how long before tummy shrinks to normal for you?

[Gemmitygem]

how long did it take before your tummy went back to normal after childbirth? I had DS two weeks ago and basically look a bit like a Vietnamese potbellied pig. the rest of me is skinny but my stomach was massive by the end and now is like an empty handbag..

[motherinferior]

Rather a long time, I'm afraid.

[liath]

9 months.

[rustycreakingdoorbear]

Umm ... DD is 16.5 - still waiting for 'normal' tummy to return....

[mrsdarcy]

it hasn't

[LadyOfTheFlowersAKA2Babies0Bum]

empty hangbag here too. ds1 15m and ds2 5wks.

i think it stays baggy forever unless? unless you have a tummy tuck?
am saving....

[northerner]

After about 6 weeks mine was pretty much back to normal.

[LadyOfTheFlowersAKA2Babies0Bum]

did you do excersices northener?
any stretch marks?

[chocolateshoes]

Same here - DS is 15mths & there is no way I'' be able to wear a bikini on holiday this Christmas.

[SoupDragon]

Hahahahahaha! "back to normal after childbirth"!!

hahahahaha!

[lilymolly]

What??? Mine is still big and I am skinny everywhere else, dd is 9 months.
And I exercise, walk, horse ride muck out. I am thinking its here to stay.

[FillyjonkthePumpkinEater]

um

well....

[melsy]

Oh NOOOOOOO so muffinn is here to stay after the 2nd one ????????????????, although with dd1 it took about a 18mths or more. I deffo have more creepy muffin than the 1st Oh bother.Also will not be posing in a bikini early nxt yr!!!!

[niceglasses]

Well its 6 yrs and I'm still waiting.

[foxinsocks]

mine was never the same however

about 4 years after my last child, several bouts of winter vomiting disease and a long bout of gastric flu it now resembles my old tummy but is definitely not as flat or toned (ok, it's not flat or toned at all )

[Ponka]

First time it took about 6 months to go vaguely back but was never really like it was before.

2nd baby is 6 months and I still look about 20 weeks. People still ask me when it's due. I have separation of the tummy muscles and go to physio sessions. If you think you may have this, you could ask your HV to have a look next time you go but midwives generally do look for this when examining ladies after the birth and pick it up if it is there. Doing pelvic floors is a good way to start getting back into shape very early on. Perhaps your HV could recommend some excercises suitable for you?

[Tommy]

hasn't so far......

(DS1 is 5 in January )

[Blandmum]

My two are 9 amd 6

Still a lard bucket!

[northerner]

No strretch marks. No specific exercises other than lots of wlaking.

[mrsdarcy]

Ponka, that happened to me too.

[Glassofslime]

still waiting - babies are 7, 4 & 3. No stretch marks though

[Ponka]

What's that, Mrs Darcy? Being asked if you are pregnant or tummy muscle problems?

Are you O.K, Gemmitygem? Not the answers you were hoping to hear, are they?

[mrsdarcy]

sorry - tummy muscles. Horrible isn't it?

[Gemmitygem]

hmm... thanks for the replies; I'm REALLY worried now! . Well, I spose all I can do is do a lot of exercise. Like kama, I did loads of ex during the pregnancy and only gained weight of the baby plus tits, so I'm hoping it will go back, but I'm a very unmuscly person (kind of like those Tony Hart characters, was it Morph?), so it could be a struggle.

Anyway at least my lady bits are totally undamaged by childbirth, which I still can't believe, so there is a God... (thanks to perineal massage and a last minute application of Clarins oil in the delivery room!