Why are your feet still swollen after having a baby?

There are many reasons why a woman’s feet are still swollen after giving birth to a baby, there are physiological factors and pathological factors. 1. Physiological factors: mainly due to the increased load on various tissues and organs during pregnancy, resulting in physiological edema, most of which will subside after rest and elevation of both lower limbs. Sometimes edema may continue into the postpartum period, when the level of estrogen and progesterone decreases at a slower rate after delivery, and there is still water and sodium retention resulting in swollen feet, which can continue to be observed at this time. As long as the blood pressure, blood sugar and the function of each tissue and organ are monitored normally, it is generally normal and most of them will disappear after 1-2 weeks. 2. Pathological factors: there are cardiogenic edema, nephrogenic edema and hepatogenic edema, including venous thrombosis of the lower limbs, renal insufficiency, chronic nephritis and hypoproteinemia, anemia, perinatal cardiomyopathy, gestational hypertension, liver disease and other lesions may appear swollen feet. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time and deal with the symptoms according to the examination results. Postpartum women need to pay attention to appropriate activities, reasonable diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and maintain a low-salt diet can effectively relieve the symptoms of swollen feet, and can also use warm water to soak feet for appropriate massage to relieve swollen feet.