How much foot spread to expect with pregnancy after running barefoot?

leyn

Barefooters
Dec 16, 2017
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EDIT: I've moved this post to the health forum - just because I'll ultimately be buying shoes doesn't mean it's appropriate here.


Hello,
There's a 2011 thread speculating that because barefoot runners' feet are already 'unbound', they might not spread as much as conventionally shod women's might during pregnancy:
https://www.thebarefootrunners.org/threads/barefoot-and-pregnant-and-in-need-of-shoes.14679/

Does anyone have any personal experience with this? Or any new research?

I'm currently 3 months pregnant, have been running barefoot for 2 years, and am looking at buying expensive new technical boots for a non-running hobby (made more complicated by my now extra-gnarly feet). It'd be great to be able to guess whether I'm buying new boots for only the next few months vs the next few years, and adjust my effort/budget accordingly.

Many thanks for any advice.

leyn
 
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