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12-08-2012 at 12:45 PM
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Swollen feet post-op

I am 6days post-op from my c-section and my feet have ballooned up at least double the size. Is swollen feet part of the recovery process? My doctor didn't say anything to me about it so I wasn't sure. 
 
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12-08-2012 at 1:09 PM
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Yep, it's normal.  The swelling should subside at about 2 weeks.
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12-08-2012 at 1:20 PM
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tawillers:

Yep, it's normal.  The swelling should subside at about 2 weeks.

Yep.  Took me about 2 weeks to go back to normal.  I didn't have any swelling during pregnancy but it was bad once I was in and home from the hospital.

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12-08-2012 at 1:40 PM
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My hands and feet got like that the 3rd day after surgery.  Your doctor can prescribe you a "water pill" which help tremendously with reducing the swelling..it makes you pee a lot though!
 
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12-08-2012 at 1:58 PM
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tawillers:

Yep, it's normal.  The swelling should subside at about 2 weeks.

This.  It's a good excuse to put your feet up and have other people wait on you. Wink
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12-08-2012 at 6:53 PM
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Thanks all for the info!  i feel much better knowing it happens!
 
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12-08-2012 at 11:53 PM
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Totally normal.
 
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12-09-2012 at 11:25 AM
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My ankles were out of control!! I didn't swell during pregnancy at all, only after. I was on IV fluid for a couple of days though
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12-09-2012 at 10:03 PM
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tawillers:

Yep, it's normal.  The swelling should subside at about 2 weeks.

This! I couldn't even get my flip flops on when I left the hospital, it was bad!
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12-09-2012 at 10:11 PM
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Normal.  It took me about 2 weeks for the swelling to go down.  I left the hospital in my slippers because I couldn't get my shoes on.

I had at least 6 bags of fluids between my labor/section/post-op. My midwife came to see me about 2 days after my section, when she saw my cankles - she said, "Free with every delivery, one pair of cankles."  

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12-10-2012 at 11:46 AM
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Yup. It's from the fluid pumped in you during the surgery
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12-10-2012 at 11:56 AM
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Unfortunately yes.

Mine didn't go back to normal until at least a week post op.
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12-10-2012 at 1:47 PM
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Yes, it's normal. For me, this was the worst part of my recovery and the one thing that makes me dread a RCS. It took 2 weeks to start coming off. Before that, I could not bend my knees enough to dress myself.
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12-14-2012 at 3:30 PM
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Totally happened to me its because of the c-section. My doctors told me to walk, walk, and more walking and that helps. I swear my ankles felt like they were going to burst they were so swollen.
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