text: Although varicose veins during pregnancy can show up almost anywhere in the lower half of your body, the bulging venous vessels are found primarily in the legs. They swell above the surface of the skin with those distinctive bluish and purplish bulges women in Minnesota love to hate.
  Varicose veins are the common reason for the office visit in the Minneapolis and St. Paul areas. Varicose veins may cause discomfort like itching and aching, and they’re certainly not nice to look at — but the good news is they’re unlikely to pose any major risk. Most Varicose veins typically shrink or completely disappear within a few months following birth. However, in the case that a woman becomes pregnant again, these same veins might reappear. Like many other pregnancy symptoms, varicose veins tend to be hereditary.
  The best thing for women in Minnesota to do for their Varicose veins during pregnancy is keep the blood circulating by exercising and keep the legs elevated when sitting. It is also important not to wear tight clothing to cause added pressure on the veins. Wearing support hose can support veins and improve the symptoms such as heaviness or leg swelling. Keeping weight gain to a minimum during pregnancy and sleeping on your left side to avoid pressure on your main blood vessels will also help. Lastly, getting your daily dose of vitamin C from a balanced diet will keep the veins healthy. If the Varicose veins don’t go away after the baby has arrived, there are options to have them medically treated or surgically removed, the newest treatment for varicose veins in Minneapolis is endovenous laser ablation (EVLA), other options include sclerotherapy and mini phlebectomy. Small spider veins can be removed in the noninvasive way with the external laser.
  
  Poulsbo residents can expect to see bulldozers within weeks reshaping the vacant land where The Project once stood, preparing for 20 to 30 new homes this year.
  That's the plan of Security Properties Inc., said company president Tom Curran, despite the fact the City Council on Wednesday night declined to give him the ironclad promise of sewer capacity he'd hoped for.
  The firm plans ultimately to build a total of 165 homes in an innovative neo-traditional urban development called Poulsbo Place. The site is on the 30 acres where World War II-era housing known locally as The Project once was a blight on the otherwise picturesque city that calls itself Little Norway.
  The developer hoped to convince the City Council to guarantee as many sewer hook-ups as once existed before The Project was torn down.
  Securities attorney Gary Huff argued that the firm should get the guaranteed hookups because it is building replacement housing, and because the city several years ago installed a new sewer line to encourage redevelopment of the site.