water retention...post-op

Does everyone retain huge amounts of water when given IV's???... I'm trying to remember back to my c-section and I don't think I retained more than 10# or so???   Maybe the euphoria of bringing home a sweet little baby made me forget???   

I'm sure I'll have some more last minute thoughts this week...  thanks for listening!

Meg

I didn't. I came home weighing about what I did when I was weighed the day of surgery. Of course, I stayed in the hospital for 3 days and didn't weigh til i got home, so I suppose I could have peed some of my IV fluids out while I was in the hospital. Good luck on Thursday, Meg! 

Abby

Thanks, Abby -- hoping I have high output while I'm in!!!!

Meg

You're welcome, and remember that if you gain from the IVs, it's jus****er weight and will come off in no time as your body uses up the water and excretes it in your urine. :) 

Abby

I did but I was retaining anyway and had to have Lasix 2x while in the hospital.  But I think I was only about 6-8lbs more than my sugery date and it wasn't a big deal because I knew it was a possibility.

I keep dreaming I gain like 40# of water while in the hospital!!!  I know..I'm a freak!  I guess the dreams could be worse.

Good for you, Price -- 6-8 is manageable...

Meg

Meg....I was only in the hospital overnight for my RNY but still gained 6 pounds of water weight when I weighed the third day (day after I got home).  I stayed off the scales for a few days and all the water weight was gone within a week.

To tell you the truth, my belly was SO BLOATED from all the gas that stepping on the scale was the LAST thing I felt like doing!!  I felt nine months pregnant, but thankfully that was gone within a week too!!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! You will do fantabulous!

Thanks, Amy --- can't wait until Thursday!!! I'm so ready to get this show on the road...

Meg

Meg,
I did retain about 6 lbs of water, but it was gone in 3 days.  Drink as much as you can sip, sip, sip, because water itself is a diuretic.  And walk. I set a timer and walked the last 5-10 minutes of every hour I was up.  Each time I did, I set a shot glass in the kitchen. 

During my walks, as I made a lap through the kitchen, I'd take a sip from the shot glass.  The water in the shot glass had to be gone before I sat down.  The first couple days that shot glass was a challenge.  Then I changed it to an Irish shotglass (2 oz).  Then a juice cup. (4 oz) .  Oh and I put a bit of fresh lemon juice in the water cuz the plain water felt too heavy in my gut.  Gina said it was a pH thing.

Swinging geckos and labradoodles for you. Keep a Ruthie attitude! 
tracey

I put on over 30 pounds of water weight, but I had five surgeries (and spent a week unconscious with fluids getting pumped in and out to try to clean out an internal infection) and was in the hospital for a month, so I'm guessing that's not typical.   I never retained water after my c-sections though.