That makes sense. It was a little weird bc I didn't have much swelling when I was pregnant. My right hand was tingling before it started to swell too.

Much of the swelling is caused by the bags of IV fluids that you receive during labor. I didn't get an IV, I didn't have any swelling.

This happened to me after my last birth and I had headaches as well. Checked my blood pressure and it was high so I rushed to the er and they put me on meds to bring my blood pressure down. It was preeclampsia.