It is amazing how being pregnant can affect you and your body in so many ways. During both my pregnancies my eyesight changed.
During my first pregnancy I was unable to get away with wearing my contact lenses. I wasn’t sure of this was down to dry eyes or the fact that I had Hyperemesis Gravidarum. To be honest I felt as though the room was spinning most of the time and I am not sure I could have even put my contact lenses in!
When I was pregnant with Mini I had to go back to my spec’s again. I was 6 months in the photo above. Not only did I have dry eyes, but they were tired too.
Eyesight changes in pregnancy
It seems that I am not alone in having issues with my eyesight during pregnancy as this interesting infographic from Vision Direct UK reveals.
when I was pregnant I had dry itchy eyes towards the end it was horrible x
I hadn’t realised that as I didn’t have any problems and was able to wear my contacts. I did consider laser surgery when H was a baby though as I found lenses an extra thing to deal with.
Interesting stuff, I need to have an eyetest as I feel my eyes getting worse but I think that is age rather than pregnancy! x
Oh my i am not going nuts then! .. I honestly thought i was going blind yesterday … damn these hormones! I must get my eyes tested asap!
I had no idea but this is so useful to be able to advise friends in the future. Mich x
I really had no idea that eyesight could change during pregnancy, I think this should be discussed at eye tests, I’ve been pregnant three times and never once was it mentioned.
I had no idea that eye sight could change during pregnancy. Ive definitely learned something new today x
I never knew that! I don’t think mine changed with any of mine 4 pregnancies, well not that I noticed!
I had no idea eyesight could change. I did find myself using my glasses more during pregnancy though.
OH I never knew that, I didn’t really have any problems with my eyes during pregnancy. It’s funny what hormones can do to you.
During my second pregnancy I had burst blood vessel in one of my eyes due to retching so much!
I suffered with dry eyes terribly and still do sadly
My best friend actually went blind while she was having her second baby and now has limited vision in one eye.
I ended up having laser surgery after my first pregnancy. It wasn’t down to the pregnancy as such, just something I’d always wanted to do!
im actually pregnant and have only 8 weeks left and a few weeks ago ende up with really bad headaches , later to find out it was my eyeballs changing shape which happens sometimes in pregnancy , luckily it only lasted a few days and it was dry eyes that caused the issue
I wasn’t a glasses wearer until my first pregnancy I had my eyes tested while around 2O weeks pregnant and left with a prescription for glasses and I’ve needed them ever since x
I did wear contacts but pregnancy changed that and I went back to glasses
That’s interesting – I didn’t realise that eyesight changes during pregnancy.
So many things changed for me during pregnancy – it doesn’t surprise me that my eyes probably went wonky too :/
I must admit I never suffered with any eye problems when pregnant. Other than being knackered! lol
Goodness me, making babies is very hard work on a woman’s body, I knew that, Jen but it never clicked in my head that it may affect our eyesight too!xx
My eyes were different with every pregnancy
I didn’t know this, how interesting. My eyesight has improved in the last few years since not working 9-5 on computers, shows just how much they can be changed.
I don’t remember suffering with my eyes, I did seem to have every other symptom though!
I had to have regular eye exams during my first pregnancy because I kept seeing spots. Didn’t happen with my next two, thankfully!
Interesting read, thanks.
Is there no part of the body that pregnancy hormones don’t attack?!
I’m so grateful I don’t have to go through any of those changes.
I never noticed this myself, but then I was that tired I could hardly see straight anyway.
New glasses? Another thing to sort out before baby arrives! as if the strollers and everything else weren’t enough. 🙂
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