Will I ever loose my pregnancy stomach now my baby is born?????

HappySad

one month on from baby's birth and I am 16 stone & have a really large stomach that makes me look like I am just about to give birth again!!!!


I am ok about the 16stone as i know what to do to loose that weight but what about my fantom pregnant bulging stomach????? Did you have one & how long & what did you do to get rid of yours?????? Any advice please!!!!!

Nicki

It took 9 months for it to become that way, and the muscles are shot to pieces, so don't be too hard on yourself that it hasn't gone in only one month!

Its been a while since I had my kids but I seem to recall the general advice is not to start exercising until after your 6 week check. Once you've had this though maybe you could start some gentle abdominal exercises or consider using a toning belt once a day while you feed the baby to help things along.

I think new mums look beautiful though - they have a kind of glow about them as they hold their little ones which even sleepless nights can't dim! It will be very obvious to everyone you've just had a baby so I wouldn't in all honesty beat yourself up yet about having a beach perfect body!

poppyscorner

I too know all about burst balloon stomachs and hate to admit I had a baby 14wks ago and it is still there come to think of it mine never went away after my first 4yrs ago.

TheWaltons_3

I presume your Uterus has contracted properly, or your Midwife would have pointed this out.

1 month is not a very long time after having a baby, to be worried.

I gave birth 7 months ago and I still have a flabby baby belly - I shouldn't imagine it would go completely without a personal trainer/liposuction... all the things that are expensive!

Wait unti your 6 week Potsnatal check up and see what Dr says... but don't be getting stressed out about this now... enjoy your baby.. you've just become a Mummy and who cares what your tummy looks like?!

inkie

Have you been doing your postnatal exercises - us midwives go through these with mums after delivery.

jazzyjustlaw

HI

No it wont if Im anything to go by.

Nealy 18 years and despite gym and excercise - its still there not as bad as it was but its there alright - savemoney and accept it.

Js_Other_Half

inkie wrote: »

Have you been doing your postnatal exercises - us midwives go through these with mums after delivery.

Wanna bet? I had a physio arrive in my room less than 3 hours after a C section and left me a leaflet...that was it.

minimoneysaver

I had a c section and I didn't even get a visit from the physio. No exercises or anything. Just one big flabby tummy!!!

ailuro2

Maybe it should hav eread U.S. midwives...it was at our antenatal re-union that I got my stomach checked for torn muscles.:rolleyes: Sadly not all regions operate to the same standards.

My tummy never really recovered either- but magic knickers can improve the look a lot once all your 'innards' have been given a few months to settle back in- 4 weeks is a long time in your baba's life, but not much in your tums- give it time, it will improve- and remember we don't all have plastic surgeons giving us a tuck while we have the C section as per many of the mums featuring in Heat/Reveal/Hello etc.;) We're natural and more beautiful for it, wrinkly tums and all.:A

TheWaltons_3

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

Wanna bet? I had a physio arrive in my room less than 3 hours after a C section and left me a leaflet...that was it.

I had a horrendous labour and my stomache muscles had split badly - the Physio woman came to me whilst in hospital and told me I had to do 50 exercises in my bed every day to get them 'better' - although she also told me they would never get back to normal.

Got home few days later, lying in bed and did 18 of these exercises... and went to sleep. My baby cried in the night for his feed... and I couldn't get up off my back.. I had to rock side to side for about 15 minutes in agony until I could get up.... :eek:

Took me ages to get better!

Last time I'm listening to any Physiotherapist - and DEFINITELY no more babies!

tiamai_d

Youngest is now 2, I'm what.. 13 stone, actually weighed a lot less after he was born due to iron tablets having the opposite effect on me than most other folk!

If I want my tummy to look flat (ish, very very ish) I have to eat no chocolate at all, drink only water, and eat plenty of sweetcorn for a week. Then wear tummy shaping pants! LOL!

and you know what?

sod that.

But I do hate the horrid overhang from the C section... ick... and I swear it still hurts!