Name: synesthesia1821 | Date: Apr 23rd, 2008 9:21 AM
couple of questions:
1. do your boobs EVER go back to normal after breastfeeding? My boobs are saggy and oddly jiggly and my nipples are still HUGE.
2. How long does it take for the stretch marks to fade? I HAVE HORRIBLE ONES ALL OVER ME!
3. is anyone else's skin so stretched out that it looks like youjust had freakin gastric bypass? I mean, mine isnt quite that bad, its an exaggeration... but... I still have extra skin that almost looks like fat under my belly button- and I know for a fact it isnt fat- I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 110.
[you probably all hate me for that- I'm sorr in advance, because I hated everyone for shit like that when I was pregnant too...]
thanks for all the answers in advance.
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Name: Jennifer S. | Date: Apr 23rd, 2008 12:20 PM
How long has it been since you gave birth? When i had my daughter it took a little over a year for the stretched skin to get back to normal. I still have some areas that are kinda saggy, but it doesn't really bother me. As for my boobs, they've never gone back to the way they looked before, and they are saggier then they were pre pregnancy but to tell you the truth it doesn' t bother me at all. I thought that it would the whole time I was pregnant, but in the end it is well worth it. I had alot of stretch marks because I gained 67lbs during pregnancy (I was 120lbs before) but I found that tanning helped that alot. ↑
Name: krc | Date: May 29th, 2008 11:20 AM
I know this is an old post but I just wanted to comment. My boobs after breastfeeding are NOWHERE near as full and firm as they used to be. I am a size B, so they used to be perky B's, now they are soft, squishy, flat, jiggly B's, LOL ! I heard people say it takes your body a good year to go back and they were right. It wasn't until my son was around 1 that it dawned on me I truly felt myself again. But sadly, stretch marks are permanent and so is the stretched out skin. :( ↑
Name: CoLark | Date: May 30th, 2008 11:34 PM
I think it might depend on your age, but I was told it took two years for your body to completely come back together. I breastfed for a year. By the time my daughter was almost two, my breasts started to look like their former 34B selves.
I did some intense workouts with a trainer for a couple of months (5x a week) and got my body almost back to normal. My biggest problem was that my lower belly looked like a chicken's neck. The workouts got rid of the fat and toned the muscles. Time seemed to work on the skin. Stretch marks also faded after time. For comparison, I am 33 and gained 50 lbs with that pregnancy. Just as I got back to normal, I decided to go for another pregnancy. Kind of sad I did not get a chance to enjoy my new old body before doing that...oh well :)
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