After you give birth there are a lot of things you might expect to see change in your body – stretch marks for instance. But for a lot of us, there have been very unusual changes. Things we never considered as a “side effect” of having a baby.
I can say for certain I didn’t know my feet would grow, or that my hair would begin to grey quite so early. If you’ve not already had a little one, here are some fun things that might be in your future.
(Besides of course an incredible little person.)
7 Unusual Ways Your Body Changes After Baby
1. Taste buds. I’ve spent my whole life never having real chocolate and sweets cravings. Those were things I never really ate much. After my first pregnancy though, I developed and have since maintained, a total sweet tooth. No brownies are safe around me anymore.
2. Body shape (not weight). I’m not talking about your body weight, I mean the shape. I lost all of my pregnancy wait within the year but none of it went back to where it belonged originally. Some women in our Facebook community say their shoulders broadened and their feet grew. My feet actually grew a whole half a size.
3. Hair texture. Straight to wavy. Curly to straight. A lot of women say their hair texture changed significantly after baby. Mine did not, but I do now have to actively fight all the greys.
4. Gotta go! For woman with vaginal births, you may now forever pee your pants when you laugh, run or sneeze.
5. A need for deodorant. Wearing deodorant was not a must for me prior to pregnancy. I rarely sweat and if I did, there was little to no odor. Now? If I’m not wearing it, you will know. Thank you to several ladies from our Facebook community who fessed up to this and made me feel a little less stinky.
6. Sleep position. I always fell asleep on my back prior to children and was very uncomfortable laying on my stomach. Now I sleep on my stomach and never my back. Many women mention they don’t sleep comfortably in the same position they once did.
7. Food allergies. I haven’t had this issue, but one women in our Facebook community became lactose intolerant, another became gluten sensitive, and one more developed an egg allergy. However, a couple of people said their food allergies went away!
Tell me, what body changes took you by surprise after baby?
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4 month after delivery, my hair fall was crazy. This is normal I heard. My hair was pretty long. To ease the mess of hair fall, I had my hair cut short. The young hairdresser assistant who washed my hair commented that I have wavy hair. I didn’t believe her as my hair is super straight, never wavvy. And i have not heard of hair will turn curly after delivery.
but gradually, I realised my hair is really wavy. My hair is too short to tie up. So It is not bcoz I bun it up. unbelievably, my hair has turned more and more wavy. So strange!
My feet grew half a size, now the only time I wear anything other than flip flops is when there’s snow on the ground. I developed a pineapple allergy and my hair has always been auburn, but after pregnancy it’s an ugly brown. (I like to say my ginger baby sucked it out of me)
At last after 7 years I read about this! So many of the above is true, definitely My feet grew half a size( I thought part of my weight gain had gone there ) and the odor OMG I rarely used deodorant now I even carry a mini one in my purse for a midday freshen up ( mainly in summer)… Also I color my hair now since grey came in loads…It’s good to know I’m not alone 😉
I’m lactose intolerant but during my entire pregnancy I could eat all the dairy I wanted and had no side effects.. I also have IBS and my entire pregnancy I had no flare ups where as before pregnancy I had them constantly. One thing I developed after giving birth was the gotta go! Need to hold tight now when I sneeze..lol.
I developed a gag reflex, much to my husband’s dismay!
I developed a gag reflex, much to me husband’s dismay!
#4 seems like a design flaw to me. I asked my aunt when I would stop peeing when I coughed. When she said that was here stay, I died. FOR EVER. WTF. On the plus side (Aside from an awesome kid) I also was a lucky recipient of #3 straight to wavy.
My feet grew a whole size (half size from each pregnancy). Also, during my second pregnancy, I developed an allergy to aloe vera (the WORST allergy ever, let me tell you. It’s everywhere!) Thank goodness the allergy subsided a few months after having my daughter.
My feet grew a half size with each pregnancy, and it’s not like my feet were small to begin with. Before my son, I wore a size 10. After he was born, 11s were a little big but not too bad and in some shoes I could still wear a 10 (I couldn’t find many 10.5) now
Yes on body shape and need for deodorant!! Cannot find one that works. I developed massive food allergies too…tree nuts, stone fruit, and woods like cedar and hickory. Do you know how hard it is to be allergic to wood? It’s everywhere…mulch, cedar smoked salmon, BBQ!