Feet grow during pregnancy!

It seems strange, but a pregnant woman’s feet grow slightly during pregnancy.

Do your shoes no longer fit after the birth of your child? Maybe your feet have grown on them!

I don’t know if it happened to you too, yes to me. During pregnancy I thought my shoes had become too small because my feet were a little swollen. Once I gave birth and then regained my normal weight, I still couldn’t feel good in those shoes that I used to wear tranquilizer.

I study

A study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation confirmed what many had suspected:  pregnancy permanently changes the size and shape of a mother’s feet.

Pregnant women, due to the increase in weight and greater joint laxity, suffer a slight flattening of the arch of the foot.

Researchers measured women’s feet at the start of their pregnancies and five months after delivery and found that pregnancy causes permanent changes in the feet. In about 60-70% of the women who participated in the study, the feet became longer and wider. The modification to the arch of the foot precisely resulted in an elongation of between 2 and 10 millimeters. No significant change a in the foot pressure distribution was found.

Foot changes have also been shown to occur in the first pregnancies, while subsequent pregnancies cause no further changes.

These changes that occur during pregnancy could help explain why women are at greater risk of foot pain and arthritis in the feet and knees and hips than men, the researchers said.