C.G.
I definately recommend compression stockings. I bought the 21 mmHg of pressure ones because the ones with less pressure didn't work as well. I kept going up! By the end of the day, during my pregnancy, my ankles were the same size as my knees. They hurt sooooo bad. I started by wrapping them up in ace bandages, but the compression stockings work much better. I bought mine from a nursing uniform website called www.allheart.com They're expensive, but totally worth it if you've got to survive another five months of pregnancy.