Having a baby ruins your teeth.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

When I was nine months pregnant I went to the dentist, my teeth was lovely, not one filling in my mouth.

Fast forward 10 months later, I have 3 fillings, 1 crown and 1 extraction.

I knew babies really take it out of our bodies, but Geez! I didn't realise they can seriously ruin your teeth!

I will need full dentures if I ever had another baby!

[Saila]

my mother always says they were told to drink 'a glass of milk a day' when pregnant and bfing otherwise your teeth will crumble

she's amazed the same isn't enforced today

it's weird how good advice like that stops?

poor teeth :(

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

The funny thing is I was hooked on milkshakes throughout my pregnancy, and I consume a vast amount of dairy but nope, my son is taking ALL the goodness out of me, which is evident when you see him, he is a big plump happy baby!

[civilservant]

The old wives' saying that a woman loses a tooth per child seems to be borne out by this US study of more than 2000 women http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/7/1263?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=russell&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

The conclusion is that "Parity is related to tooth loss among American women, but the mechanisms of the association remain undefined" or "the more often you've been pregnant, the fewer teeth you're likely to have, but we aren't sure exactly why"!

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Thanks for that, that was interesting reading. Tooth damage and a ruined body....the price we pay for having a baby!

[civilservant]

not to mention a ruined bank balance for ever and ever after!

but we love them really - don't we:))