Pre preg/post preg belly thread :)

wow u look fab hunny x

you look great!

since i dont give a damn about stretch marks i think they are completely insignificant and dont bother me heres my tummy 7.5 months after baby, keep in mind i never got to 9 months, i gave birth at 8.5 so i didnt fully stretch it out!

oh i dont have a before pregnancy but it was probarly worse i gained alot of weight and had stretchmarks before getting pregnant.
keep in mind i eat over 3000 calories a day so..yeah

Originally Posted by bjl1981

Question: Ema, did your belly seem saggy after birth? I had terrible stretch marks (still have) but its more the baggy skin I'm concerned about. Will it tighten back up?

Yes it will but you need to tone it, and get the muscles back working as they are stretched in pregnancy what i did was got one of those sit up things (cant think of the proper name) as doing actual sit-ups was just to much hard work at the time but now i do sit up's. And i just did 4 sets of 50 a day. Which tbh only takes about 3 mins to do 50 with them things and then i slowly upped it or if i was doing it and i thought oh ill just do another 50 i would I still have a lil what i can only describe as an upside down mc'ds m at the bottom BUT you can only notice it if i bend over naked, which tbh i dont do very often in public XxX

Originally Posted by sweetcheeks85

You look amazing Ema, im not brave enough to post just yet as I too have a jelly belly. Needing to lose about a stone yet to get back to pre-preg weight.

How long till it take for ure stretch marks to change to silver Ema? x

It took about 8 months for them to start to change BUT vitiman d helps XxX

Originally Posted by cherrished

ur figure is amazing how did u get it back before i had zac i was a curvy 12 then shot upto 16-18 now im 14-16 with a jelly belly (how do u get rid of it) i also have lots of stretch marks too but its the jelly belly that i need to get rid off i also put 4 stone on whilst pregnant zac, zac is now four months old and i have only lost nearly 2 stone need to shed another 2 and tone my belly up lol xx

I did most of it with portion control. I only eat 3 meals that fit on a side plate, as your stomach is only the size of that so requires no more food than that. So if you eat a massive salad you will still be stretching your stomach so it will get hungrier quicker as bigger. So for breakfast i would have a slim fast as always on the go and did this before i had jacob, then 10am id have a banana or a pear or something, then for lunch id have anything i fancied as long as it was small and no more than 300cals, then for tea would be the same small but no more than 500cal and then id have 2 biscuits or a packet of crisps that was no more than 100cal in the evening and thats it, switched to de-cafe diet coke and de-cafe coffee as caffiene slows your matabolish down but i limit myself to 2 a day, so i could have 2 coffees or 1 of each and so one. And make sure i drink alot of water in between XxX

Originally Posted by dizzyisntacow

you look great!

since i dont give a damn about stretch marks i think they are completely insignificant and dont bother me heres my tummy 7.5 months after baby, keep in mind i never got to 9 months, i gave birth at 8.5 so i didnt fully stretch it out!

oh i dont have a before pregnancy but it was probarly worse i gained alot of weight and had stretchmarks before getting pregnant.
keep in mind i eat over 3000 calories a day so..yeah

WOW Chick you look GREAT!!! XxxX

you guys look wonderful! luca is 5 mths and i have a huge flap of skin hanging off!! i dont think itll ever go away

I tried this a while back. Well done you got more replies than me and even more photo's Here's mine during and post pregnancy
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It's a bit flatter now and my stretch marks aren't as angry looking but I'm quite proud of them as they are my 'mummy marks'. I call them this as I wouldn't have them if I wasn't a mummy. The pregnancy pic I was only 22weeks

you carried huge like me bubbles!!! was your little boy big at birth? our tummies look identical now!!

Originally Posted by Ema

WOW Chick you look GREAT!!! XxxX

i do? thanks! there must be something in the chocolate!