swollen ankles

[ellenkushner]

I'm writing a very short scene in which a character who doesn't know she's pregnant yet (and with Jessica Campion, no less!) is showing symptoms, probably late in her 2nd month (when, I'm told, spotting can still occur often enough that you can be in denial if you want). I refuse to have her throwing up - that's such a cliche! - so I've given her sore swollen breasts and utter exhaustion instead. BUT: can she have swollen ankles yet? She's spent the entire day in a carriage though the countryside. Is there anything else that could reveal her condition to the experienced countrywomen who undress her? [cut here for physical details not always for public consumption].