Instagram and Facebook is FULL of photos of women who didn’t get a single stretch mark and pinged back into shape. They’re posting photos 2-3 months after giving birth and their stomachs are almost perfect again.
I got HUGE through no fault of my own. My baby was over 11lb and there was lots of fluid. From about 30 weeks pregnant I cried every day because more stretch marks had appeared overnight and I was powerless to stop them. I just had to sit there and watch my body be destroyed, becoming more and more scarred every day. Then I had an emergency caesarean and dropped 2st overnight.
So now I’m covered in stretch marks and my stomach is ruined. My skin stretched so much it hangs loosely like an apron. I’m 6 months post partum so I doubt if it’s going to tighten up any more.
I still have about 1.5st to lose. I thought breastfeeding and not drinking would make the weight drop off but it hasn’t. I’m terrified that the apron of skin will look even worse as I lose weight.
Please don’t tell me it’s worth it for having my beautiful baby. You don’t have to pay for your baby with your stomach, as proved by these women who all have beautiful babies and still have perfect stomachs as well. I am literally crying every day so much that DH has got rid of all the mirrors in our house.