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tell me about your post-pg body

momofoliviamomofolivia
in Toddlers: 24 Months+

Is your body completely different from before?  I'm not talking sagging boobs or strech marks or a skwooshy belly.

My hair is different - it never parts the same way it used to.  My PMS is off-the-charts horrible (before I barely even had PMS).  My toenails are different.  WTH?

I had an awful PMS day yesterday.  I "ugly" cried to my husband for getting on me for yelling at the dog spit on the floor.  Then I "ugly" cried at the doctors office because he was being nice, but wouldn't finish my exam.  *sigh*  Today I got my period.  Does it ever go back to normal?

 

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  • jessicada76jessicada76
    sorry girl!  I will say that I have changed since having Paige.  Especially sexually.  But I am hoping that is coming back around!  But my nails are AWFUL!  They break if I even look at them and they bend backwards too!  OUCH!!!!!!!  I haven't noticed a change in my hair but my SIL says hers is totally different.  As far as mood - i would say I am better now - but I am also off the pill so that could be why.  Know your NOT alone!
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  • kellnbrikellnbri

    Ok so after 2 babies I have definitely changed....

    My hair is incredibly curly now.  It used to be just wavy, now I have full out curls.

    I have less patience for things.

    I am now allergic to alcohol...my face gets all red and hot with just a couple sips.  That I could handle, but then I get the feeling like I am drunk (you know the room spinning have to sleep with your foot on the floor), headache and nausea the next day.  

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  • Josie22Josie22

    My PMS is horrible, I turn into "dragon" mom. I still get mood swings.

    But my hair is better, I never cramp anymore(they were as bad as the few cramps that I had right before my epi, the crying ones)

    And my sex drive, either none at all, or I can't keep my hands off him...

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  • PeskyPesky member
    Yes.  Hips are wider and even though I weigh less, everything fits differently.  My skin is different.  I had the same experience as you re PMS -- hardly a blip before and just major hormonal rage after I had DD.  I hate to say it but that lasted until I got pg with DS.  Knock on wood, I haven't had the same experience yet (but also haven't had my PP period yet), but yep, I just had to learn to recognize what the rages were and work on keeping myself in check.  I hated my life for a couple days and then all was well. 


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  • brightningbrightning member

    My only changes have been shorter/lighter periods (now they're "only" 7 days) and lower libido.

    I know several people whose feet got 1/2 - 1 size bigger (and stayed that way).

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  • aandaw012707aandaw012707
    My hair is different somehow, I think it is a lot drier (if that makes sense). I wear the same size shoe, but my feet are a lot wider. My skin sunburns a lot easier and I feel like I'm always really hot.
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  • roseroseroseroseroseroseroseroseroserose member

    Oh, I don't feel the same at all.  See pics of my back fat from punks post :)

    My hair is different, my skin is, but the back rolls are the worst.

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  • Josie22Josie22

    I forgot about my skin, my skin doesn't burn nearly as easy.

    And I need glasses now...

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  • Halo79RNHalo79RN member

    both times my pms was WACKADOO when my af returned. for dd it was progressively worse until I got pregnant again a 3 months later (af returned at 7mos pp the first time, I was bf'ing)... with ds (again bf'ing exclusively)... it returned at around 9 or 10mos pp... and again... raging pms... I was nasty.  it progressively got worse for a few months, then tapered down.  It was so bad that I went to my new gyn to be evaluated for pmdd...he gave me a med similar to prozac that you take the two weeks prior to your period... but I never remembered it. 

    my body... my hair is definitely different... kinky in some patches... my body is fluffy and I have a hard time losing weight .. even after bf'ing for over a year each time... I'd lose a ton in the first month and then just plateau.  I just cannot lose the last 10lb.  sucks.  My boobs have stayed bigger and still leak on occasion (ds stopped bfing in Jan).  and my feet are wider.  my teeth are sensitive now (was blamed on pg).I cannot hold it long... and I have 'rhoids.  thanks kids. 

     

    what did I miss???  

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  • Halo79RNHalo79RN member
    oh... I need to have my eyes checked... but have been putting it off.
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