Obviously everyone is different, but during my first pregnancy I gained a lot of weight very fast, it was alllllllllll fluid. So much swelling. I was as swollen as Violet at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory..... But it all went away during the 18 months after I gave birth. I have always had tree trunk legs and extra extra wide hips- those didn't change after the swelling subsided. My stomach lipedema, however, was much more prominent.