression stockings.
Elevate your feet (and they have to be higher than your heart for this to work. So prop those puppies up)
Ankle pumps
As much walking as you can tolerate
Red flags are warmth or redness in the calf and/or extreme tenderness or pain in the calf.

@mediagirl: I had it really bad and out took a few weeks to come down. Keeping your feet up and plenty of fluids help

Yes! I was in the hospital for 5 days total, and 4 of those stuck in bed hooked up to an IV. All the fluid from the IV settled in my lower half. I looked like the Michelin man leaving the hospital. Eventually, the swelling in my hips went down but not in my calves, ankles, or feet. I couldn't even wear my husband's shoes. My OB wasn't too concerned about the swelling at my follow-up visit. For me, it was so bad and never did go away on its own. About 2 weeks post surgery I started to develop a bad itchy rash around the swelling. I went back to the OB and got a prescription for a diuretic, and that finally cleared it up after a couple of days. I had bad swollen feet throughout my pregnancy and developed pre-eclampsia in the last week. I was so looking forward to seeing my normal feet again after delivery, so it was really upsetting to be even MORE swollen after the c-section than I was during pregnancy.