stretch marks, saggy belly and hate the way I look

[jasmine101010]

Hello again mums

I need some advice about stretch marks. In pregnancy I put on almost 30Kilos and the stretch marks were really bad. I did use Bio oil when I remembered to but now 11 months after giving birth the stretch marks are still there. Before pregnany I was 85 Kilos and now I am 95 but my belly is sagging and the stretch marks look horrible. I cannot stand in front of the mirror naked because I feel soo ashamed.

I loved being pregnant and giving birth but the thing I hate is the way I look after I gave birth till now.

I know I didnt have the ideal figure before but now its worse then before. I dont really eat to the extent either that would make me put on weight but its not going down either

why do us as mums have to suffer the effects of pregnancy when we struggle so hard to get pregnant. I dunno if thats a bad thing to say but at the moment thats the way I am feeling.

please help, I need advice of how to get fade the stretch marks and to try and get rid of the saggy belly.

Will we ever get back our figure we were before?

 

[jakemybaby]

My tummy is a mess too
My belly button is gross... All brown and saggy... And the stretch marks... Man I look like my tummy was made of crepe paper!

I was the same after my son who is nearly 4 and the good news is, it does tone up with time (well mine did) and the only exercise I do really is walking.

In the meantime I just don't look!

Don't be so hard on yourself... We may never be like we were before, but look at our beautiful babies... They are so worth it!

 

[fedupwaiting]

Yup my belly looks like a tiger attacked it then hung off the bottom for a while.

For me I don't mind how it looks but how it feels freaks me out. Freaks me out to the point that I can't rub moisturiser in it it makes me shudder!

So sorry no advice but lots of sympathetic hugs xx

 

[Brieanna]

I used oils and lotions religiously as soon as I had my bfp and I still got stretch marks so don't feel bad about that. I hate how my body looks now and I especially hate the scar from the emcs that is making my belly heal lopsided and flabby over it. . .

BUT, my identical twin sister had 2 babies within 1.5 years and gained the same amount of weight as me (and looked roughly the same) and now, 2.5 years pp she looks great, so I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel and chances are that even though your marks won't fade completely they will get lots better too with time.

 

[wish2bmama]

I feel the same way Even DH is telling me to go the gym and tone my abs back up.. sigh.. Like I have the time.

 

[Kiddo]

I feel the same. I seem to remember the weight dropping off more quickly after i had my 1st but that may be rose tinted. I have horrid stretch marks this time to and if they're not gone in a year then I've decided i want then tattooed over. I'd love to get out exercising but i just never seem to find the time. I struggle to get half an hour on the wii never mind get out to the gym

 

[emyandpotato]

I'm the same and I didn't even gain much weight it's so unfair I'm too embarrased to even let my doctor see. Can't see myself ever being confident again tbh

 

[nugget80]

my tummy is covered in stretch marks from dd 9 yrs ago and it never recovered as the skin was so stretched it is now saggy. i know thats not what anyone wants to hear but you do get used to your new shape and when all is said and done it is a small price to pay to have our babies...