Muffin top emergency... advice needed...

[suburbanjellybrain]

... and I am not talking about baking here!

I finally fit back in my smallest pre-pregnancy jeans this am and I was feeling pretty good - but then I looked in the mirror - horrors !!! I am not skinny but I could get away with low rise jeans and they suited my shape - but now - after 2 babies in 2 years I am suffering from jelly belly as well as brain and don't know wether to chuck away the jeans - or invest in supportive girdles? or longer tops or what - do I have to wear high waisted trousers like simon cowell now - I don't know!!!! I am over 30 now do i need a wardrobe review - but which baby do i sell to pay for that?!

Long tops and make a point of never sitting down with said jeans on.

...and a long vest in a co-ordinating colour peeking out from underneath hides a multitude of sins

The vest and tops ideas are good - but annoyingly I am quite tall but with a v long body (I look taller sitter down iykwim - wow that sounds freakish) anyway I have a nightmare finding long enough tops - especially now I live so far from civilisation...

do some sit ups?

at least sitting down isn't a problem as I am currently breastfeeding, typing , doing the washing up and standing on one leg - in the manner of all great multitasking mothers

Tank tops are good for confusing the eye regarding a muffin top issue.

Wear a dress over the jeans. Solves long top and muffin top problem. Looks nice and makes legs look longer too IMO.

Oh didn't see your last post - Tank tops are not good for BFers.

sit-ups?? what are they???

I do lots of heavy lifting and I have good stomach muscles - but I have lost shall we say definition and I don't think it will ever come back...

I wonder if von-furstenburg will do a range for tesco's that would sort me out!

magic pants are about to become your best friend

do they do pants that start at your armpit and finish at yoour ankle?

I saw a pair of magic pants that went from right underneath the boobs down to pants...

I noticed them as I thought that with my saggy boobs it would get very hot and sweaty under there....

Also looked very funny on very skinny manakin (sp?)....

sound perfick but I have a budget of 50p - maybe I can sell some of my pregnancy clothes.... hmm ebay here I come!

But you can't wear magic pants with low-rise jeans!! The horror!
You need my new lightweight black jeans from Autograph at M&S which have good shape (really wide flare at the bottom, nicer than they sound!) and crucially, curve over your hip to fit a couple of inches under the bellybutton and completely eliminate muffin top for a mere £35.

Yep..sad to say but I too found a great pair in M&S ..fairtrade bootcut£35 but have a slightly higher rise than most..and do hold it all in.

but i thought bootcut had been banned by the fashion police - though i can't say I complied....

Have you tried SPANX yet?