Hi all,
I know edema is quite common in preganncy, especially in the third trimester. I am currently 34wks, and have a standard admin office job which involves sitting at a desk all day. I do have a foot rest under my desk. I also wear flats around the office, a size bigger than usual but this all doesn't help I know, flats are not the most suitable!
During the week at work, the last few weeks I have noticed my feet are swollen by 11.30/12pm and don't really change much throughout the day and evening.
When get home I see its mainly around my ankles and where socks have been that are swollen, but the top of my foot seems fine, I sprawl out on sofa and put feet up, but then the feet start puffing out and ankles go down! Cant win! Overnight I try to sleep on my left as advised online!!!, and in all honesty, they tend to go down a lot, and by morning sometimes are slightly swollen or back to normal. Whats worse is I had podgy toes beforehand so my fat feet aren't so obvious at times. At weekends I have slightly swollen by end of day but nowhere near as much, even though do a lot more on my feet and walking around!
Anyway, last night I noticed they were swollen as normal, and by this morning when I woke up they hadn't properly gone down, and just looked now, they are already ballooning and its only 8.45am. I don't feel ill in myself. I don't have any other symptoms.
Should I be concerned? Or is psyching myself up making the situation worse?
I only have this week and half of next week left at work, so am guessing that the shoes, the office temps, gravity from sitting at a desk all day are all the culprits for it, and should ease once I'm out of here and will obviously go once baby is here... but this is the only symptom I'm really suffering with so it's worrying me!
I know I shouldn't be concerned but thought it best to check.
Thanks,
Lou