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When did you fit back into your regular clothes after birth?
grazy
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I gave birth 5 1/2 weeks ago. I was overweight to before I got pregnant. I gained about 25ish pounds, and pretty much lost all of that. But my body is different. My belly is very different and hangs somewhat. Ugh. I know it takes time. I am just wondering- will it ever go back to normal? When did you fit into your regular clothes, if ever? Do I need to buy new clothes? Ugh. (BTW-I am not BFing.)
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Re: When did you fit back into your regular clothes after birth?
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the poochy tummy can be permanent, although i think pilates helps. you will lose some of the extra skin by about 5 months. i think at that point i could fit into most of my clothes.
WTG on only gaining 25 pounds! i gained 60. =(
Due to IF, I was 30 pounds overweight when I got pregnant and gained an additional 62 pounds during my pregnancy. Ouch!
It took me about a year to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight and an additional year to get the additional 30+ pounds off. The good news is that I am 96 lighter today than I was on the day I had my son.
My body is very different than it used to be (a little more saggy in some places) but I have been back in my pre-IF clothes for more than a year now. Another note, I only BF for 13 weeks.
One more note - our boys have the same birthday! Gotta love those July 30 babies!
I had lost all but like 3 pounds in 6 weeks. But I never fit back into my old jeans (and most of my other pants, too, for that matter). My lower body was just a different shape and things never fit right. I had to buy new pants.
Tops were a slightly different story. My boobs were GINORMOUS while breastfeeding, so a lot of my old shirts didn't fit right until after I weaned.
Because we're fancy like that.
I was back in my pre-pregnancy clothes after 3 months PP. Some of my jeans are still a bit snug, so I still wear my maternity Sevens every now and then.
My shoes are a different story. For some reason all my shoes feel SUPER snug and uncomfortable. I've been living in flip-flops since March. I'll be bummed if my feet don't go "back to normal" because I have so many cute shoes that I'll have to get rid of!
I wore some flats the other evening to a wedding and they caused a blister on my heel...and they used to be a little too big for me! If I don't fit into my shoes by winter time, it's gonna be an Ugg sorta season, haha.
Well, I am still significantly overweight, but at 1 week post partum I am 10lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight (total loss of 20lbs) and wearing regular clothes. My belly is all flab and mush though.
With Eliza, I was under pre-pregnancy weight within a month or so, but gained it all back plus 10more within a year. When I got pregnant with Lydia, I was at an all time high.
Since I am losing "ahead" of the game, I would like to keep heading in the right direction.
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I'm 3 months PP and still have maybe 5 lbs to go, but my stomach is just not the same. My abdominal muscles separated and still haven't gone back together. I really need to start doing sit ups!
I just wore my maternity clothes until my pre-pg clothes fit again. And not all of them fit. My thighs are a bit bigger than they used to be
Still waiting.
Sorry.
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I went back to work at 9 weeks and i had to buy all new clothes because I was still 1 size larger than I was pre-pregancy.
Just now at 4 months, I am back in my pre-pregancy jeans, pants, etc and the weird stomach thing is mostly gone. But I haven't weighed myself lately and I would assume that I still weigh more because of the nursing breasts I am currently sporting.
I am EBFing also and could fit into most of my pre-preg clothes within the first few weeks. I'm just now fitting into all my old jeans but it's still too hot to wear them. I got really lucky and my stomach didn't get too stretched out, so it actually looks pretty normal, BUT my thighs and butt are not quite the same and I don't know if they ever will be!!
Side note, I did start working out and running right when I was cleared at 6 weeks post c/s.
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