Weight loss question

ImThisBabysMom · May 2012

So I tried to put on a pair of my regular jeans yesterday. I can't pull them over my hips....I tried several pairs of pants/shorts. My hips are not fat. They still are tight and skinny like before, just wider now. So none of my pants/shorts will pull over them except my maternity pants and comfy elastic waist pants. That's ok because I still have some belly weight to lose anyways so I'm still wearing my mat pants because of that and my c/s incision is till sore and my pants/shorts are all low rise.

My question is.....did your hips ever go back to prepregnancy? Or were they just always wide?

Just trying to plan what I need to buy, if it's just a few things to get by or if I really need to plan a new wardrobe for my lower half now.

IttyBittyBee · May 2012

I'm a little below my pre-preg weight start and all of my pants fit.

Crazijewel · May 2012

I'm in the same boat as you. My hips are huge. I have lost 27 of 40 lbs, but my hips which are not fat are not getting smaller.

soveryexcited · May 2012

With my other two pregnancies my hips went back to normal by about six months.

katcarls · May 2012

The relaxin hormone that helps everything loosen and spread during pregnancy and delivery is still in your system for 8 weeks after delivery. Your hips could end up being a little bigger than pre-baby but give it some more time before you get too worried. All my pre-preg pants fit around 5 months last time and that's without any dieting or exercise.

ETA: At 4 weeks your uterus still hasn't completely shrunk back down yet either.

kayladay · May 2012

I have lost a little more than my "baby weight" and my pants etc fit like before I was pregnant.

morethancottoncandy · May 2012

You're only a month PP. Give it some time. I lost all my baby weight by 8 weeks after DD and was back in my pants around that time.

6sour6grapes6 · May 2012

soveryexcited:
With my other two pregnancies my hips went back to normal by about six months.

ive heard this too. some never go back to normal

3plus1equals4 · May 2012

I didn't fit mine last pregnancy until 3-4 months out. I had already been back to pre-preg weight, but it took awhile for all my ligaments and joints to tighten back into place

starswinger · May 2012

Crazijewel:
I'm in the same boat as you. My hips are huge. I have lost 27 of 40 lbs, but my hips which are not fat are not getting smaller.

I was all belly with this pregnancy and am only up 10 pounds but cannot fit cloths over my hips.

Eveamlizya · May 2012

I was wondering about this too. I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight (have been since 5 weeks PP), but I still can't zip or button my pants at 2 months PP and my maternity pants are too big. Good thing I have my BeBand. My hips were wide to begin with...I wish they'd go back faster.

bride2005!! · May 2012

This post makes me feel so much better! Nothing fits me. I have resorted to dieting and working out 4 days a week :-) I've heard that it takes at least six months and people keep reminding me that it took 9 months to get to where we were...give it time. UGH!!! I am not very patient though.

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