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What Are The Spider Veins On My Thigh During Pregnancy?
im 33 1/2 weeks pregnant, and on my feet alot as a server. i have noticed about two weeks ago, in my thighs my spider veins are now blue ...looking like a bruise, its like looking at a lady s leg who is 60 or something. i m 31, is this normal and could it possibly fade back to how they were before pregnancy. i weigh 120 usually, and now 33 1/2 weeks pregnant weighing in at 137?
Mon, 8 Jun 2015
Hi,
I have read your query & understand your concern.
The veins in leg get tortuous & in later weeks of pregnancy due to hampered venous drainage from lower extremity ( gravitational cause & weight gain ) during pregnancy ( varicose veins ) . This is a temporary phase. It mostly disappears after delivery.
* Please avoid itching , ( Varicoseties have tendency to cause itching-- ulceration thereafter )
* There is average weight gain of 11 Kgs in pregnancy. You seem to have put on a bit more.
- You can get glucose tollerance test to exclude conceptional diabetes .
If it's raised, you may need dietary control/ exercises( walking)as per your obstetrician's advise.
Thanks.
I have read your query & understand your concern.
The veins in leg get tortuous & in later weeks of pregnancy due to hampered venous drainage from lower extremity ( gravitational cause & weight gain ) during pregnancy ( varicose veins ) . This is a temporary phase. It mostly disappears after delivery.
* Please avoid itching , ( Varicoseties have tendency to cause itching-- ulceration thereafter )
* There is average weight gain of 11 Kgs in pregnancy. You seem to have put on a bit more.
- You can get glucose tollerance test to exclude conceptional diabetes .
If it's raised, you may need dietary control/ exercises( walking)as per your obstetrician's advise.
Thanks.
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