Has anyone elses feet 'grown' since having kids?!

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I used to be a comfatbale size 5 before having kids and now I can only get in a 6! Its like thay have spreead

Nope. Well, mine haven't yet. You could try Alouiseg's roller thingy, I suppose.

Im sure I read somewhere that all your bodies ligaments soften and stretch during pregnancy which explains your feet spreading.

Mine are no longer but much wider. Have developed bunions since being pg with ds2. I can no longer wear 'normal' shoes.

Mine haven't gone back down in size. DS was born 5 year ag and I was an 8 to begin with. I now generally need a 9 or else a very very wide 8.5

It is anightmare actually and I rarely buy shoes any more because of it.

My arches haven't fallen at all- still annoyingly high, in fact...

...I have to fit back in those shoes one day.

Bollocks.

Pinkmarshmallow, you are not alone. My feet have shrunk at some point since having DD, 2.5yrs ago. Not so much that my shoes don't fit anymore (sadly, would love the shopping excuse!) but I can def tell. Was size 8 to 8.5, now 7.5 to 8. Weird. So whats the explanation for that?

Mine got bigger (wider/fatter) BUT they have shrunk again (my dc are 11, 9 and 2).

I wore a pair of ballet pumps the other day which I bought 20 years ago so do not despair

fatsatsuma, you have given me hope, thank you.

I can wait 11 years.

Pre-kids 5 1/2, post-kids 6.

My arches haven't fallen either, but I was a 6 and I'm now a 6.5 or 7. Thankfully I'm not that into shoes, so I haven't had to replace loads

Oh wow I thought I was being freakish in having feet that had grown in adulthood . I love MN, it always tells me things!

My feet went from a 5 to a 6, and now have gone back to a 5.

Mine grew. I got rid of old shoes and now they have shrunk again (after buying lovely boots in the 'new' size, grr).

My dc only 4 and 2 so maybe not too long to wait, Tethersend. Though pregnant again so maybe they'll grow again .

Yes, the weird things no-one tells you about being pregnant...

Yep mine went from a 5 to a 6. After a few years (and FINALLY losing the baby weight) they have gone back down a half-size to a 5.5. Which is a bloody awkward size to find.

After 3 DC mine have gone from a 6 to an 8, still very narrow though.

I'm another shrinker 5 to a 4 does anyone know why feet shrink

trefusis and atworknotworking clearly need to get together and swap pre-children shoes...

Blimey - I thought it was just me. Mine were 5.5-6 and now 6.5-7. And I've always had totally flat feet so no new fallen arches. Weird weird weirdy weird.

DW increased a half a shoe size and she has now only just gone back to her old size. DS1 is now 10 but the odd thing is her whole body seems to shrunk. Hands, ribs, feet. All suddenly happened over the last year.

Lost about 2 kg and she is only a size 10 so it is not fat she has lost.