weight/image issues

[milkin]

i'm 10 days PP after my second c section and i was not prepared for how different i would look.

i'm currently EBF which is going well and have dropped 10kg since the day i give birth (factoring his weight, placenta, fluid etc) but that still makes me lie at 83kg at 5'3.

i breastfed my first and didn't lose a majority of my weight until he was 9+ months old. but i also didn't have this massive overhang/apron belly either.

i am worried about how this is going to affect me in the long run especially with my partner. when we first met i was petite and slim but i have always compared myself to others and now being in the trenches of PP it is even worse, which makes me feel guilty since my DS is so young and i am so freshly PP.

did anyone have an overhang and it go away with weight loss? how can i lose weight without it affecting my supply? will i ever love/feel like myself again?

i'm feeling quite lost and lonely. 2 under 2 is definitely proving its difficulties as well.

does anyone have any similar experience and what was the outcome?

Hi lovely,
I posted soemthing very similar a few weeks ago. When I got pregnant I was a size 6-8. 9 stone and very fit..I was actually training for a competition.

I put on nearly 4 stone during pregnancy and felt awful. Postpartum was even worse, I have struggled with it so much but I promise you it gets better. My stomach has got better week on week and I’m starting to feel like myself again 10 weeks PP. you are still so early on please give it some time. A couple of weeks ago I literally hated my body but can see how much better it’s getting with time.
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Congratulations on your new LO @milkin

Your body has been through so many changes on the past 9 months

Please give yourself time to heal and recover before you worry about how you look. There is so much pressure on Women to be up and around, looking like nothing has happened straight after birth. I think the cultures where we look after and support Women for the first weeks and they stay home with their babies have it right.

I was very slim before my first and they were a very unsettled baby so I was exhausted.

If I remember I think it was about 3 months before I started any kind of gentle exercise. The weight did start to come off naturally without any stress.

Give yourself time and stay off any SM they shakes new Mums into being perfect