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how long before tummy shrinks to normal for you?

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Gemmitygem · 21/10/2006 18:28

how long did it take before your tummy went back to normal after childbirth? I had DS two weeks ago and basically look a bit like a Vietnamese potbellied pig. the rest of me is skinny but my stomach was massive by the end and now is like an empty handbag..

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motherinferior · 21/10/2006 18:28

Rather a long time, I'm afraid.

liath · 21/10/2006 18:31

9 months.

rustycreakingdoorbear · 21/10/2006 18:36

Umm ... DD is 16.5 - still waiting for 'normal' tummy to return....

mrsdarcy · 21/10/2006 18:44

it hasn't

LadyOfTheFlowersAKA2Babies0Bum · 21/10/2006 18:46

empty hangbag here too. ds1 15m and ds2 5wks.

i think it stays baggy forever unless? unless you have a tummy tuck?
am saving....

northerner · 21/10/2006 18:48

After about 6 weeks mine was pretty much back to normal.

LadyOfTheFlowersAKA2Babies0Bum · 21/10/2006 18:50

did you do excersices northener?
any stretch marks?

chocolateshoes · 21/10/2006 19:18

Same here - DS is 15mths & there is no way I'' be able to wear a bikini on holiday this Christmas.

MaloryTowersPonceAndProud · 21/10/2006 19:19

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SoupDragon · 21/10/2006 19:22

Hahahahahaha! "back to normal after childbirth"!!

hahahahaha!

lilymolly · 21/10/2006 19:23

What??? Mine is still big and I am skinny everywhere else, dd is 9 months.
And I exercise, walk, horse ride muck out. I am thinking its here to stay.

FillyjonkthePumpkinEater · 21/10/2006 19:26

um

well....

melsy · 21/10/2006 19:28

Oh NOOOOOOO so muffinn is here to stay after the 2nd one ????????????????, although with dd1 it took about a 18mths or more. I deffo have more creepy muffin than the 1st Oh bother.Also will not be posing in a bikini early nxt yr!!!!

niceglasses · 21/10/2006 19:29

Well its 6 yrs and I'm still waiting.

foxinsocks · 21/10/2006 19:31

mine was never the same however

about 4 years after my last child, several bouts of winter vomiting disease and a long bout of gastric flu it now resembles my old tummy but is definitely not as flat or toned (ok, it's not flat or toned at all )

Ponka · 21/10/2006 19:55

First time it took about 6 months to go vaguely back but was never really like it was before.

2nd baby is 6 months and I still look about 20 weeks. People still ask me when it's due. I have separation of the tummy muscles and go to physio sessions. If you think you may have this, you could ask your HV to have a look next time you go but midwives generally do look for this when examining ladies after the birth and pick it up if it is there. Doing pelvic floors is a good way to start getting back into shape very early on. Perhaps your HV could recommend some excercises suitable for you?

Tommy · 21/10/2006 20:00

hasn't so far......

(DS1 is 5 in January )

Blandmum · 21/10/2006 20:00

My two are 9 amd 6

Still a lard bucket!

northerner · 21/10/2006 20:17

No strretch marks. No specific exercises other than lots of wlaking.

mrsdarcy · 21/10/2006 20:48

Ponka, that happened to me too.

Glassofslime · 21/10/2006 20:51

still waiting - babies are 7, 4 & 3. No stretch marks though

kama · 21/10/2006 20:59

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Ponka · 21/10/2006 23:22

What's that, Mrs Darcy? Being asked if you are pregnant or tummy muscle problems?

Are you O.K, Gemmitygem? Not the answers you were hoping to hear, are they?

mrsdarcy · 22/10/2006 18:37

sorry - tummy muscles. Horrible isn't it?

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Gemmitygem · 22/10/2006 18:45

hmm... thanks for the replies; I'm REALLY worried now! . Well, I spose all I can do is do a lot of exercise. Like kama, I did loads of ex during the pregnancy and only gained weight of the baby plus tits, so I'm hoping it will go back, but I'm a very unmuscly person (kind of like those Tony Hart characters, was it Morph?), so it could be a struggle.

Anyway at least my lady bits are totally undamaged by childbirth, which I still can't believe, so there is a God... (thanks to perineal massage and a last minute application of Clarins oil in the delivery room!

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