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Will my body return to normal?

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princessmumy · 06/09/2017 10:30

Hi girls, I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant and have some questions about how long our body will take to return to normal.
Will my belly just deflate back to its size before I had the baby? (Bar the little amount of weight I've put on which I'll have to shift)
Will my vagina go back to how tight it was before? Does it feel different down there after?
How long did it take for your breasts to stop growing during pregnancy?
Thank you in advance!

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Ummmmgogo · 06/09/2017 10:33

allow yourself a year after the birth to get back to normal. that's how long it took me, but I did put on 4 stone 😂

Gothbaby · 07/09/2017 04:12

If you Google belly after birth there's lots of realistic images of how it goes down. I'm lucky and had a small bump. 3 weeks after birth now and have a pouch I never did but I've also just started feeling human.
If you have a c section it'll take a lot longer cos you need to heal.
vaginas area ?? tightness you won't know til you have sex again (which won't happen for weeks/months)
Your belly deflates and will look like that so most people I know sat if you put some work into it, it takes 9 months to get a baby body and 9 months to get rid of it!!
My boobs also swelled abd then went down during pregnancy. The a day or 2 after birth swelled up bigger than ever . It'll depend on if you breastfeed or not! Xxxx

huha · 07/09/2017 05:13
Hmm Confused
SeeYouInBarcelona · 07/09/2017 05:44

My belly shrunk within 2 weeks almost to normal size but without ANY of the tone from pre pregnancy and definitely feels MUCH softer. My jeans are tight still 10 weeks post partum. I'm hoping gradually getting into exercising will help but I expect to never be quite the same.

Vagina-wise (!), it took a solid 8 weeks to shrink back to what feels normal however from close inspection with a mirror (got to be done!) its not quite as 'neat' maybe as before. I was told this takes a few months so I'm not too bothered yet.

Congratulations and good luck!

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