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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember with the pitocin and epidural you need to get lots of Ivs so you are being pumped full of liquid. I must’ve gained 10 lbs in water weight. You will also need a catheter. [/quote]

Really? I had pitocin twice but don't remember having a catheter! [/quote]

NP. If you have an epidural, you will have a catheter. I too was pumped full of liquid. Bags and bags and bags. I had no swelling when I entered the hospital, but by the time I left, I was like one plump sausage. The massage person after birth joked about how her hands were leaving indents in my body. At home I remember just sweating buckets all night long and peeing like a racehorse. In the morning my eyes were so swollen I could barely open them. Fun times. True story- I weighed more when I came home after delivery, than I did at 42 weeks pregnant with a 9lb 12 oz baby. [/quote]

Also in response to the woman whose baby dropped birth weight- mine did too. My baby was very plump with water and dropped quickly. I had excellent supply though (2nd baby) but had to do weighted feeds for a week. I really thought it was the saline too. I was really upset at all the weigh ins because I was producing 4-6oz at the weighted feeds and the baby was SO calm and content. He was a great nurser too. [/quote]

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