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nov04libride
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A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
So I delivered on Weds, and am having a bad problem with bladder control.  So much so that while DH and I were laughing hysterically over DS's loud farts, I peed all over myself and our carpet! When does it end!?!?
And when does the swelling go down? My feet are so much worse than they ever were PG! Oh, and my thigh is still numb from the epidural (though I was on it for 12 hours+)...Normal? 
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MrsPowers
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
My feet were pretty swollen too. It lasted about 4 or 5 days after I got home from the hospital. It's all the fluids leaving your body. The bladder control was bad for me too in the beginning. I would say about a week is all it lasted.
Hope you are doing well otherwise!
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| Posted 6/28/09 9:08 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Bladder control was a HUGE issue for me right after I gave birth. I literally peed myself just standing in the bathroom one day. Just standing there. It was terrible.
It's gotten better since then....but not what it once was. I know that when the urge to pee hits...I have to go THEN!
As far as swelling....mine lasted for a few months, but I think that's unusual. It should go away soon.
Isn't motherhood glamorous?!?!
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| Posted 6/28/09 9:09 PM |
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nov04libride
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Posted by MrsPowers
My feet were pretty swollen too. It lasted about 4 or 5 days after I got home from the hospital. It's all the fluids leaving your body. The bladder control was bad for me too in the beginning. I would say about a week is all it lasted.
Hope you are doing well otherwise!
thanks--when i got no responses i thought it was just me!  getting used to typing with one hand and a baby in the other!
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nov04libride
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Posted by Palebride
Bladder control was a HUGE issue for me right after I gave birth. I literally peed myself just standing in the bathroom one day. Just standing there. It was terrible.
It's gotten better since then....but not what it once was. I know that when the urge to pee hits...I have to go THEN!
As far as swelling....mine lasted for a few months, but I think that's unusual. It should go away soon.
Isn't motherhood glamorous?!?!
i;ve done the same thing-peed myself while sitting down on the toilet! 
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MrsPowers
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
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Posted by MrsPowers
My feet were pretty swollen too. It lasted about 4 or 5 days after I got home from the hospital. It's all the fluids leaving your body. The bladder control was bad for me too in the beginning. I would say about a week is all it lasted.
Hope you are doing well otherwise!
thanks--when i got no responses i thought it was just me! getting used to typing with one hand and a baby in the other!
Same here! I wasn't on earlier otherwise I would have responded before. I am sure it is pretty common.
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eddiesmommy
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Luckily I had no bladder control issues but the swelling was so bad my BIL almost died when he saw my feet. I was so swollen I called my OB bc I thought this could NOT be normal. It turns out it was totally normal and it went away in under a week.
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| Posted 6/28/09 9:16 PM |
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
i didn't have the bladder issues - but WOW was i swollen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i was on iv meds though for a LONG time after delivery).
I looked like the stay puffed marshmallow man for about 10 days and then it got a little better...
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nov04libride
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Posted by davenjess
i didn't have the bladder issues - but WOW was i swollen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i was on iv meds though for a LONG time after delivery).
I looked like the stay puffed marshmallow man for about 10 days and then it got a little better...
yeah, i was on the iv for 45 hours, so that's probably it. they are HUGE!!!!!!!!
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MrsS2005
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
Congratulations Beth! I had a c-section so I didn't have any bladder issues. I was extremely swollen during pregnancy and it got worse after delivery. It really started to go down about a week after I delivered.
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Dani922
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
I never had bladder issues so I can't help with that, but I was horribly swollen for about 10 days. A week after birth I had lost like 10 pounds & DS was over 8 pounds at birth. I had that much water weight! 
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| Posted 6/29/09 12:06 AM |
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avamamma
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
I had 2 c-sections, so I didn't have the bladder problem, but I know it's common.
As far as the feet, mine where Fred Flintstone feet. I seriously had no ankles at all. It was so freaky, that I don't think my skin could have stretched any further. It went away in about a week. Drink a lot of water.
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| Posted 6/29/09 1:04 AM |
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steph7308
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Re: A few more questions from a brand new mom...Bladder control and swelling...
the same thing happened to me, a few days after i got home i peed all over myself and our NEW area rug. FH was furious with me cuz he had to take the rug outside and hose it down  also i had hardly any swelling my whole pregnancy but for at least a week after i was huge!
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