What was your pre-pregnancy and 3 month post baby dress size?

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So I have read the official line about weight loss and gain during and after pregnancy; now I want to get an idea what real people have experienced!!

What dress size were you before getting pregnant?

What dress size were you 3 months after givng birth?

When people say their shape has changed, what does that actually mean/
Sorry I have never been pregnant, but would like to be at some stage soon and this is just something that I think about.

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pre preg size 8. 3m post preg 1 size 12, 3m post preg 2 12-14.Now a 10 on a good day,12 if I've been over doing the chocs.Should make the effort to get back to the 8 but I'm waiting til I stop bf my toddler!

I was an 8 before, put on a lot of weight and was a 12-14 three months afterwards. I don't think my shape actually changed although I'm sure for some women it does. I thought it had but it was all fat, and when, eventually, I lost all the baby weight (some 18 months later) it was basically the same as before, but with bigger biceps from hauling a toddler around!

The weight gain and battle to lose it afterwards did bother me a bit, but all in all this is the smallest thing to worry about in the great scheme of making a baby! (I'm trying to remind myself of that because I'm now 36 weeks pregnant again and have put on the same amount again )

8 before and 8 a few weeks after having the baby each time (I've had 3, all by C-section).

My weight has never really changed but my body did, in that my back was slightly broader (went from a 30-32 bra to a 32-34) and my boobs became softer and droopier once I finished breastfeeding.

My tummy isn't as flat (3 sections to blame for that, it leaves you with a little 'shelf'!) but it's not bad.

Otherwise I don't think my body has changed much.

With DS1 I was only 17, so still developing really. I went from 10.7lbs (size 12) to 14 stone. After the birth I went back to 10.10lb, but was a size 14 as I had brand new hips and boobies that I never had before.
DD1 (4 years later) I was a size 14, 11.7lbs. I went up to 14.7, then afterwards back down to 11 stone, but a size 16 as I was left with even bigger boobs.
I don't really have a problem losing my baby weight, but my boobs never deflate even after I'm done BFing. And I never lost my saggy belly either, but that's what Spanx are for

I was a size 20 pre-pregnancy, and the week after I gave birth I was a size 16. 16 months on I am a size 12.

I developed gestational diabetes during my pregnancy so followed a very strict diabetic diet, started exercising every day and have continued exercising ever since. I have relaxed the diet since then. All in all I've lost 3 stone.

Pre-pregnancy I was size 10, about 9.12
3 months post, size 14, about 11.5
19 months post, size 12, about 10.4
Bugger.

Oh, I forgot to add that my feet did change irreparably though - comfortable size 4, could fit a 3 before pg, size 5 now.

pre-preg I was a 14 but went down to a 12 (or just under) during the first trimester. Post-preg I was a 14 'til about 6 months after when I went back to a 12.

pre pregnancy i was only a size 2, bearing in mind i was 16 and still developing, by the end i was a 6 and 8.7 as i really only gained a bump and boobs. After birth i stayed a 6 and have went between a 6/8 ever since.

Now 16 weeks pregnant with 2nd baby and am currently in size 6 maternity jeans and weigh 8.7. Dunno if this is relatively healthy weight or not as im quite a small frame and have never weighed more than 8 stone really since my last pregnancy.

Pre-pregnancy I was a size 8, and post-pregnancy was back in size 8 within a couple of weeks both times (currently 35wks with no. 3).

Change of shape for me was that things were slightly "looser" around waist, bum, hips and thighs - not bigger, but less firm, for about a year after. Also, my bellybutton was permanently more elongated into a squishier oval shape!?

14before and 14 the day after, just lucky I guess. I'm very tall though so I think the effect got spread out on me!

Pre-preg size 10

Put on at least 3 stone in preg, but no real weight gain anywhere except belly

3 months post size 12 or 10 with button undone

9 months post size 10 but body v different, tummy has a squidgy/crepy from stretchmarks bit in the middle, hips are broader (so some pre-preg clothes don't do up although back to normal weight) and my boobs are mahooosive (still bfing)!

I end up a 12 regardless of pre pg size.

Pre DC1 18 years ago I was very skinny, prob a small 8.

With the rest of them I have been between 8-12 before.

Always 12 after. Mind you with the huge bazonkas I get I suppose I cant really say I am a 12 in all clothes (unless they are really stretchy).

I still go into 'fashion limbo' afterwards. It takes me ages to get my mojo back. Breastfeeding does make things a bit more difficult.

I suppose the main issue for me is the boobs. I am usually a 34b and I just get huge during and after pg.

DC5 is 5mths now. I am ok but need to tone up and do some situps. I have just noticed the start of bingo wings but I dont think I can blame that on the baby.

small 12 pre preg, 14 3months after... never lost that much more weight have been between a 12 and a 14 ever since. But with cracking boobs that I never had before, I would say that even though I was fatter afterwards, my body was more in proportion and less bottom heavy.

I am currently 31weeks pregnant and have been quite careful with weight gain as I really porked out last winter, so I am hoping to slim right down after wards. Would like to get back to at least my best post 1st child weight.

I think to get get back to my pre 1st baby weight may be pie in the sky as I was 20 the and it was 9 years ago! I am 5'7" by the way.

Pre preg #1 6-8, 10-12 3 months after but v big stomach etc. I'd put 5 stone on in the pg

Pre preg #2 8-10, 12 3 months after. Then I carried on putting more weight on. Prob be the same this time round

Pre-pregnancy 1 - size 10 - 3 months afterwards size 12-14
Pre-pregnancy 2 - size 8-10 - 3 months afterwards 12-14.

Took a lot longer after pregnancy 2 to lose the weight but it does go.

size 8 pre pregnancy (with the best boobs in scotland might i add)
size 10 3 months after baby

in saying that i am only 5ft 1 with a very little frame

Pre-pregnancy size 16-18

3 months post-pregnancy size 14-16 (and now, a year and a bit later, size 14).

I have been on the BF and eat cake diet. It's great I highly recommend it

Pre-pregnancy 1 - 9st2lb
Week after - 9st (in hospital for 5 days!)
6 months later - 10st2lb (oops!)
Started weightwatchers, lost a stone in 6 weeks

Pre-pregnancy 2 - 9st6lb
Currently 24 weeks - 10st6lb (mild panic)

Still had great boobs after pg1 (didn't bf) and got back into size 10. Had bit of a tum still, was massively stretched by twins! Feet went from 5/5&half to 6/6&half. Hoping they don't get bigger again!

Looking forward to getting back to my pole dancing classes! REALLY good for toning and tums!!

Pre-preg number 1 = size 10
After preg 1 = size 12

Pre-preg number 2 = size 10 (took about 16 months to get there, but did have pnd.)

And hoping (very confident of getting back to a size 10!!

Oh but my boobies went from a nice 34C to a whopping 34 E. They just never went back. Hopping they don't get much bigger (and stay that way. Cumbersome!!

12 before. Briefly went down to 10 (breastfeeding plus frantically pushing pram around to get baby to sleep). Now back to 12.

10/12 before ds1, size 8 ever since with ds2 and dd. i lost my hip/bottom curves after 1st preg and now have a very boyish shape. but have stupidly large boobs which look wrong on me.

before size 10, after size 10 with bigger boobs.