Active discussions

Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Original poster

For ladies with swallen hands: when did you get to wear your rings again?

10 replies

Marghe87 · 21/08/2020 10:25

I am due in a couple of days and I am lookinh forward to being able to wear my wedding ring again! My hands have gone bigger since I was about 7 months and the summer didn’t help.
I now fear this is going to be my new finger size - surely they will go smaller a few weeks after giving birth!? If that happened to you, may I ask tou when your hands went back to normal size?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
firstimemamma · 21/08/2020 10:27

Around 4 months postpartum I think.

Sanch1 · 21/08/2020 10:57

It took a while, DD1 was born end July and I didnt get my rings back on until January! I also put on a lot of weight though so that may have also contributed. Didnt need to take rings off with DD2 though.

Whatinthename20 · 21/08/2020 11:28

I’m 6 months now and was wondering do all women take their rings off as they get uncomfortable? I don’t want them to get stuck.. they are quite tight now so should I take them off now while (if I can)?

Usernameno987654321 · 21/08/2020 11:46

I'm currently 30 weeks and still wearing mine. I thought to myself at one point in my early second trimester that my rings were getting loose than tight.

Spam88 · 21/08/2020 12:03

I balloon after giving birth but the swelling had gone down enough to get my rings back on after a few weeks I think.

To PP, I'd suggest taking your rings off now if they're getting tight. Honestly thought I was going to need to get them cut off in my last pregnancy 🙈

mable88 · 21/08/2020 12:45

@Whatinthename20 I would get them off now - I took mine off and bought a not very expensive chain from Amazon so I can still wear them every day but not at the risk of needing to get them cut off!

Chanel05 · 21/08/2020 15:39

I'm 36+3 and mine are off.

HopeWish · 21/08/2020 15:43

The chain is a good idea!

I have had swollen fingers since about 10 weeks! Have bought a cheap silver band a couple of sizes up for now as don't like having nothing there but might get a gold chain for my real wedding ring as I feel guilty not wearing it!

Pralinehalo · 21/08/2020 22:47

I'm 37w and took mine off about a week ago; woke up one morning and they were a bit tight (BP etc all normal) so I've just swapped for a silicone ring. Hoping they'll go back to normal pretty quickly!

BabyG123 · 21/08/2020 22:55

I ballooned after both in my feet and hands so it took a few months

New posts on this thread. Refresh page