Foot Pain in Pregnancy

During the final months of pregnancy, your feet can become swollen from an increase in your circulating blood volume and weight, but if you experience pain, especially stabbing pain in your heel, it may be caused from plantar fasciitis. In easier terms, this is pain and inflammation of the tissue band that runs across the bottom of your foot which connects your heel bone to your toes. For helpful tips on how to cope with this foot pain during pregnancy, read the following article: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/21/how-to-cope-with-pregnancy-foot-pain/


Written by Shelley Scheibel, RN, BSN