Do you ever return to your pre-baby clothes size???

[AnMum]

I had ds1 in early December and still can't get into any of my old clothes...was a size 8 prior to getting pregnant. From experience, does your body ever return to its previous size, or should I be investing in new clothes?!

11 years on, I am still about half a size bigger

i did with all 3dc, took 3-4 months. but as some other posters have said, my shape changed completely after my first child. went from being pretty curvaceous to having no bottom at all, i have a very boyish shape from the waist to hips.

Yes, but I don't think I did between DD and DS (2 year gap) - I bf for 8 months then knew I was going to TTC fairly quickly so I didn't want to do any hardcore food watching to get all the way back - I had a special "between DCs" wardrobe which I have now got rid of.
Waist is a little bit larger than it was pre-DCs, but not a full size, and that's just laziness.

Couldn't shift the weight after DC1 but did it through healthy eating and regular exercise after DC2. It took over a year but it could have been quicker had I been a bit more disciplined.

My hips are a bit wider but still fit my pre-DC jeans.

I was a size 18 before and am a size 18 now and fit in pre pregnancy jeans 3 weeks after DS was born (which astonished me!!!) however am an entirely different shape than I was, as in, everything is about 4inches lower than used to be, in particular the tummy, I have a larger overhanging tummy now which makes finding trousers that fit well.....

Boobs / rib cage took long time to go back to normal, was a 38D before DS, am a 38E now but was fitted in a 42D about 3months after DS was born till I was fitted again the other week.....

Back to my pre-preg size, but took the better part of a year. Could have done it in 6 months with a bit of effort but I was pretty lazy.

I would say you can get there, I did, but very hard while still breastfeeding, and metabolism never the same, I have to eat a lot less and exercise more to stay where I want (size 10, just). But it 's worth it!