Xpost from Pregnancy - What happens to our skin?

After we have the babies? DH and I were talking about this today...with all the stretching that goes on what will my stomach look like after I give birth?

I would like to be prepared for this!

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It will look like your 5 months preggo instead of 9, at least thats what mine looked like after Julia came out.

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well...in the beginning, right after giivng birth its all stretched looking - like baggy skin. But, it does go back to normal...it takes awhile, but it does. DD was born 11 1/2 mths ago and my tummy has finally started looking pretty much the way it used to.

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Kind of saggy and it tends to look darker since it's not stretched out anymore but it eventually returns to normal or some what normal at least.

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Also, is it true that I should wear something tight afterwards? I have heard about girdles in the past - I was considering wearing my bella bands again to keep things nice and tight.

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I think the only thing that helps is time. Mine is slowly getting better almost 5 months and the massive amount of sit-ups helps too.

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after Jacob was born, I looked like I was 4 months pg...after some time, it went back to its normal size

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I've always noticed people having one of 2 things happen

1) look a few months pg after, with tight skin

2)look like a deflated tire. Which is what happened to me!

I didn't look PG at ALL after having DS...I just had this soft, soft belly that felt so odd to touch.

It tightened up relatively soon (6 weeks after having him) but only now is it resembling my old belly (DS is 8 and a half months old).

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I answered on the PG board but I wanted to add that I brought a girdle to the hospital and never wore it. I asked the nurses and they said I didn't need it. And honestly I don't think I would have made it to the bathroom in time if I had to take a girdle off everytime I had to pee if it was tight.

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It's been 16 days since I gave birth and my stomach a little less firm then usual, but I just look like I have period bloat. I'm hoping that by doing a lot of crunches it will be back to normal in a month or 2.

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I was actually surprised with how my stomach looked after my c-section. I didnt look pregnant like people told me and my stomach wasnt as flabby/mushy either. It looked like I had a few to many beers

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Message edited 5/28/2007 12:44:40 PM.

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Okay from a mom who had a decently flat stomach and had twins.....

I tried cocoa butter every day when i was pregnant. I am a big fan of cocoa butter and I thought it was working. After i had the babies I developed stretch marks in the area below the belly that you can't see. However, I had a huge pouch of skin that was hanging down after giving birth.

It took about three months for me to start to feel normal again. My sister told me to wear those belly flattening stomach undies. They were my life saver at first. After that you use SPANX (aka God's gift to every woman who ever gave birth). Even if you have nothing to hide, with the extra skin it holds everything in place. Now 9 months post partum I feel back to normal. I can "almost" put back on my bikini. I still have a little extra skin, but it is not anything noticed by anyone but yourself. So if I can carry twins and be pretty average weight before hand...AND have minimal skin left over..I think you have nothing to worry about. Just get those underware and use them for a few months. You really start to feel like yourself again around 6 months (however it might be 3 months if you have a singleton!).