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How Tall Are You All?

Kaycee

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Kaycee
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I have heard that coeliacs are usually shorter in stature. I am just wondering how true this is, or is it just a myth?

Firstly I am 1.6metres, that is 5' 3". So I am a little height challenged.

I have one shorter son and he is the oldest and is 5'7". The other three sons are well on their way to 6 feet tall, or are already there. None of my children have been diagnosed, so far only the two youngest have been tested, but there could always be a chance their diagnosis could change in the future. The older two don't quite come under mums juristriction, but I can nag at them until they do.

Catherine

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Guest ~jules~
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Well heres to a fellow shrimp! I'm 5'3" also.... :D I'm pretty petite too, not skinny but things aren't just the usual size I guess.

LKelly8 Rookie
LKelly8
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I'm 5'4 and 3/4 (I'll take every quarter inch I can)

My short stature is due to juvenile arthritis tho, not celiac. My mom, who had severe, almost fatal, malnutrition in infancy due to celiac is 5'4. I have two non-celiac siblings, my sister who's 5'5 and my brother's 6'. (I may be shorter but they're older. :P )

Nantzie Collaborator
Nantzie
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I'm 5'8", which is on the short side for my family. My mom was just under 6', my dad was 6'1.5". My mom's sister is 5'11", and my counsins are 5'11 and 5'10".

Basically, I'm pretty short for a tall person.

Nancy

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Ursa Major
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I'm 5'6". My kids are all taller than me (even my 'baby', Susie, who was 5'9"already when she was 13). Two girls are just a tiny bit taller than me, one is 5'8", and my son is 6 feet tall. My six brothers are over six feet, and my dad was, too. My mother was quite a bit shorter, and my sister is a little shorter than me.

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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I'm 6'1" on my short leg, 6'2" on my long leg!!!! :lol: Depends upon in which situation that I stand on the long one! At the doctors -- ALWAYS the long one! Makes my Body Mass Index MAYBE one under depending! :lol::lol:

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

I'm 5'9". Two things that celiac didn't affect with me:

Height

and

Fertility!

LOL!

Hugs.

Karen

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tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
Posted

Yeah, but you got REALLY cute kids out of it!!!!!

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Yeah, but you got REALLY cute kids out of it!!!!!

Thanks! Cute, yes. But they sure run me ragged!

Karen

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
Posted

Ya think??????? Each one talks to me at least 2 times while we're talking . . . not to mention each thing that they have to tell you . . . . ESPECIALLY if "Daddy" has been mean and made them get ready for bed, etc.!!! I don't see how you do it! I had two . . . 3 1/2 years apart (had miscarriages after that), but I thought it was so difficult! You are the official taxi, "meanie", hugger, snuggler to a whole herd!!! They are really really cute, though!!!!! :P

num1habsfan Rising Star
num1habsfan
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I'm between 5'6 and 5'7...which is kinda tall for girls in my family, most are shorter around 5'4 or so?? But they are um overweight, basically 99% of them...I'm the only actual skinny adult!

~lisa~

eKatherine Apprentice
eKatherine
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I'm 5'4", which is average, and is also my mother's height, or at least it was when she was younger. My daughter is 5'2", which she gets from her grandmother on her father's side.

oceangirl Collaborator
oceangirl
Posted
I'm 5'4", which is average, and is also my mother's height, or at least it was when she was younger. My daughter is 5'4", which she gets from her grandmother on her father's side.

Hi,

5'8"- so, don't fit the picture with that.

lisa

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I'm 5'3'' :)

jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
Posted

I'm 5'5" (actually 5'5" and 3/4). I look like I'm 5'8" though because I'm thin and have really long legs. And actually all the doctors predicted I would be 5'8", but I developed severe scoliosis in my teens and I think that took a few inches off.

spunky Contributor
spunky
Posted

I'm probably the tallest woman among baby boomer or older members, at 5' 4". The generations after ours are all taller, but only by a couple of inches.

Michi8 Contributor
Michi8
Posted

I'm 5'3"...all the women in my family are around that height.

Michelle

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

I'm 5'7 1/2". I was 4'11" when I started high school, so I wonder if it was one of those things where I had a brief "remission" of sorts in high school. I've read that symptoms can go away then for a short time. I actually felt good in high school.

Spunky, can you imagine, my mom, grandma, and great-grandma were all 5'8"!! It almost looked funny on my great-grandma that she was so old and so tall!!

natalunia Rookie
natalunia
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I am 5'7". I was always the tallest kid in my class until 7th grade when the boys started surpassing me in height. My mom is 5'4" and dad is 6'1", so I am in the middle.\

My brother, whom I strongly suspect celiac disease in, but hasn't been tested (and grumbles at having to change his diet somewhat), is only 5'6" (claims 5'8" or 5'9" on his driver's license). He was a short, sickly looking kid growing up, and they even put him on some medication to increase his appetite so he would eat more as a child. He probably had celiac way earlier than I developed symptoms.

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
Posted

5' 3-1/4" ...gotta get that 1/4 inch in! :)

lonewolf Collaborator
lonewolf
Posted

I'm 5'7, about the same as both my sisters. My 13 yo daughter is 5'7-1/2 and my 15 yo daughter, who put herself on gluten-free because she feels better sans gluten, is only 5'2, much shorter than the 5'6 - 5'8 that was predicted for her. She doesn't have Celiac, but probably non-Celiac gluten sensitivity, like me. I will always wonder if diet stunted her growth before I was aware of the whole issue.

ehrin Explorer
ehrin
Posted

I am also 5'7" -

tall for one side of my family (mum is 5'2" and women on that side historically are that height)

Average for the other (dad's family runs high 5's and low 6's.

My only sibling, sister, is 5'6"

she does not have celiac though

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

Wow, am I the shortest one??? I'm 5'2-3/4"

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
Posted

5' 4" here :)

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
Posted

So I'm feeling like the Jolly Green Giant!!!!! Ho Ho Ho . . . .

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