Varicose veins are large dilated veins that often lookunsightly on the back of your legs. They get worse in pregnancy because of theextra volume of blood that is now in your system, because you veins have tocarry all this extra blood causing ''back pressure'' on the veins of the leg.Also, oestrogen, which is produced in large amounts in pregnancy, makes veinsdilate which makes them more obvious. Your varicose veins will quite possiblyfeel sore and ache when you stand for long periods of time. The solution is tosit down as much as possible and quite literally ''put your feet up''; soothingointments are available through chemists, which if massaged into your legs mayhelp. Compression stockings are useful for some people, but not in the summer!

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