to wear a pair of 6 inch heels while pregnant?

[ditsydoll]

I have a party next month, its a family do I can't get out of. I'll be about 5 months or so and I have ordered a lively nude maternity dress to wear. It was only £18 on sale.

I can't really afford new shoes atm and all I have are a pair of 6 inch platform heels that I could wear with the dress.

Am I mad to wear them?

I'd say you would be mad to wear them, pregnant or not

Depends how 'heel trained' you are! Although I find I can only walk in my tall heels when I'm drunk...

Yes, you'd be daft to wear them.

If you're used to wearing them you'll probably be ok. At 5 months you won't be especially big so being pregnant won't make a huge difference unless you're suffering from SPD. If it were me I'd wear them for the first hour or so then go barefoot for the rest of the evening :)

Yes - at any time !

I wore high heels when 5 months pregnant. they were about 4" (but not platforms) It wasnt an issue at all.

Wear them if you'd be comfy. I wore some to a wedding when I was similarly pregnant. Just wear them beforehand to check your balance

I spent most of my time in heels before I got pregnant. I'm just not one for flats really. I'm only 5ft 1ish I'v worn them loads before I got pregnant so I'm sure ill be fine. My husband thinks I'm mad but ill probably just ignore him :)

See how your hips are by then. Even if you don't get full on spd, you might find you can't wear heels as your pregnancy goes on. I used to wear heels, DH is a foot taller than me so I look like I've fallen down a hole in photos if I don't, but had to stop about 5 - 6 months pregnant.

As long as your bumps not too big (ie. going to be overbalancing you) and you're used to walking in high heals and think theres no chance of you tripping then I guess you could.
But could you not just go to primark or somewhere really cheap and get a pair of nice flat shoes for about a fiver?

Watch out for your back and hips.

If you feel unbalanced then might be safer to go lower - don't have to go totally flat - kitten heels, wedges etc.

I had to go to flats when my feet started swelling - I got spd about 20 weeks and a giant bump that would have been impossible to wear.

After a certain point I didn't care and went for comfort - maternity knickers and flat shoes - it's the height of fashion if you wear them ironically.

It's only that your bump changes your centre of gravity. And lots of ligaments in your back supporting your bump can be pulled.

Also with the relaxin hormone everything is looser and can make it easier to unbalance in heels.

Perhaps you could take some pretty flats with you just in case your feet hurt.

yanbu if you're used to walking in them!

what maddening said...
my balance was rubbish at that point! anything other than flats and id have been face first!
but if your balance is ok its into you!

I may be being stupid, but what's a lively nude dress?

As regards the shoes, there's no way I could have worn heels like that when pregnant, but then I fall flat on my face regularly while bump-free and wearing flats.