When did your belly go down after birth? - Page 2

ERConnell · Apr 13th, 2012, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashlee B x

When i look at it in the mirror it looks like a sad dogs face

Ash Im sorry but that is hilarious!

lil star · Apr 13th, 2012, 09:09 AM

mine went down qiute quickly but i not as lucky as most of u i have strecth marks they are starting to fade tho and my belly well it looks like a saggy balloon i doubt it will ever go back if i loose weight it will just look worse... i h8 body but i guess i didnt help my self when i was pregnant by eating loads x

MrsMurphy2Be · Apr 13th, 2012, 09:31 AM

Mine went straight down. Although it was all squishy haha, it felt so weird! It didnt look any different though

marycotter567 · Apr 13th, 2012, 10:13 AM

Right after the birth it was gone but it didnt go back to its pre-pregnancy "flatness" and more suppleness until maybe 1-2 weeks later. I think breastfeeding helped with that the most because aside form not gaining much weight during my preganancy, I didnt do anything. But durign the frst 2 weeks, whenever I breastfed I would get bad cramps the nurses told me its my uterus returnignt o normal size. My doc said my uterus contacted to normal size on day 4.

Ashlee B x · Apr 13th, 2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ERConnell

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Originally Posted by Ashlee B x

When i look at it in the mirror it looks like a sad dogs face

Ash Im sorry but that is hilarious!

Oh it really does! My OH finds it hilarious when i laugh coz it wobbles around like jowls of a dog runnin!!

d_b · Apr 13th, 2012, 11:31 AM

Mine went down right away but I find I get bloated much easier now! It looks ok standing up but when I sit down there is a lot of fleshy rolls that weren't there before!! I think that is slowly getting better and I make sure not to look in the mirror when I'm bending over lol

Supermaiden · Apr 13th, 2012, 13:23 PM

Mine went down the first 2 weeks really nicely, but then I stopped BFing as baby couldnt latch on and I was expressing anyway. Once I stopped that, the belly stopped shrinking and hasnt gone down at all since and my LO is 9 months old. Hate my tummy now, and its still so painful after the c-section.. I dont think its right, I do worry. I now also have quite an overhang which I never had before and I look like a deflated football

Only got 2 small stretchmarks during pregnancy, then straight after I got LOADS! Was like wtf!

CatandKitten · Apr 13th, 2012, 13:45 PM

Try dry brushing for the wobblees.

jenniferttc1 · Apr 13th, 2012, 13:51 PM

i went down pretty flat instantly. Was still a little pouchy and soft but since 3 weeks pp i have been normal. Breastfeeding made my uterus go down quick and boy did I feel it with the cramping the first 3 days every time i fed him. I am not soft anymore and no loose skin or stretchies

seoj · Apr 13th, 2012, 13:55 PM

I've no clue what is "normal"... LOL... but I think mine went down quickly. The doctor even made a comment about at when checking me out in the hospital after my c-section. I never got that big during pregnancy though... and gave birth a bit early at 36wks 4dys (as LO decided to try to come early- so had to go straight in for c-section due to placenta previa).

For sure there was a bit more of a belly there after than before (I was still 19lbs heavier after birth)... but once I got back in the gym, within a few weeks it looked just like it did pre-baby. I've lost most of the weight too... just 5lbs to go!

Apr 13th, 2012, 09:09 AM	#12
lil star Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 237	mine went down qiute quickly but i not as lucky as most of u i have strecth marks they are starting to fade tho and my belly well it looks like a saggy balloon i doubt it will ever go back if i loose weight it will just look worse... i h8 body but i guess i didnt help my self when i was pregnant by eating loads x

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Apr 13th, 2012, 09:31 AM	#13
MrsMurphy2Be Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 5,066	Mine went straight down. Although it was all squishy haha, it felt so weird! It didnt look any different though

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Apr 13th, 2012, 10:13 AM	#14
marycotter567 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 498	Right after the birth it was gone but it didnt go back to its pre-pregnancy "flatness" and more suppleness until maybe 1-2 weeks later. I think breastfeeding helped with that the most because aside form not gaining much weight during my preganancy, I didnt do anything. But durign the frst 2 weeks, whenever I breastfed I would get bad cramps the nurses told me its my uterus returnignt o normal size. My doc said my uterus contacted to normal size on day 4.

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Apr 13th, 2012, 11:31 AM	#16
d_b Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,005	Mine went down right away but I find I get bloated much easier now! It looks ok standing up but when I sit down there is a lot of fleshy rolls that weren't there before!! I think that is slowly getting better and I make sure not to look in the mirror when I'm bending over lol

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Apr 13th, 2012, 13:23 PM	#17
Supermaiden Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 706	Mine went down the first 2 weeks really nicely, but then I stopped BFing as baby couldnt latch on and I was expressing anyway. Once I stopped that, the belly stopped shrinking and hasnt gone down at all since and my LO is 9 months old. Hate my tummy now, and its still so painful after the c-section.. I dont think its right, I do worry. I now also have quite an overhang which I never had before and I look like a deflated football Only got 2 small stretchmarks during pregnancy, then straight after I got LOADS! Was like wtf!

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Apr 13th, 2012, 13:45 PM	#18
CatandKitten Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 674	Try dry brushing for the wobblees.

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Apr 13th, 2012, 13:51 PM	#19
jenniferttc1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: US Posts: 11,063	i went down pretty flat instantly. Was still a little pouchy and soft but since 3 weeks pp i have been normal. Breastfeeding made my uterus go down quick and boy did I feel it with the cramping the first 3 days every time i fed him. I am not soft anymore and no loose skin or stretchies

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Apr 13th, 2012, 13:55 PM	#20
seoj Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 9,043	I've no clue what is "normal"... LOL... but I think mine went down quickly. The doctor even made a comment about at when checking me out in the hospital after my c-section. I never got that big during pregnancy though... and gave birth a bit early at 36wks 4dys (as LO decided to try to come early- so had to go straight in for c-section due to placenta previa). For sure there was a bit more of a belly there after than before (I was still 19lbs heavier after birth)... but once I got back in the gym, within a few weeks it looked just like it did pre-baby. I've lost most of the weight too... just 5lbs to go!

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