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Does the overhang belly you get with a CS disappear?

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CrapBag · 27/02/2011 11:32

I never really thought about it before my CS 3 weeks ago, but does that little overhang you get above your scar ever go or is that the shape of my belly from now on?

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Trinaluce · 27/02/2011 14:25

Not if you're me...

hocuspontas · 27/02/2011 14:27

Nor me. Dd3 was 13 last week.

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superv1xen · 27/02/2011 15:08

mine went flat after my first c section but sadly seems to be still hanging around 20 months after my second! :(

i am really slim (size 8 and about seven stone 10) and look fine in clothes but the overhang is noticeable when i am not. DH doesnt seem to notice or mind though, he still finds me sexy :o

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CrapBag · 27/02/2011 20:05

Its not a bump, definitely an overhang.

I am fully prepared for it to take time to go. It took me 2 years to loose all the weight after I had DS, I know there is no rush for these things but after always being a size 10 on the bottom half, I was hoping this little belly would eventually go away. I bought new clothes just before I got pregnant and would like to wear them again. Grin

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vicky11 · 27/02/2011 20:17

I have an overhang and I hate it!! HAd section with 1st and natural with 2nd . think it's due to a bad stitch up maybe? even when i lost a stone i still had it and i hate it!!!!!!

marriednotdead · 27/02/2011 20:28

I was told that the long vertical stomach muscles were stretched apart like a pair of braces, and how well they went back decided whether you got an overhang.

Yup, I've got one Hmm

anniepanniepears · 27/02/2011 20:30

no never

whomovedmychocolate · 27/02/2011 20:31

Yes - I have had two caesarians, one botched with an incisional hernia and have a totally flat stomach.

The mummy apron thing responds well to leg raises btw.

Portofino · 27/02/2011 20:31

I've still got mine after 7 years, and the area is numb to the touch. I am lazy lardarse though.

snakesandladders · 27/02/2011 20:31

yes mine did, pilates and time (lots of it talking a good few years)did the trick.

Chippychop · 27/02/2011 22:53

I've got one too, def hideous overhang. Am a lardy arse too

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