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i'm not too sure, but i imagine if you look at your feet and hands and they've swelled, then you are probably retaining water. my theory is that your fingers and toes don't gain weight when you gain weight normally, so if you see your fingers looking swollen then maybe its an indication that you are retaining water? but just a guess. i'm curious too!

I remember that I couldn't sit back on my knees either and could press dimples into my shins and top of my feet and they'd stay for a few minutes - the swelling was extreme!
I gained about 50lbs and lost 30 within two and a half weeks following the birth.

A LOT of mine was water weight. I gained close to 60lbs and I was down about 40 of it before even leaving the hospital.

@lydg: Haha, well 10 1/2 lbs of it was my daughter all by herself. I would assume about 20 of it was her, my waters and my placenta. I was in the hospital for 5 days, so I had plenty of time to lose some of the water. I did have a medicated birth but my swelling was all there before labor. I started swelling at 24 weeks and never stopped. I didnt have pre-e or anything... I just got really swollen.

@Zippylef @LYDG: I literally gained 10 pounds overnight after I got my BFP, and I have been *swollen* since the first trimester . . . although it didn't start reaching EPIC proportions until about 25 weeks. My BP has been pretty good too, definitely still in the normal range (although it is a little high for me).