Belly appearance and stretch marks AFTER giving birth?

[happy-evie]

A question for the ladies who have given birth before....did your stomach shrink back to your pre-pregnancy size or is there excess skin?...or is the muscle toned but the skin is wrinkled?......and STRETCH MARKS!....do they really fade away after, if so how long did it take and how do they appear to look now??.....(sorry about the thousands of questions lol, just curious)

 

[HippyMumma23]

For me, yes it totally went back to my normal smooth pre preg tum. I only got stretch marks on my hips which appeared when ds was 2 weeks old (after sudden weight loss) they were thick, purple and angry looking. But theu faded to absolutely nothing.

 

[happy-evie]

For me, yes it totally went back to my normal smooth pre preg tum. I only got stretch marks on my hips which appeared when ds was 2 weeks old (after sudden weight loss) they were thick, purple and angry looking. But theu faded to absolutely nothing.

ah your super lucky!...theres still hope then lool .....im a slim person but my belly is huge! and i just woke up one day to see strechies everywhere so i was thinking they may just stay there and my belly would become a sag bag after.

 

[HippyMumma23]

No that doesnt always happen dont panic! It may be like that for a little while these things take time to heal, shrink and strengthen but dont lose hope!

 

[lousielou]

I put on a lot of weight with my son, and have done the same this pregnancy even though I told myself I wouldn't My tummy went back to being lovely and flat, with no stretch marks - but I did have some on my hips. They faded away though

 

[kerryjayne21]

I got a lot of stretch marks with my first, 4 years on and the stretch marks have really faded but I do have excess loose skin, this time around I barely have any marks, I guess I have the loose skin to thank for that.

Everyone is different though

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

I had loose wiggly skin and loose muscles with my first but was back in pre preg clothes within two weeks. here is a postpartum pic 9 months after delivery....pregnant again this pic I was 7 weeks preggo...stretch marks were just starting to turn silvery in color

 

[Kim T]

My tummy went back to being completely flat, although the skin wasn't quite perfect.. Didn't have the elasticity that it used to!
And i found that my muscles weren't too great, so if i ate a gigantic meal my muscles wouldn't hold it all in like before lol!
I never once worked out though.. So i could imagine that with a tiny bit of work, ya wouldn't even know that you had a baby (fingers crossed)!!

And i only had stretch marks on my hips and boobs which were purple but now they are skin coloured, but do leave a slight indentation and if i really searched for them then i can see them!

 

[happy-evie]

another flat belly testimony lol...its so hard to control weight gain during pregnancy, i kept getting told i need to eat more by my midwife at first now i think I'm on track, and believe me iv tried so hard to put on weight...i was 10.5 stone before i got pregnant now I'm just over 12stone ..how long did it take for the stretch marks to fade?

 

[katratrina]

with my 1st baby, i only got 1 stretch mark and that faded quite quickly, it was only little, but my tummy was a bit looser. But after i had #2 my tummy was covered in stretch marks and i now have a saggy belly and it hasn't gone back. The stretch marks are still visible but not red, and i don't think my tummy will ever go back to normal, but i am now pregnant with #4 so really didn't think it would plus with pregnancy #2 and #3, i did put on a bit of weight.

 

[happy-evie]

I had loose wiggly skin and loose muscles with my first but was back in pre preg clothes within two weeks. here is a postpartum pic 9 months after delivery....pregnant again this pic I was 7 weeks preggo...stretch marks were just starting to turn silvery in color

wow thats actually amazing...your stomach snapped back!

 

[Armywife]

I put over 4st on with my last pregnancy but my tummy was back to almost the same as pre pregnancy within 6 weeks. I didn't get stretch marks and had no excess, saggy, wrinkly skin. I didn't go to the gym at all and the only thing i found was as Kim T said, if i ate lots my tummy would expand much easier, oh and this pregnancy my bump showed really early! Not sure what will happen to my tummy after this baby but hoping for the same!

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

with this pregnancy I am not so sure keeping my fingers crossed here's my new addition of stretch marks this time around I have also passed full term weight with my son by six lbs and still have 3 weeks and thats if I dont go late. with first preg. I didnt get stretch marks till the last two/three weeks and now you can see old ones are not bright but softer silvery color and new ones are bright red.

 

[happy-evie]

with my 1st baby, i only got 1 stretch mark and that faded quite quickly, it was only little, but my tummy was a bit looser. But after i had #2 my tummy was covered in stretch marks and i now have a saggy belly and it hasn't gone back. The stretch marks are still visible but not red, and i don't think my tummy will ever go back to normal, but i am now pregnant with #4 so really didn't think it would plus with pregnancy #2 and #3, i did put on a bit of weight.

I started off with just one stretch mark above my belly button where my piercing used to be and then i got loads under my boobies... didn't mind too much because I was a B cup and just soared right to a D cup...its no fun though i think i prefer smaller boobs lool....then at 28 weeks baby turned to head down position and i woke up with strechies on my hips and my belly

 

[happy-evie]

with this pregnancy I am not so sure keeping my fingers crossed here's my new addition of stretch marks this time around I have also passed full term weight with my son by six lbs and still have 3 weeks and thats if I dont go late. with first preg. I didnt get stretch marks till the last two/three weeks and now you can see old ones are not bright but softer silvery color and new ones are bright red.

thats how mine looks now...but i also have them around the hip area....at least you get to find out your baby's weight and keep track...I asked the midwife how much my LO is currently weighing at as my belly absolutely shoots out....i look like iv hidden a watermelon under my top and its quite painful as my spine is curved and twists at the bottom...she said she will not check nor will she check throughout so id have to just wait until He's born...how mean....happy she isn't the midwife I normally have!...I hope I don't have her for my next appointment, i mean she wouldn't even check to see how far down his head was neither she just said...you will know his head is engaged when u feel like he is gonna drop out!

 

[Armywife]

Took me ages to find this! This was 4 weeks after Poppy was born.

 

[S_a_m_m_y]

yeah thats no fun, at all. this pregnancy has been a bit rough and different from my first, more complications so I dont even know if they would have been watching weight if they were not watching his kidney's. with my first pregnancy I only had a 20 week anomaly scan and that was it....this pregnancy I have had over 7 scans already. not much longer hun and you'll be hold your LO and I am sure you'll get back to shape if its important to you....remember its on your time, people dont expect you to look exactly the way you did before pregnancy...you"ll be just fine

 

[happy-evie]

Took me ages to find this! This was 4 weeks after Poppy was born.

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not even a mark in sight at all...and just 4 weeks later!...your bump vanished so quickly

 

[Armywife]

It took longer for my little pouch of fat to go though! I was also induced at 36wks and my bump was only small so that probably helped. This time i'm much bigger so not expecting it to be as easy - still no stretch marks as of yet though!

 

[Kimboowee]

I had a 'mummy tummy' bit at the bottom and all my stretchmarks faded really quickly. I've had no new ones at all this time despite carrying weight totally differently