Caused by increased pressure from pregnancy and increased venous dilatation.

Recommendations:

• Avoid tight clothes
• Avoid squatting, sitting, or standing at length
• Wear support hose- available at Motherhood (full length hose are better than knee or thigh high)
• Wear Maternity belt – available at Motherhood or BabieRUs
• Elevate feet above the level of the heart when resting
• Call if warmth, palpable clot, chest pain, shortness of breath