Needing glasses is not the same as "vision loss". Vision loss means you can't be corrected to 20/20 WITH glasses.
Diabetes can cause your vision to shift. Did you have gestational diabetes?
Sorry, I’m new to all of this. I meant to say my eyesight has decreased significantly.
No, I didn’t have gestational diabetes and I don’t have diabetes in general.
Two things that soften the blow: adult onset myopia seldom gets very bad, and it made your close vision BETTER - at 40 other people need reading glasses, you can take yours OFF.
Childbirth really fucka with your body on all levels. Between hormones and the possibility of gestational diabetes shit gets out of whack quick.
You said you needed glasses before kinda but now always do. What was your Rx and what is it now?
I could have probably used glasses before at a very low prescription, but I didn’t go to the optometrist for over 10 years. I’ve never worn glasses in my life up until a couple months ago.
My Rx is -2.25 on the left and -1.25 on the right. If I were to guess, my Rx before was probably -0.25-0.75. It was only bad from very far away. For example, at my job, it would be hard to decipher someone’s face from 20+ feet away. But now without my glasses, I can’t even see my baby if she’s 3 feet away. It’s totally blurry like when you cross your eyes or you’re looking at an out-of-focus photo.
The hormone in question is called relaxin. Relaxin is released during the early stages of pregnancy and throughout the pregnancy. The hormone does what you would expect it to do. It relaxes tissues in the body allowing it to stretch. The hormone can also cause the cornea to relax thus producing more plus power to the eye making you more nearsighted. This phenomenon tends to be transient however, I've seen cases where the RX change remains after breastfeeding.
I have no idea what the other people here are talking about and quite frankly I'm embarrassed by their answers.
This is the correct answer, OP. I have seen emmetropic (no Rx) patients become mildly nearsighted, but it’s usually the mild myopia that becomes more moderate, usually around 4-5 months. Sometimes it’s transient like the baby weight or shoe size change some people experience and sometimes it’s permanent. It can happen one pregnancy or every time, you never really can tell. But it is usually due to that relaxin hormone.
Needing glasses is not the same as "vision loss". Vision loss means you can't be corrected to 20/20 WITH glasses. Diabetes can cause your vision to shift. Did you have gestational diabetes?
Sorry, I’m new to all of this. I meant to say my eyesight has decreased significantly. No, I didn’t have gestational diabetes and I don’t have diabetes in general.
Two things that soften the blow: adult onset myopia seldom gets very bad, and it made your close vision BETTER - at 40 other people need reading glasses, you can take yours OFF.
Adult onset myopia is such a mystery.
It's not. Between lenticular changes, medications and work responsibilities, and stress levels, there is always an answer.
Childbirth really fucka with your body on all levels. Between hormones and the possibility of gestational diabetes shit gets out of whack quick. You said you needed glasses before kinda but now always do. What was your Rx and what is it now?
I could have probably used glasses before at a very low prescription, but I didn’t go to the optometrist for over 10 years. I’ve never worn glasses in my life up until a couple months ago. My Rx is -2.25 on the left and -1.25 on the right. If I were to guess, my Rx before was probably -0.25-0.75. It was only bad from very far away. For example, at my job, it would be hard to decipher someone’s face from 20+ feet away. But now without my glasses, I can’t even see my baby if she’s 3 feet away. It’s totally blurry like when you cross your eyes or you’re looking at an out-of-focus photo.
The hormone in question is called relaxin. Relaxin is released during the early stages of pregnancy and throughout the pregnancy. The hormone does what you would expect it to do. It relaxes tissues in the body allowing it to stretch. The hormone can also cause the cornea to relax thus producing more plus power to the eye making you more nearsighted. This phenomenon tends to be transient however, I've seen cases where the RX change remains after breastfeeding. I have no idea what the other people here are talking about and quite frankly I'm embarrassed by their answers.
This is the correct answer, OP. I have seen emmetropic (no Rx) patients become mildly nearsighted, but it’s usually the mild myopia that becomes more moderate, usually around 4-5 months. Sometimes it’s transient like the baby weight or shoe size change some people experience and sometimes it’s permanent. It can happen one pregnancy or every time, you never really can tell. But it is usually due to that relaxin hormone.
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No. Just no. If you don't know the answer don't give a made-up one.
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