February 2013 Moms
corikitz
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Post Baby Belly
corikitz
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Is anyone else having a hard time getting rid of their baby bump? I know it takes time and I should know better considering this is my second, but I cant help but feel horrible about myself when I see celebrities a few months after having their babies and their bellies are nonexistant. And what is even worse is that I have lost the majority of my baby weight (I think I have about 5 lbs to go) my arms and legs are skinny but I still have a gut, one of my clients even asked me if I was having Irish Twins because he knew I just had a baby and thought I was having another 
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Re: Post Baby Belly
All of this!
Side note: was 'douchecanoe' intentional? Yes or no, it's hysterical. Ha.
add me to team deflated balloon belly... lol
TeacherClark makes some excellent points!
My belly is still pretty darn flabby and jiggly, but I also joined WW and the dieting is helping. I also try to do an ab workout a few times a week and I do power yoga once a week which incorporates a lot of core. I think I can get back there! Where there's a will, there's a way. :-)
Also - I do have pretty bad tiger stripes. I've been using Palmer's oil twice a day, and they are fading slowly. No bikinis this summer though - maybe next year! :P
Freaks of nature I tell ya. Breastfeeding is making me eat like a teen boy. It is not ok. My sister told me while I was still pg "you know how everyone says you lose tons of weight bfing? well, not in our family, we hang on to it for dear life." Truer words. Dangit.
We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013. We love her to pieces.
We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011. She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.
I am too in the deflated balloon camp. The twins wrecked my tummy and even my doctor during a follow up appointment to check on my abs told me surgery will be needed to get rid of the horrible left over skin...
The other day I was having a really bad self image day so I sat down and made a list of the things I would never wear or do with my new body. I will never wear a bikini again, my shirts can't be as tight and my jeans can't be as low rise. When I looked over the list they were all things I could easily compensate for in other ways and it made me feel a little better. I then went out and gave myself a budget and used my new list to get a few clothing items. Now when I am having a really bad day I rock my new clothes and it gives me a new found confidence in my body. I also used to do things like yard work in a sports bra so now I just do that in the back yard. I know it sounds stupid but it is forcing me to accept my new body instead of hide it. Wear it proud. I also started a savings fund for a tummy tuck should that be the course I choose to go later.
06/12 - BFP!!!!
Beta #1 15dpo - 256
Beta #2 18dpo - 1097
6wk U/S on 07/02 ~ TWINS!!!
EDD 02/21/13
09/10/12 Found out it's two Boys!!!! Sam and Jake
Jacob and Samuel born 1/29/13 at 36 weeks.
Right there with you! I've only lost about half of my baby weight. I work out 3-5 times a week but I'm hungry 24/7 and this scale is not moving!
Our families must be in close relation, because I have this nonstop ravenous appetite and after I lost ten lbs, It all stopped. I eat all damn day! DH looooves to point out how "so-and-so's wife lost soooo much weight when she breastfed." Eff you, husband-man.