Mama Drama: OK, so you may have prepared yourself for drastic changes to your boobs and belly, but you thought you'd surely have (unblemished) legs to stand on post-baby, right? Well, not quite. Turns out that burgeoning bundle of joy in your womb can affect your limbs, too. "The baby physically rests on the veins in the pelvis, and that causes excess pressure on the leg veins, causing spider veins to pop out," says Jegasothy. Yep, that sounds in the same, ahem, vein as the other body-altering results that pregnancy produces.

Mommy Makeover: Your attempts to eradicate your spider veins don't have to be in vain -- that is, if you have a little help from your medical professional. To treat spider veins, Jegasothy recommends two laser treatments depending on whether or not you're done having kids.

For mommies still growing their brood, the Vbeam pulsed dye laser can offer a quick fix until you're ready for baby No. 2 (who may cause you to develop new spider veins). "Vbeam can erase leg veins with one session," says Jegasothy. "It works by sending an intense pulse of light into the skin. The blood vessel below the skin absorbs the light, which destroys the blood vessels and allows them to be reabsorbed into the body." In the past, leg veins would recur after six to 12 months, but with Vbeam, we can bring down leg vein treatment to every two to three years."

If, on the other hand, you're done having babies and want to permanently banish your veins, Jegasothy recommends endovenous foam ablation, which she refers to as the "gold standard for leg vein treatment." For this outpatient procedure, a vascular surgeon "injects a detergent foam into the main vein at the top of the thigh and eliminates all of your unnecessary leg veins at once, while preserving the deep, necessary veins you need for your legs to function." Don't worry -- patients are under mild sedation when undergoing this treatment.

Cost: $475 per Vbeam treatment with the possibility of needing an additional treatment every two to three years
$2,000 for endovenous foam ablation