I was surprised when I read in the pregnancy book that two things can happen to your feet - one, you could go up by about half a shoe size and two, you could get swollen feet.
Now this struck me on two levels. First, I was told that the size of your womb is proportionate to the size of your feet. So if the body naturally starts loosening up everything (hello hippo hips!), does that mean that its loosening up your womb as well as your feet causing the size increase or does it just mean that because the womb is expanding, thus, your feet expand due it being proportionate in size?
The second thing is swollen feet. I've never had swollen feet before and its SCARY!!! Seriously. Looking down at your feet and seeing them balloon up is an unnatural experience me thinks! Why does it happen (and I don't mean just for pregnancy)? Why would God make feet swell? And again, if the feet size is proportionate to the womb size, is the womb swollen as well?
Ahhh...things that come to mind on an off day...
3 comments:
and don't expect you feet to go back to normal immediately after you give birth either! my birkenstock slippers were my best friend for quite a while...
i think the best investment i made during pregnancy was my birkenstock slippers and my clark flats. they accompanied by feet everywhere, even to Istanbul!
Bee & Binx: Got my first pair...not sure about them yet, still getting used to them but so far they've been good for my swollen feet!!!
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