You can tell if a women's had a baby by her stomach

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My friends wisdom you can tell a women's had a baby as they have a rounded tummy after. She declared this when I said I was pregnant last time and that she couldn't tell the difference as I always had a rounded tummy ( I'm a tall size 12 normally) Do you thinks it true ? And why are we all walking around looking 5 months pregnant permanently?

I've had some ab separation after two large babies personally.

Bollocks, I know plenty of women who've had children and have enviously flat tummies including my mum who has had 3 children and my sil who has had 4.

I don't have pouch or stretch marks. My stomach isn't flat but it wasn't at 20 when I was a six 6 either. She's talking pish

She doesn't know what she's talking about.

It's frustrating to feel that people are scanning your stomach (if you're of child-bearing age) looking for early signs of pregnancy! Plenty of us carry a little extra weight around the stomach.

I have a flat tummy and no stretch marks after 2 babies. I have wide hips though which I didn't have before!

What a load of tripe.

Plenty of women irritatingly regain washboard abs.

Plenty of women have overhanging flabby bellies to start with.

Your friend is an idiot. What other helpful insights does she have? Can she tell which men have children by their grey hair perhaps?

I'm just a fat bastard 🤷‍♀️

Yeah, no. I had a flat stomach before pregnancy, had a baby at 40, no stretch marks, stomach is flat again. Your friend is a snidey cow.

My stomach is ruined with abdominal separation after having kids but your friend is just being a cow to be honest. Plenty of women with a bigger stomach even when no kids are ate play. And visa Versa

You should see my stomach at the moment then as I am temporarily on the Slimfast diet. Nice bloated look lol.

Your friend is mistaken.
I did not add the extra layer women usually carry on the lower abdomen until menopause. Most athletic people do not have a high enough bmi to have that bit of baby belly fat.

I’ve had two and looked no different a few years after than a year before. No stretch marks, no other signs.

Belly button is often a dead giveaway, regardless of how flat a post baby tummy is.

You can 100% tell someone’s had a baby by looking at their stomach, it’s not a size thing either. In fact I think it’s easier to tell on slim and toned stomachs, they look very different particularly the bellybutton that’s always looks wrong after having a baby.

For me yes,I’m a size 8-10 but I have an apron of skin on my stomach,as soon as I eat anything I look 5 months pregnant!

She doesn't sound very nice! And she's taking bollocks.

I had my first baby at 30. I had a very strong abdominal core from 10+ years of sit ups religiously every day. Went back to my normal weight (8 stone) and abdominal flatness within days. I had no stretch marks. My abdominal muscles were slightly separated but you couldn't tell this by looking - you would have had to dig your fingers in to check!

Last baby at 40. Again no stretch marks. My "bump" took about 3 weeks to deflate. I never lost the last stone of baby weight (but I'm still only 9 stone) but it's spread out, not concentrated only on the belly, and I still have a strong core which has kept it fairly flat.

I would say that the skin wrinkles in a crepe paper effect in that area, so there is some evidence that it's been stretched, but again I have to poke it with my fingers to see this. Plus I am 46 and my skin is losing elasticity everywhere! This wasn't evident until my late 30s I'd say.

I know lots of women without children who carry belly fat (at any age) and I agree with what a PP said that as women approach menopause and their muscles start to sag, this can manifest in a distended abdomen which is possibly more pronounced if it's previously had a good stretch (and you haven't habitually done core strength work) but by no means happens only to women who've had children.

Sometimes I've observed women in swimwear who have an obvious "apron" from a c-section despite being otherwise slim, or really pronounced stretch marks, but this certainly isn't always the case.

So I don't think your friend can "always tell" at all. She sounds insufferably smug.

If a woman has had a natural delivery you could probably tell by her cervix (mine is a "right mess" according to my smear test nurse!) But that's not something you go around showing all and sundry. You'd have to have your legs akimbo and a speculum in for a start!

Not always, after I had my son at 21 - and he was a 8.6 lb baby - and after I'd lost the weight I put on my tummy was as flat as a board without any exercise, it was always like that.
The menopause has put a stop to that though. You can tell when a woman has gone through the menopause

Mine is def not going back to normal, I think because I had my babies in my thirties. Younger girls seem to bounce back and I hate it haha. BUT your friend is a twat, I hate my tummy but my friends wouldn't even comment on it. Wow

Not true, I had completely flat stomach 6 weeks after birth, no stretch marks either. Only 1 baby, I am sure it would be different after multiple births.
I don't like the sound of your friend though, not a nice thing to say and very judgemental

I'm not skinny but don't carry a lot of weight on my stomach and I've always exercised. You wouldn't know I'd had kids from my stomach. Your "friend" is snide and insecure.

I've got a very rounded tummy and a scar that's identical to a C-Section scar but I am child free. Your friend is talking bollocks.

I had my two 2 dc in my twenties and had my six pack back by my six week checks kept it til my forties Menopause and cake have relaxed it now she's being nasty

You can tell if a woman's had a baby by the baby.

A friends wife has a one year old baby, her six pack was visible again within weeks (I only know due to the type of running gear she wears).

If you’re a tall size 12 (I am) then you’re probably slim and if she’s not, she’s picking on one tiny area to make you feel rubbish and her better. Nice friend.
After kids my stomach looks the same in clothes.

Your frenemy is shallow, no other way to describe her.

If that's the most perceptive observation she can make in life, then I feel sorry for her.