Swelling?

That's an easy one. Worrying will increase your BP - so don't do it! If there's something wrong, your mw will tell you tomorrow. Until then, worrying won't do you any good.

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DRINK!

Ok, drinking and RR seem to be my answers to everything........

Lots of women get very swollen in their extremeties in the last few weeks of pregnancy with no BP problems. As long as it isn't SEVERE sudden swelling, is only in your hands and feet, you can't see an indent that stays when you push in on the swollen part and isn't accompanied by any other warning signs I think its fine to wait to see your MW tommorrow. My BP is normal (after my little panic attack in the MWs office last week that made it high) and I'm fairly puffy in my hands and feet. I find drinking very large quantities of water does help, as does resting with my feet up, avoiding processed foods and taking epsom baths. I gained 4lbs this week (which does only put my pregnancy total at 8lbs though ) which my MW said is all baby and fluid and completely normal. Some of us are just more prone to that annoying swelling! My MIL (a former RN) swears that alot of women swell in the couple weeks right before they have their babies so hopefully that means that we will both be having our little ones soon!

Thanks, everyone. I'll try to follow the advice here and to not to worry about it.

I think I was just still freaked out because I had such a bad night. But I've been taking it really easy today (long epsom soak, eating healthy, light foods, etc.) and have my feet propped up so I think it'll be okay.

Thanks for the reassurances.

I knew about the salt thing (I feel bad for mamas who limit it only to find it worsens their swelling), but Becca made a comment on pushing in and it leaving an indention and I just tried it, and it does on my ankles

When you push in it stays in for a couple seconds.

That can't be good. But no fuzzy vision nor blinding headaches (bit headachy off and on but not terrible ones).

Though I do feel flushed a lot. But I assumed that was because i'm GINORMOUSLY FAT AND PREGNANT :

*laughs*

Anyway, I'll see at the m/w tomorrow -- I've had trace amounts of protein in my urine the last two visits but the nurse was quite unconcerned about it and made some comment about iron even at one point so I assumed it was part of the whole being anemic/taking loads of iron supplements thing and kind of blew it off.

I'll see what she says though about the indention thingy.

Oh another thing is magnesium supplements . They are also good for swelling and high blood pressure. I've had trace protein in my urine the last visit, not the previous one, but the one before that.