how long before tummy shrinks to normal for you?

[Gemmitygem]

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..

[Gem13]

Pretty quickly with DS - 'normal' birth. 6 months or thereabouts with DD - c-section.

[prettymum]

i have 2 dc, and am very slim. both times belly shrunk back to normal size a week later and only had a few light stretchmarks with dc2 which have faded away!!

didnt really do any excercise, but worked a lot and was on my feet a lot during both pregnancies.

[CurrantBun]

I'm taking heart from Kama's post. I'm 23 weeks now and finding it hard to adjust to not being my usual skinny self. I haven't put on any weight that anyone else would notice - apart from the bump and slightly bigger boobs - and am still running about 20 miles a week (I am a marathon runner and usually do a lot more than this), so I'm hoping that my body will go back to (almost) the way it was before quite quickly. (Please, please ...!)

[griffintribe]

DD 13 months and still waiting

[PanicPants]

ds is 14months and still waiting...........

[Gemmitygem]

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!

[mrsdarcy]

sorry - tummy muscles. Horrible isn't it?

[Ponka]

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?

[Glassofslime]

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

[mrsdarcy]

Ponka, that happened to me too.

[northerner]

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

[Blandmum]

My two are 9 amd 6

Still a lard bucket!

[Tommy]

hasn't so far......

(DS1 is 5 in January )

[Ponka]

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?

[foxinsocks]

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 )

[niceglasses]

Well its 6 yrs and I'm still waiting.

[melsy]

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!!!!

[FillyjonkthePumpkinEater]

um

well....

[lilymolly]

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.

[SoupDragon]

Hahahahahaha! "back to normal after childbirth"!!

hahahahaha!

[chocolateshoes]

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

[LadyOfTheFlowersAKA2Babies0Bum]

did you do excersices northener?
any stretch marks?

[northerner]

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