You can have swelling in your legs after delivery. I didn't see much swelling beforehand but I puffed up like a balloon after delivery and it was probably two weeks before my body was able to rid itself of all that excess water.
Night sweats. Oh man. I would actually have fevers in the night that would rise to around 100.0 F and then break. I would wake up drenched (I'm not exaggerating here. I literally had water running into my eyes), have to change all of my clothes (and the sheets, if I had the energy) and then it would happen again--all night long! Maybe 2-3 fevers each night. This is another one of those things that makes sense when you think about how out-of-whack your hormones are and the excess water too. But I had no idea this could happen.
I was afraid that with a C-Section my milk wouldn't come in. After all, I had to deliver early and there was no physical, hormonal cue to my body that comes with going into labor to tell it to start producing milk. But, lo and behold, it did. Everyone told me it would...but I guess it's one of those things that, for whatever reason, had me worried.
And on that note, pregnancy can cause you to worry about everything. Try to resist the temptation to worry about what you can't control. This is definitely something I want to remember for the future. Your body is built for this. And if you treat your body well and care for yourself, your body will do what it needs to do. Of course there are the exceptions to the rule but you can't worry about that. It's outside of your control.
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