cactus,
Not neccessary wind and water retention will go away after birth. For my case, it stayed! I swell a lot during my 1st pregnancy and always had problem with my body after delivery.
My family doctor asked me to look for 'tui na' to get rid of the wind. Then i even look for chinese 'sinseh' and when she read my pulse, she said i had very serious wind trap inside my body and my water retention is bad oso. So, i had been on chinese medicine and sign up those 'tui na' package before i try to conceive for #2. Like now, i always feel pain here, pain there , all coz of the wind. Many ppl told me the only way for me to recuperate is must had a very good confinement in terms of foods , rest etc.