Minshu, I meant to say, that I've been using a bamboo Belly Bandit to help with my nasty overhanging belly- from boohoobaby.co.uk

It's like a giant bandage that you wrap around your middle and it is helping flatten my tummy a bit- I wear it for about 4- 5 hours evey night and it is slowly working. It isn't as amazing and quick as the reviews say, but it is worth buying imo.

HTH

Had a really long power walk today- just 1,000 more of those and i'll be sorted! LOL

Thanks for the kind words everyone :O)

I gained FOUR STONE with DD and only lost one after a month following a caesarian. It all went though when she was 9 months old. Eat less cake and walk every day - it will go

sleepysox - pah, ignore your dad! (Why do they have the power to get to us like that?!) Who on EARTH doesn't still look pregnant a week after giving birth?? I was a bit overweight (at least 1.5 stone) before getting pregnant, now almost 31 weeks with twins... I think you did BRILLIANTLY only to put on 2 stone. I think I've put on almost 4 stone although to be honest don't feel as though it's that much - have gone up one dress size but have a huge bump already!

Your body has been preparing you to look after your baby when you give birth, which is your main priority. I'm sure I'm going to feel a complete heffalump afterwards but am considering it the 4th trimester and am going to try not to think about losing the weight for at least a few months.

And then the plan is to attack it head on and join a gym. I'm probably going to have a CS too and am sure the advice is not to exercise for a while until recovery is complete. Best of luck and don't beat yourself up!

I hope your dad has apologised - you probably felt bad enough after major abdominal surgery without such thoughtless comments. Don't be so hard on yourself - it's quite an ordeal you've been through

I weighed myself about 5 or 6 days after my CS and couldn't understand why I'd lost only 5lb, in spite of having an 8lb 11oz baby, and losing lots of amniotic fluid, placenta, etc. Apparently, the IV drip rehydrates and takes a while to get out of the system.

I looked about 6 or 7 months pg for the first week, at least, and am now wearing some maternity clothes and some of my baggier pre-pg clothes (options further limited by bf).

It's been nearly 5 weeks now and I seem to have lost most of the weight (I put on well over three stone), but have a horrible overhanging, squidgy belly above my scar which looks like it's going to be there forever Can start abdominal exercises soon (oh joy), but am trying to get out walking with the pram every day in the meantime.

Thanks Meglet- makes me feel better, thanks :O)

I know you're right Londonlottie, I just feel fat and frumpy- I was overweight before I got pg and had just started Fat Fighters and was beginning to lose it, and now I am lardier than ever.

My dad said to me the week after DS was born that it looked like I was still pg and I guess I've taken it to heart. I need to get my life on track and slim down as I'll feel so much better about myself.

So you weigh 1 stone more than you did pre-pregnancy and you only gave birth 6 weeks ago? I'd say that was bloody good going - it's not exactly normal to be back to pre-pg weight so soon, or is it?? Most of my friends start to worry if the weight is still there a YEAR after giving birth, not a few weeks!

There is probably some swelling from the cs. I've had 2 cs's and had a hysterectomy in the summer and depsite being thin my tummy took weeks to settle down and for the puffy-ness to go.

Ooh QT- well hydrated- I like it! Better than lardy!!

Yank- your experience gives me hope. Hope your body frees itself soon and pounds drop off once more.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I feel happier now, but impatient as I feel a bit fat and frumpy and need to be a yummier mummy not a scummy mummy

You're probably just retaining fluid still, and it can weigh a lot!

I gained exactly 2 stone during the pregnancy, most of it near the end (but started out very overweight). Got home two days after delivery and had only lost 5lbs! Very shocked as I thought losing an 8.5lb baby, placenta, and waters it should have been a lot more. I got very lucky and after a few more days it started coming off, so quickly that I was losing 2-4 pounds a day and was back at my starting weight in just two weeks. However, I can't seem to go down from there at all--it's like my body is stuck!

Even after that, I still had fluid retention and sore fingers until DS was about 6 weeks, so I bet you'll lose it soon.