REMEMBER TO TAKE OFF YOUR RINGS!

Ok so you'd think with the amount of things you read or research during pregnancy especially with these apps that you'd come across a reminder to take your rings off! I'm 38 +3d weeks pregnant and noticed a few days ago my hands swelled up and couldn't get my ring off. I tried a few times, few different things, soap, Vaseline, oil etc and after each time my finger would swell more. Eventually I had to go to A&E; to get my ring cut off. When I got there they seemed to think my finger wasn't as swollen as it was so tried to get the ring off using what looked like a shoe lace instead of cutting the ring as it had sentimental value but it was SOO painful, my finger went PURPLE and felt like it was going to burst, it was throbbing and the string felt like it was cutting through my finger! The nurse halfway through said 'If I realised how swollen it really was I would of advised to cut it'!!! So I had no choice but to deal with the pain after being half way through but eventually got it off.. I wish someone had reminded me, as a FTM its something that completely slipped my mind and not something I thought of.