Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Flip

Original poster

Swollen pregnant fingers - how quickly will they go back to normal?

11 replies

HappySurfWidow · 26/12/2012 16:27

Happy Christmas!!

So, I got a beautiful ring from my DH for Christmas but it only fits one of my 40wk pregnant fingers!!! I've not put on so much weight this time, so I'm pretty sure all this swelling is due to water-retention rather than fat-accumulation (or at least that's what I sincerely hope!)

How soon after childbirth will my fingers (and ankles, etc) will my fingers' go back down to normal?? I need to decide whether to keep the ring in this size or change it for another size...

I don't remember having this problem for DC1, so any advice from others will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

cupcake78 · 26/12/2012 16:47

I'm interested in this also. 14wks and fingers swelling. I also got a ring from dh (it's beautiful) but its already abit snug.

rogersmellyonthetelly · 26/12/2012 17:48

About a week usually

queenofthepirates · 26/12/2012 18:06

Mine was about 3 minutes after giving birth. I think baby is sitting on a nerve (?) or a tube that is making fluid less likely to move around properly. No baby in your tummy = no retention.

best of luck!

StrawberryMojito · 26/12/2012 18:08

My hands and feet went mostly back to normal within 1 day and completely within a week or so. Thank god!

Original poster

HappySurfWidow · 27/12/2012 13:00

Ah that's fabulous news!!! I was hoping it would be pretty soon after birth as I hate not being able to wear my rings (including my wedding ring!!)...

Thanks ladies!! Have a great last few days of 2012 and cracking start to 2013!

Right now, baby, WHERE are you??

OP posts:

Damash12 · 27/12/2012 15:40

As s

Damash12 · 27/12/2012 15:41

Stupid phone- for mr it was as soon as I had ds1. X

Jayne266 · 27/12/2012 20:08

Mine was about 1 week after giving birth x

GaryBuseysTeeth · 27/12/2012 22:01

About a day, I didn't wear my rings for the last couple of months when I was pg with DS.
However my feet never returned to normal, pre-DS I was a normal fit size 4, now I'm a wide fit size 3.

AC786 · 29/12/2012 23:37

I am six weeks post delivery and my rings still do not fit? Will they fit me again?

SkiBumMum · 29/12/2012 23:54

Mine took a while. A good few weeks. I wanted my wedding ring on for a wedding first time I'd got out of pjs at 6w pp. I got it on the night before and then thought I'd have to call the fire engine to get it off! Good old Lansinoh cream sorted me out though. I would say that I carried a lot of fluid so might not be average.

Flip