Does CP Affect Height?
Basically what it says on the tin. I haven’t met very many people with CP so I don’t know if I’m extremely short because I lost the genetic lottery or if it’s a common symptom of people with CP and/or premature births (born almost 2 months early here!)
I’m only 5’ tall (152cm). I like to say 5’0.5”, but I’m not sure if that’s actually true lol.
I will say that my parents are both kinda short (mom is 5’2” and dad is 5’9” — he always said he’s short for a guy but I wasn’t sure if that was true or if he just bought in too hard to the idea that the ideal man is 6’ tall, men, feel free to weigh in), but being tall also runs in our family (my mom’s dad was like 6’9” and I have some taller female relatives too), so I don’t know if I’m small because I was doomed to be this way regardless or if the CP contributed too.
I thought for a long time that it was because I drank like 3-6 cans of Mountain Dew a day in middle school (I stopped growing at 13), but I’ve since found out this is a myth. Probably wasn’t a good idea to do that regardless though lol. I do not do this anymore don’t worry.