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SHORTER AFTER PREGNANCY!?

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janesxx · 13/06/2014 20:45

so DS is 1 now, ive always been short at 5ft since being 13 but I was measured at the doctors today and im now 4ft 11!? im 20 so not exactly normal to be shrinking now, then I remembered how since being pregnant my spine and back is alot more bent in at the bottom from the pressure of carrying the baby ect, its still like that a year on and was wondering because my backs bent in now could that be what's made me shorter? and has anyone else had experience with this? (back bent/posture/shorter after pregnancy)?

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Alita7 · 13/06/2014 21:17

oh god I hope not, like you I'm short at 5 ft 1 1/2. I don't want to shrink!

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janesxx · 13/06/2014 21:27

I know its annoying.. bet the tall ones dont shrink!

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Boogles91 · 13/06/2014 23:50

I wonder if ive shrunk some more then hehe mum has a measurement guide on breakfast room wall, when i was 21, i was half an inch smaller than when i was 17! -.- and it showed as i used to be 163cm now 161.

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RebekahMacd · 14/06/2014 00:38

Could also be collapsed arches in your feet. The weight of pregnancy takes its toll on the feet, and that's why a lot of women think their feet are longer after pregnancy.

You could probably get any spine curvature sorted by a physio or osteopath?