Fingers swelling - should I resize my wedding rings or wait?

Re: Fingers swelling - should I resize my wedding rings or wait?

• bwftw member

  November 2014

  I would wait. Every time you size a ring, the setting loosens and you risk losing your stones.
  
  I already stopped wearing my right hand ring because it was a quarter size smaller than my wedding set and was way too right now. I will wait to see what my fingers do before I resize.

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• honkytonk_kid member

  November 2014

  I wouldn't. I would wear what you can or find an alternative band until at least a few months after baby- if they still don't fit then, you can resize. My worry would be that it might be hard on your rings to resize them multiple times.

  
  
  
  

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  November 2014

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• lewispm member

  November 2014

  Definitely wait. My fingers never got too big for my rings last time, but my rings definitely felt tighter and they went back to normal very quickly after birth. I know several people that go out and by a cheap CZ ring in a size up during pregnancy and others that just remove their rings. I definitely wouldn't size up your ring until several months after baby is born though. I bet your fingers will shrink back down and you wont need to. And my ring is a tiny bit loose, especially in winter, and it bugs the crap out of me. I would size it down, but then it would be too tight in the summer when I'm hot and swollen. But trust me, you don't want a loose ring!

  

  

                                                                

   

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• mandi195 member

  November 2014

  RQuinlin said:

  Like PPs said, wait. Your fingers will most likely go back, but it may take a few months after birth. Resizing rings is really hard on them and compromises the metal. You don't want to do that more than necessary. Most women just get a cheapy for the duration or wear their ring on a necklace. It's really common. I have the opposite of shrinking fingers when pregnant and will probably have to take mine off soon, because it's come off a few times on accident. I had this last time too, but I bet it will be worse since it's winter.

  Could you maybe get a reducer to put in your ring until after baby? My grandmother has these in most of her rings, as her hands have gone down in size with age. They're fairly inexpensive, and removable. 

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• mandi195 member

  November 2014

  Thanks ladies. I will wait to resize. I can't imagine taking off my wedding band at all; so I'm grateful that it still fits ok. (The set together is just wider, obviously, and doesn't fit) I think I'll just rock my thin wedding band until after baby; at least that way I'm wearing my real wedding ring. I still feel naked with just the band on, but it's better than nothing. 

  Also, thanks to all for the info about resizing being bad for the ring; I never even thought about this. 

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• CrystalTrues member

  November 2014

  Wait to resize them.
  
  I was worried about this too last time since my rings can not be resized (they are titanium). My fingers went back to normal after and I did not need a resizing (new ring) after all. I wore mine on a chain around my neck at times. This time around I'm going to get a decoy in a size up when needed.

  
  

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• tabitha722 member

  November 2014

  My fingers returned to normal very quickly after baby was born. During pregnancy, when I finally had to abandon my wedding set, I bought a plain white gold band. I had it engraved after baby was born with their name and birthdate. It's kind of cool to have a momento from each of my children's births, and I can later give it to them or their spouses.

  

  

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• JenLa21 member

  November 2014

  I would wait. I think I was able to wear one of my rings a little longer as well, though I don't remember which one. When I got too swollen, I stopped wearing them, and I didn't put them back on til they for again. But they did fit again, so I wouldn't size up, because you'll just have to size back down when you lose the weight. I don't think it's worth it. Of course I missed my rings, but it wasn't worth them getting stuck and having to be cut.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• lewispm member

  November 2014

  Just a word of caution since you are already having ring-fitting issues, you fingers will swell a lot more in the end. I had a friend that had to get hers cut off a few days from her due date because her fingers got so swollen it was stuck and painful. If you feel like this could happen to you, I'd remove your band earlier since its obviously precious to you and  just get a cheap decoy. Just don't want you to have to end up cutting your ring!

  

  

                                                                

   

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• mandi195 member

  November 2014

  Thanks for all the input, ladies. I'm keeping an eye on the band to make sure it doesn't start to get tight. It still will spin on my finger on it's own, and if I press gently on the bottom, there is a gap between ring and finger, so for now I'm ok. 

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• Amy and Jay member

  November 2014

  Definitely wait. It took me a couple of months after both my girls for my rings to fit again but they went back to normal.

  

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• FrecklesInside member

  November 2014

  Why would you assume a change that happens over pregnancy is definitely permanent? Don't resize your rings, that's silly.

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• mandi195 member

  November 2014

  FrecklesInside said:

  Why would you assume a change that happens over pregnancy is definitely permanent? Don't resize your rings, that's silly.

  The rings were snug before pregnancy, but that was during summer. I (maybe stupidly) didn't know if my fingers would go 100% back to pre-pregnancy size or not; as I'm not sure my waistline, shoe size, etc will. 

  I'll wait until at least 6 months after baby is born, and if the rings still won't fit, then I'll resize. 

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• sdion27 member

  November 2014

  Wait

  

   

   

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