To wonder why nobody told me about post pregnancy body

[Muse84]

Maybe I was just naive

I'm talking about the whole body changes here (down below... Let's not even go there!)

Pre pregnancy, I honestly thought that the extent of my worries would be a saggy belly (fixable with diet and exercise) and possibly saggy boobs (manageable with bra)

I'm lucky that I don't have a saggy belly and no stretch marks. Thank you universe.

But my god, my hips are wider, my ribcage is wider. My boobs currently stick out either side on my sides, if facing mirror.

Basically, I look like a frump

Why did nobody tell me about the general width expansion????!!!

I know this is superficial, but I'm so sad and tired of feeling like a big wide frump. Clothes don't sit on my like they used to (All I see is boob and hip. My grandmother, basically) and I genuinely don't feel as if I recognise my old self anymore

It's a little hard to take with crap post pregnancy hair and massive dark circles.

I'm just a bit sad. Sigh

Moan over. Sorry! I know it's a minor worry in the grand scheme of things

My breasts are magnetically set to south south south

And my tummy has a very accurate ordinance survey of its own, with gradients and view points of its own.

It's my heart and mind that counts.

Make yourself a huge favour and go to physio+osteopath.

Where I'm from (France) this is absolutely mandatory (from a social perspective), and you wouldn't believe what an osteo can reconfigure in a few sessions.

I'm not saying 100% of changes are reversible but a LARGE part is.

Please don't buy the ridiculous "you created a life" BS... This is just badly digested religious dolorism.

Professionals can help you solve your issues. It IS possible... Just look what 40- and 50-year-old women (most of whom have had kids) look like in France.

Having read this thread I can only think I must have got off very lightly! I look exactly the same post pregnancy and am the same size. The only one I recognise is the skin tags, I now have approximately ten million but I'm getting used to them now.

Slightly terrified what will happen to me with DC2 if I get pregnant again!

Six months postpartum is the worst limbo ever. The fog of newborn days has lifted, but you still have a small baby and can't get out and about easily. I always feel better more around the nine month mark, when baby is eating solids more and more, and sleeping in regular blocks. I can never lose weight before weaning begins anyway, but by about a year I feel more or less myself. Give it more time op!

Nothing wrong with boobs and hips, it's feminine...you are a woman(and not 12 yr old girl )

Oh, piss off. It's perfectly reasonable to dislike changes to your own body without the alternative being prepubescent.

To the pp with the big belly button - that upset me the most, but it did go back to normal eventually! Unlike my ribcage, saggy boobs or flat feet...

My belly button never popped during pregnancy, so why is it so far in now. I am 6 months pp and 15kgs lighter than my booking I'm weight but my stomach seems fatter and flabbier. My hips are so wide so I have to wear size 14 trousers or skirts but they are so baggy on my legs, they look ridiculous. I don't even recognise myself anymore.

Booking in weight, that should read

Mousefunky

Thanks was really baffled by the line.

I have seen them on pregnant women in pictures but mistakenly thought they were stretch marks until I got one on my own stomach and could see the difference.

It's amazing how pregnancy affects women so differently! I've skim read about three pages and don't think I've seen the 'Mum bum' mentioned!? I'm 8 mo PP and have escaped relatively unscathed apart from an extremely flat bum and boobs which will no doubt be saggy beyond belief once I've stopped BF

I see you've withdrawn what you said, chav but I just wanted to say it's not normal and I'm so sorry. You need to insist on being seen and treated by a gynaecologist.

Thank you carrot. My husband was responsible. Was a bit identifying and personal x

Diastasis recti here, three find her width (currently 12 weeks after no 3), doing pilates run by a physio to try to sort this out this time as am more clued up third time around.

Feet flatter/different shape, saggy boobs, ribcage wider -yep, this thread has helped me suddenly put my finger on that being why whole boob are looks wider!!

Moles/tiny plaques over skin all over stomach. Stretch marks not bad, lots of pigment on stomach/nipples massive but that will go based on previous pregs. C sections to shelf, not overhang yet so am holding out hope. Lower stomach fairly numb. Belly button area very wrinkled. Hands super dry. Main change this time is general sagginess/beginning to look wrinkled texture to skin body wide. Like the joint relaxing hormone has affected all my flesh, or just aging, not sure what has triggered it.

On the when though, although sad things will never be the same, am holding out hope they will improve a lot and to an extent have adjusted to the changes (dc1 is four)

Multiple typing errors sorry!

I have the 'C section' overhang thanks to emergency surgery in my 20's not due to giving birth. Getting worse as the years go on, no matter how slim I am.

Oh I forgot to mention the dry skin, dry hair. My hair and skin have always been good.. Now I feel withered and dull. Spend a small fortune on products to make me feel good again, eat well and take daily bf supplements and flax seed oil. I know some of this will be due to lack of sleep and it all sounds so superficial but when you give everything you have to a baby, and you're exhausted, you just want to feel a little bit nice, sometimes. I feel a little bit nice never! Hopefully when BFing finally ends things will improve?

I do feel reading all the posts that we are pretty amazing as women and mums (even if we had no choice over the body changes!!)