Shoes For Your Swollen Feet

on April 13, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Photo by: Crocs

Swollen feet definitely lands under the "un-fun pregnancy symptoms" category. You look down one day and you have sock cuff marks imprinted into your poor ankles. Yeah, not fun at all.

QueenB36 posted a question in the Pregnancy group about what type of shoes she should be looking for. When you can't reach to put on socks or tie shoelaces, it makes it difficult. Here are some of the helpful tips she got:

sukinova recommended Crocs: "Even though I think they are ugly, the are very forgiving so my feet liked them."

juliep: "I wear UGGS all the time - they are sooooo comfy....if u live where it's cold."

usnwifelw: "Well, I was preggo during the summer with my son so it was flip flops. With this one, it's obviously too cold for flip flops so I wear my birkenstocks. They're expensive, so if I didn't already have them before being preggo, I probably would have gone out and bought the cheap knock offs."

mandy716: "I have a pair of slip-on tennis shoes. They do not tie but they have elastic or something. I only wear them when I am planning on going walking."

These are great suggestions, ladies. So you have to toss the stilettos in the back of the closet for several weeks (or sometimes months)...so what? Once you get to that point, are you really caring that much about style?!

What types of footwear did you wear/are wearing while pregnant?

Filed Under: pregnancy symptoms, the pregnant life

Comments (10)

Heathercurlz

on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:57 AM

Funny the first thing that came to my mind WAS crocs...but unfortunately I don't own a pair...I think I just wore a pair of flip flops cause it was summer time. At that point in your pregnancy, I think STYLE is overrated. Trust me..ppl aren't going to notice the cute outfit your wearing, but rather your bulging belly, and swollen ankles and feet!

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rayelinsragz

on Apr 13, 2009 at 8:31 AM

Yes mine are crocs. I bought a really comfortable pair of tennis shoes a half a size to big and in mens (as they are made wider than womens) to wear outside when it is cold but the rest of the time I wear crocs. It even helps when I am around the house as it hurts my heels too much to walk barefoot. They make crocs in all kinds of colors and even have many styles to choose from now so they aren't so out there in the ugly dept. but like it was said before who cares to look at your feet when you are sticking out as big as a beachball.

dizzyone80

on Apr 13, 2009 at 9:23 AM

I bet crocs would be comfy since all of the nurses wear them now but I liked adidas slides .. they are adjustable which is great for swelling.. I think anything you can slide on and loosen is a good swelling footwear..

KRISSH

on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM

I BROKE MY LEG AND MY LEFT FOOT IS SWOLLEN AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING I CAN WEAR.

RanaAurora

on Apr 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM

Drink lots of fluids (LOTS), avoid sitting down for long periods of time, and swelling doesn't have to be common. Widening due to the joint-relaxing chemicals on the other hand, well... nothin' you can do about that.

That said, just from reduced mobility, I'm wearing mostly flip flops, but once I get out to see my mom, I'll have some Crocs with the fuzzy liner and a pair of their flip flops as well.

LadyKiki

on Apr 13, 2009 at 2:53 PM

I got a pair of the crocs wanna be's at the grocery store and wore them my whole pregnancy. My feet loved them ;-D

madamekatekate

on Apr 13, 2009 at 6:31 PM

Now that it's warm I've been wearing my rainbows. When it was still cold I bought 2 pairs of "crocs" (walmart's version) that were closed. It was neat wearing them in the snow, nothing soaked through, lol!

Lanasmom

on Apr 13, 2009 at 8:09 PM

Crocs--I have one pair that i got a couple years ago--and they have a hole in the toe but i refuse to give them up--i've went back to get a new pair, but they don't make them the same, now they are all this hard plastic not cushy rubber like stuff. So i'll be wearing my holey shoes until i find another pair this comfy.

zorrokat

on Apr 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM

I lived in my fake Crocs during my pregnancy.

ashmarie08

on Apr 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM

I wear the slide on clogs that every other highschooler/college kid is wearing. I have crocs but depending on what color you have they don't go with all your outfits. My clogs are brown, and go with everything, I love them. Once it's warmer i'll be switching to flipflops (which I would do even if I wasn't pregnant) .. so I didn't have to change my shoe style at all!