Varicose veins in pregnancy

My name is Ter and I am a new member in this forum. I will highly appreciate to share more with you. Still, at my tender age, I incidentally got pregnant. As time passed by, complications started developing in my legs. They started becoming swollen and tender. My movement was limited and couldn’t make any progress. When the first trimester clicked, I decided to visit the medic. Unknown to me, I was advised to stop standing for long periods of time. On adhering to that the next thing that I later learnt was against the health issues of pregnancy was crossing my legs. I did it without my knowledge and it is only after the conditions worsened I visited the medic again. I started doing regular exercises like I was advised to do. The reddening in my legs eased and I had to get back to normal again. Thinking that the problems had ended, the problem recurred again. This time, I wasn’t used to resting my feet at a higher level than the rest of my body. On visiting the medic again, I was given a free lesson for exercises. It was a bit hard for me as the veins in my legs had swollen. Through regular exercises, the varicose veins stopped hurting and they disappeared completely.