Fatter fingers post pregnancy??
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Topic: Fatter fingers post pregnancy??
Posted By: Mrs_B
Subject: Fatter fingers post pregnancy??
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 7:47pm
I took my wedding and engagement rings off around 26 weeks pregnant when my fingers swelled with the heat and haven't been able to get them back on and DS is now 13mths old!  
Admittedly I am not quite back to pre pregnancy weight but only have another 3kgs to go so surely it can't be that! I can't get them past my knuckle! Anyone else have this problem?? I really don't want to have to get them resized  -------------  
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 7:51pm
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No help here.
3kg, there's no way that's worth a resize. I can't imagine how your knuckle could have grown. Me, I've got wedge fingers, so if the rings not tight it falls off. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 7:55pm
I know it so bizarre - it's almost like they have!  -------------
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IsaacsMum wrote:Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 7:59pm
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I did..
But I will say that prepreg I was 75kg and when I got back to that weight I was not the same size. It wasn't until I got to 70 that my rings fitted the same. I never had to take them off but they did get rather tight |
Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:14pm
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i had taken mine off during the summer (had a lot of fluid as well as swelling due to the heat), I am back at my pre preg weight but my rings dont quite fit... Ive managed to get 1 on (i gave 2 wedding and 1 engagement rings) but its too tight to come off again! ------------- 
+1 May 09 Angel 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:37pm
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Interesting topic, my rings got to tight about 33 weeks so I changed them to a smaller finger. Been back to pre preg for ages now but my fingers are still quite chunky, i.e not as boney looking as before. Rings still don't fit on their old fingers! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:48pm
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When first DD was born I had PE so my fingers were HUGE! But only a week after she was born they were back to normal and my rings went back on no probs.
With second DD though I only had mild swelling in my fingers (no PE) but took my rings off for the last trimester anyway. It was almost 2 months post-birth before I could get my rings to get past my knuckles again, and even now at 4.5 months my wedding band still struggles to get over the knuckle. My fingers are back to normal but yeah my knuckles seem bigger
ETA to add that I'm not quite back to pre-preg weight either - still up 3kg too!. ------------- 
Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: Mrs_B
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 8:55pm
YAY! I'm not a freak!   -------------
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 9:21pm
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Me three. I got mine resized when Dan was 6 months cos I was missing my rings! My fingers have gone down a bit but not much (just like my feet) so I'm glad I got them resized. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 10:02pm
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I took my rings off when I was pg with Jack and finally got them resized a few months ago (2.5+yrs on) so that now I can wear them. I am actually slightly lighter than my pre-Jack weight and still couldn't wear wedding and engagement rings together comfortably although could wear just one. I just assume that your body may be the same weight as before but not in the same places ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 8:14am
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I had to get my engagement ring re-sized cause it wouldn't go over my knuckle. I took it off when I was 20 weeks. My fingers didn't look fatter but apparently they were. I put on 25kg when preg but lost it all in th first 12wks and am now below pre preg weight and other rings I have (but no longer wear) still wont fit. I also don't fit any of my shoes anymore! They are all too tight, but my feet look the same as they used to....... strange! My MW told me that it's quite common for hands and feet to change shape whilst pregnant and not go back to normal. -------------  
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Posted By: Mum_me
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 9:37am
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Yep -here too.
On a good day I can get them on, but they are still not a great fit. This happened after my first pregnancy (4 years ago!), and by the time I got around to getting them resized again I was pregnant again, so I thought I had better wait to see if they grew again. Luckily, they didn't. So still on the 'to do' list! I'm similar to you though - at 3kg+ I couldn't get them on. Now same weight as prepregnancy they fit, but only just. That finger fat must be the last to be lost LOL. |
Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 4:43pm
i am another
bubs is coming up one in aug and i still cannot fit my ring..... admittingly i need to still lose some weight but i needed to before i was pregnant too...and they fitted fine then ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 4:48pm
| With dd I got them abck on when she was oneish. When preg with DS took them off about 30 weeks I still can't get them back on ( still have 10 kg to lose) My feet have grown over a size too ! Which is good cause they were a 4-5 before |
Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 8:48pm
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Oh my feet are slightly bigger too. Like misscheeky it's good for me because I was also a size 4-5 before, but now I can fit 5-6. The downside though is all the cute little shoes I got from the UK are now too tight, plus I have no money to buy new shoes -------------
Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 28 June 2010 at 10:24pm
Unfortunately for me I was a size 9 shoe to start with... so now size 10 lol. But I have skinny legs so I look like I have clown feet! It's amazing the difference one size bigger makes! lol  -------------
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Posted By: M2K
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 10:02am
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Uuuurgh, my fingers used to be stiff and sore in the mornings, they hurt so bad, and I couldn't bend them for a while. My feet did swell up but not as painful as my hands. I still can't fit the rings I had, and now Im pregnant again, my engagement ring was brought a bigger size in case I had the same problem ------------- 
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