Still have loads of stretched skin on tummy 2 yrs after PG...

[Tamashii]

Is there any way to naturally get rid of the excess skin left on my tummy? I still have it 2 yrs later. Naively, I thought it would eventually go back to somewhere near it's state before PG but I was HUGE with DS and then lost a lot of weight BFing LO.

It's not too bad when I am standing up but when I bend or sit down I have literally rolls of skin like a concertina (sp?) and it's not like rolls of fat but just saggy skin.

TIA

Sadly, short of surgery, there's very little you can do. The speed at which it has stretched and then reduced causes irreparable damage.

We match. That probably doesn't help but you're not alone.

yup, me too, didn't have any excess after 1st pregnancy, but subsequent 2 have left me with what i would describe as 'crepe-y' skin especially above belly button. am naturally pretty skinny and suspect it might actually look better with a bit of fat underneath it to pad it out.

sorry, i think showofhands is right
mine is the same and many other women too

when i look at mine i think "blimey, 2 whole other people came out of there" :o
it does help a bit

i think, as women, one of the best things we can do for our self esteem, is accept that our bodies and faces are going to change as we age, and we won't look anything like the stereotypical version of beauty any more

it doesn't mean we are not beautiful or fabulous any more though

I have this too. There's nothing you can do, sadly! My DD is 3 and I'm pg again so I'm hoping that it won't get any worse in this pregnancy.

The only little comfort is just knowing you're not alone. I too have excess skin on my belly after two dcs. I grow huge especially in the final few weeks of pregnancy and get quite slim half a year later (3 stone difference), there's no way my skin could have stetched and back in this short period of time. Still waiting for how saggy my belly will be this time around, as I've only given birth quite recently. Looking forward to loosing the excess weight tho!

Yup, I have it too. You can improve th e tone of the excess skin with vit E oil, or bio oil or suchlike which will tighten it up slightly. But as others have said, short of sugary, it is what it is.

It's just what's normal for a post pregnancy (thus, arguably, fully adult) female body.

As in oils can slightly shrink back the crepe-y-ness, improving the skin tone. Not shrink back the excess it's self IYSWIM.

TBH I think most mums get this and if they dont they're either extremely lucky or have had surgery. :)

Dont worry to much about it after all you have had a child and your body is going to change. :)

Thanks for all the replies. It is quite sad that there are so many post pregnancy/childbirth issues that seem to be taboo eg incontinence, deflated boobs after BF and crepey skin. I never knew about any of this until now and the more I ask about it, the more people (anonymously like on here) make me realise it is totally normal.

Thank you for making me feel more normal again because I have mentioned it to some people in RL who are more likely to say they "snapped back into shape" or to try diet/excercise. It really does seem to be another thing you are not really allowed to admit to having.

Sorry - waffling on again.

I had no idea about all these issues before becoming pg either. It's crazy everyone hides it all when it's clearly so normal. I've only found out since being pg that my mum has lots of stretch marks on her tummy and has two kind of lumps (I'm a twin and you can see where we were both lying). It's madness that my own mum has spent the last 24 years hiding that from her own daughters.