Trimester 2

I have quite a serious water retention during my trimester 2. Anyone have the same issue? Isit number? How to reduce the water retention?

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I'm not suffering so bad while pregnant, swimming and keeping active helps I feel. When I had IVF though I had very bad water retention, to the point of gaining 500g a day and getting internal bruising. My mum cooked pork with black beans soup, and made a big bottle of red bean and barley which are supposed to help with getting rid of 湿气 and I deflated immediately. Barley isn't great for pregnancy but the other ingredients are, maybe you can try drinking that too.

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