Tips for SWELLING in pregnancy!

Swelling of your feet or ankles can simply be a sign of your body getting ready for labor, creating your own IV fluid supply! Or it can be caused by the weight of the baby and uterus restricting the flow of the blood through your legs, as it returns to your heart. Or swelling of your ankles, fingers, or face can be a sign of pre-eclampsia. Or it could be simply a sign of a blood volume that is less than optimum for your stage of pregnancy.

The healthy swelling can look the same as the unhealthy swelling. The easiest way to tell the difference between healthy swelling and unhealthy swelling is to ask yourself what you've been eating!

If you've been getting enough calories, protein, and salt then your swelling is probably the healthy kind!

If you haven't been getting enough calories, protein, or salt then you can probably reduce your swelling by eating something with protein in it every hour that you're awake, and by salting your food to taste!

Heat and things that cause you to sweat more can cause you to lose salt and so if that’s the case, increasing your salt and protein intake will also help!

Other tips for swelling-

*organic dandelion root capsules

(1-2 months pregnant: 1 capsule

3-4 months pregnant: 2 capsules

5-6 months pregnant: 3 capsules

7-8 months pregnant: 4 capsules

9 months pregnant: 5 capsules)

*light physical activity

*This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.*

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