Not loving my post partum body

[Gale02]

Originally Posted by ValRock

big blog of mom squish

[runningfromfat]

Originally Posted by ValRock

It takes time.... I gained 70-80 lbs with both my pregnancies and it was at least 3 years each time before everything was back to normal. Things shift around and it's normal it'll take time for your hormones and organs to go back to 'normal.'

My daughter is almost 4 and I'm finally at a place where I don't feel like a big blog of mom squish. It'll happen! Don't give up .

Thanks for sharing that! That's almost exactly what happened to me. I gained 65lbs with DD and I didn't lose the baby weight until about a month or two again (she's almost 3 now). Granted, it took so long because at one point I was actually gaining most of my weight back (due to poor eating habits) so it wasn't like I was actively trying to lose it until she was about 1.5...

I have to admit, though, that I'm really scared about a second pregnancy that I'll gain that much again. Do you mind if I ask if you had your pregnancies before or after you lost weight? I'm hoping my better eating habits and exercise will prevent as much gain next time around...

Also, I should add... even though I'm back to my prepregnancy weight, my stomach is very different. It sticks out in the front way more than it ever did (it used to be relatively flat even when I was overweight in the past) and it's completely jiggly. I'm hoping it at least flattens out some over time...

[Pepino]

Soooo I am almost 10 months PP and my belly isn't shrinking back to normal...will it or is this my permanent belly?!?!?!

When I eat, it sticks out like I am pregnant. It is so weird. It's as if there is no 'core' holding my stomach back when i eat...but i know that is not true because my workouts are incredibly intense (google Crossfit and you'll see my brand of torture!).

Since I am so far post-pardum...do you think it is stuck this way?? I am very close to my ideal weight (like less than 10lbs away) but my belly has not shrunk.

[ValRock]

Originally Posted by runningfromfat

I have to admit, though, that I'm really scared about a second pregnancy that I'll gain that much again. Do you mind if I ask if you had your pregnancies before or after you lost weight? I'm hoping my better eating habits and exercise will prevent as much gain next time around...

Also, I should add... even though I'm back to my prepregnancy weight, my stomach is very different. It sticks out in the front way more than it ever did (it used to be relatively flat even when I was overweight in the past) and it's completely jiggly. I'm hoping it at least flattens out some over time...

I just now saw this, sorry! I did a lot better on my 2nd pregnancy than I did on my first. I gained a lot of weight but was very active during the pregnancy and bounced back a lot quicker. I settled at 267 after my first and around 225 after my second. I was around 180 when I got pregnant both times. It'll be ok .

Originally Posted by Pepino

Soooo I am almost 10 months PP and my belly isn't shrinking back to normal...will it or is this my permanent belly?!?!?!

When I eat, it sticks out like I am pregnant. It is so weird. It's as if there is no 'core' holding my stomach back when i eat...but i know that is not true because my workouts are incredibly intense (google Crossfit and you'll see my brand of torture!).

Since I am so far post-pardum...do you think it is stuck this way?? I am very close to my ideal weight (like less than 10lbs away) but my belly has not shrunk.

It takes time. Mine took at LEAST 18 months to look normal, both times. You're not very far post pardum. It takes your uterous alone at least 9 months to return to it's normal state. Give it time!

[Pepino]

Originally Posted by ValRock

It takes time. Mine took at LEAST 18 months to look normal, both times. You're not very far post pardum. It takes your uterous alone at least 9 months to return to it's normal state. Give it time!

Thank you ValRock!

This honestly made me feel a lot better. I though that since it had been so long this was just 'it'. But the fact that it took yours 18 months to look normal makes me FEEL WAY BETTER! At least now I have hope.

The jiggling when I walk is soo strange. Like its sooo jiggly. Not like normal fat at all. It's almost like weightless jello. Like that Simpson episode where the doctor pokes homers belly and it jiggles for hours. That is how it feels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrslynah]

Originally Posted by 170starting

I also gained 65 pounds during my pregnancy... I lost 35 within the first week and a half post-partum. I am now up to 52 pounds lost and I had him 5 months ago.

My friend had her baby September 3 and gained 39 pounds. It is September 22. She has lost all of her weight and fits into all pre-pregnantness clothing.

That B####.

Hahaha. That made me laugh. Same thing with my BFF. She gained little in the pregnancy, had an ELEVEN pound baby, and put her jeans on 2 weeks later.
I gained 50, had a less than seven pound baby and still have 13 pounds to go.

[sacha]

Originally Posted by mrslynah

Hahaha. That made me laugh. Same thing with my BFF. She gained little in the pregnancy, had an ELEVEN pound baby, and put her jeans on 2 weeks later.
I gained 50, had a less than seven pound baby and still have 13 pounds to go.

I gained 2lbs in the 3 days after birthing a +9lb baby

I couldn't believe it