Admittedly, I'm not really as skinny as I used to be and the rings already fit me a little snug. I guess if had taken them off at the beginning of my pregnancy I wouldn't have had any issues but since I had no foresight that my hand would blow up like the marshmallow man I didn't.
That was my right hand on Thursday. Swollen, itchy, painful, and turning slightly purple. I guess swelling is a side effect of pregnancy? I don't know I've never experienced it before. My left hand looked much worse but I didn't think to snap a picture of it. I went online to try and find out the best method to remove the rings. I even turned to Facebook which yielded about 31 responses from ice to dental floss to getting them cut off by a jeweler. I first tried rubbing lotion all over my hands and twisting to help slide the ring off and nothing. I tried spraying Windex on my finger and same thing twisting the rings off. It sounds strange but after trying it I can totally see how it would work, just not on me. I held my hand above my head for 10 minutes to reduce swelling. I iced my finger for over 30 minutes. I used baby oil and nothing, nothing, nothing worked. After 2 days of this I gave up and went to a jeweler and had them cut my beautiful precious rings off my fat swollen fingers.
(look at the indents in my fingers! That was about 5 minutes after the rings were cut off!)
As sad as I was to see my rings like that the relief from finally having them off my fingers was amazing. Eventually I'll get them repaired (for a price of course) but I'm going to wait until after the baby comes and my swelling settles down.
In the meantime my loving husband not wanting me to go without a wedding ring for the next several months bought me the most amazing sapphire (my birth stone) and diamond ring in a looser, bigger (but not to big) size that I can comfortably wear during the day and take off at night when most of the swelling occurs.
I really wasn't expecting it because I just planned on buying a cheap-y $10 adjustable ring at Walmart or something so being given this beautiful ring was such a sweet special surprise.
I guess I had to get something nice for all my trouble, right?!
4 comments:
Absolutely! I saw your facebook status about having to have your rings cut off and my fingers had just gotten swollen, so I went ahead and took mine off! Now the one from my right middle finger is replacing my wedding ring, but it's huge, so I should be okay! I'm glad that you got something nice to replace them for a little while!
What a sweet thing for him to do! He sure is awesome. :) I'm glad there's relief for your fingers. I ended up having to remove my rings (my wedding and a CTR ring) for the last four months of all three pregnancies. My fingers swelled up like sausages.
I am sure the triple digit heat had something to do with that swelling.. OUCH.. What a sweet husband you have.. that ring is a super deserved, beautiful surprise!
Im glad you love it. Im proud to be married to an amazing wife like you. I appreciate all you do.
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