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Do your boots still fit after a pregnancy?
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pinto
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I have no experience, but I wouldn't worry about it. If anything, your feet get bigger, right? And your boots always get bigger. So it should work out great!
mollmeister
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I waited on new boots, since I thought I was going to drop $1k (or so) on totally custom. Ended up spending considerably less (but that's another story). . . but I just didn't want to risk it.
As it turned out, my feet didn't change at all, either pregnancy. But I didn't have any of the broadening/swelling that sometimes stays permanent (nose, feet, hands). . . except the old hips.
As it turned out, my feet didn't change at all, either pregnancy. But I didn't have any of the broadening/swelling that sometimes stays permanent (nose, feet, hands). . . except the old hips.
MaineSkiLady
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
My feet got bigger and stayed bigger 
The boots had packed out.
It was a perfect match.
The boots had packed out.
It was a perfect match.
My feet flattened out after each pregnancy, and I ultimately became a 1/2 size bigger in shoes (though it took me several years to figure this out 
). I think what the other Divas have said about packing out accounting for foot flattening should work out fine.... Just don't have the boot sized super, super tight.
And good luck with the getting pregnant part.
). I think what the other Divas have said about packing out accounting for foot flattening should work out fine.... Just don't have the boot sized super, super tight.And good luck with the getting pregnant part.
smpayne
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Mine did the same thing. I used to have really high arches, now they are a bit more normal. I know a few people who's ankles never went back to thier pre-pregnancy size. I guess the boot itself should be fine, but you may have to tweak the footbeds if your feet change too much.
However, I wonder if a really good arch support/orthodic would have prevented this. When my son was little, he had flat feet. The podiatrist said that since we caught it at such a young age (5yrs) that with propper orthodics, it can be permanently corrected if he wears orthodics until his feet stop growing. Now he is 12 and his feet are not flat anymore, but still has some pain if the arch supports are bad. He won't even put on a pair of shoes without his superfeet in them anymore. If it works on kids feet, why not with pregancy feet?
Severine
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I'm late to the party on this, but my feet got wider and longer. Definitely have flatter feet now and suffer the fate of being between a size 10 and 11 in shoes (which no size exists for that in the US). My boots don't fit right anymore. Luckily, I wasn't shell fit properly so the length is okay, but the width is not. Next year I need to get new boots.
