over hang after c-section??

[sophieandbelly]

how many of u that have had c-sect planned or unplanned have been left with an over hang on ur scar area?
i may be having a planned c-section yet to see consultant, i have been told by lots of people its not a case of loosing the weight u will never loose the pouch!!

and i woould quess that they would b bit neater with ur scar area if planned as wouldnt b in so much rush.

this wont factor into my decission making making but is a niggle i keep thinking about, even tho have never been slim slim, after dd i managed to get tum back to normal!!

I've had three sections, and my overhang is horrible, so much so that I'm thinking of surgery. But I had enormous pregnancy bellies, my last prenancy, I was 4'4'' around the middle the day before I had DS3.

I have had 2 sections, on emergency (7.5 years ago) and an elective (4 years ago). I have an awful overhang, it doesn't matter how much weight I lose it is still there, in fact I think it actually gets worse the more weight I lose.

But I have lovely children as a result of them, and I was never into wearing bikinis anyway...

2nd section left me with an overhang.gp was willing to refer me for it tucked when I finsh having kids

I didn't have a section but my 2nd baby was huge - 10lb 6oz (followed by another 2 large babies) and I'm tiny 5' and I have a gross overhang. When I lose weight the pouch of sking just looks even baggier IYSWIM Wish I could afford surgery.

I had an emergency section 2 years ago and have no overhang at all, despite putting on 3 stones in weight.

I got back to my pre-pregnancy weight within about 6 months of the birth, do a bit of running and generally am quite active though - don't know if that's why?

I've had an em cs, planned cs and hysterectomy and had an overhang after all of them. I always went to the gym but it never totally went. However I have lost a lot of weight this year (stress & proper skinny) and it's almost flat again now.

I wonder what will happen when I get chance to put on weight again.

I was fine after the first but the second has left me with not really an overhang,but certainly a balcony.I hate it,am hoping if I ever manage to shift the extra stone I am carrying still then it might improve,but if not,well my dds have been worth it.

The overhang is due to extra weight you are carrying. It will go when you lose enough.

The simple reason is that scar tissue is not as stretchy. So if you have excess fat, the skin above it stretches to accommodate but the scar tissue does not. Result - overhang. The more weight, the greater the overhang.

At my thinnest, I have no overhang. If I have extra layers around my middle (as I do after Easter), it is there. The solution is clear.

I have had an awful overhangafter my first CS but I have found out since that the scar is almost double the width of most peoples. I also think the surgeon botched up the stitching up part. It doesn't matter how many sit ups I do or how much weight I lose, it is always there.

Well the less stretchy theory sounds true to me,in that it is as though I am wearing really tight pants that cut into the podge. (ooh lovely ).Although I guess for some people it may be more of a stretched skin thing.Oh dear,the price we pay for babies!

I also heard that if you massage your scar so that it moves over the skin underneath then you are less likely to have an overhang, I am currently testing the theory but am only 7 weeks post emcs and still have a lot of weight to shift.

Sorry, blueshoes, but the solution is not so 'clear'. In some case it may be extra fat. But certainly in my case it is just extra skin. I carried my twins to term and post babies my weight dropped to 5okgs for a period and at 171cms tall I was way too skinny! And yet, there was still that little overhang...

I hope you didn't mean to imply that anyone who still has an overhang is simply overweight and should exercise more.

I lost weight after having my third and actually weighed less than I did before I had my first. I'm fairly fit and very active. But 4 years later I still have the overhang from 2 c-sections. And, as I said before, it actually gets worse the more weight I lose. So it can't just be a weight issue for me.

I suppose loose skin could also be the problem.

I know for me the overhang is due to extra padding and it will go if that padding goes. BTW,tummy exercise won't make a difference there per se. It is just weight ie fat under the skin that has to go.

I became huge when I was pregnant - put on 3 stone on my size 6 petite frame. But I was somehow spared any stretch marks. Whilst I am back to pre-pregnancy weight, I just have slightly crepier skin when I scrunch, compared to pre-kids.

So prepared to accept that I don't have the problem of extra skin. Hence, for me, weight is the sole issue.

Chipmonkey-mine is due to dodgy stitching too I reckon.one part kept opening up for years after( not properly but was noticeable)

I was allowed to be referred to have mine tucked as it didn't go with weight loss. I wanted more kids so they won't do it until my family is finished & there is the possibilty that the next section may tidy it up. This is on the NHS btw(apronectomy or something like that it s called)