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Nov 10th, 2009, 17:39 PM
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#1 | | WTT baby #1 Active BnB Member
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Yorkshire
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| Pregnancy after effects Theres only a couple of things i'm worrying about when i have a baby, which are stretchmarks, baby weight and saggy boobies, I know it'll all be worth it but i'm always worried that my OH won't like my body anymore, i know i'm not the only one to think this, right!?
I don't want boobies like this UU  | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 18:20 PM
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#2 | | TTC #1, Cycle 2 Active BnB Member
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: VA
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| That's what I worry about too.  I have a nice, toned, flat tummy and I know it will never be the same no matter what I do. I'm worried about my boobs too. I heard that wearing a bra throughout pregnancy (even in bed if you can stand it) will help to prevent some sagging, I don't know if that's true or not but I'm going to try!
The thing is (and this might be TMI) I could walk around naked all day. I feel very comfortable in the way I look, especially for DH and I'm worried that that confidence is going to go away once my body changes shape.  | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 18:32 PM
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#3 | | Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
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| im worried about my body too. I am happy with the way i look now but have had a battle with myself for many years!i worry that i will go back that way,i know it will all be worth it but i still worry xx | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 19:32 PM
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#4 | | Sarah :) BnB Addict
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland
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| I used to have an amazingly toned stomach  Now its flat but its not the same my body changed so much..i'm in the same clothes but i just look different i guess its how much effort you put in and i haven’t had the chance to do much but it used to be effortless..
My boobs have DEF changed they grew so much and now they aren’t saggy but the skin has totally lost its elasticity. I think that’s the same as my tummy  | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 20:01 PM
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#5 | | Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
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| Im wtt no4 and have breastfed overall for about 3 1/2 years and no sagging yet  I had small boobs to start with so maybe thats it, I found feeding till they wean themselves prevents losing elasticity. As for my tummy, I have a few stretchmarks but to be honest think they were there from puberty, tummy went back to normal after first 2 but after having a c section for number 3 Ive got a little bulge ( but still fit in normal size 8 clothes). So yeah your body does change but its not awful and totally worth it! Sorry if this is rambling   | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 20:19 PM
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#6 | | NTNP BnB Addict
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: cyprus
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| i dont think all women have effects on their body after pregnancy it depends on your skin elasticity, stretch marks fade and hardly show and if you use a cream every day during and after it will minimise them, after my pregnancy my breasts didnt change at all, not even during but i didnt breastfeed, and 7 months after my stretch marks are hardly visible and i didnt bother with creams and dont drink water.
plus a bit of a sag and some marks wont make you look all that different!
my worry is the bit of baby belly left over! | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 20:20 PM
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#7 | | NTNP BnB Addict
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| i dont think all women have effects on their body after pregnancy it depends on your skin elasticity, stretch marks fade and hardly show and if you use a cream every day during and after it will minimise them, after my pregnancy my breasts didnt change at all, not even during but i didnt breastfeed, and 7 months after my stretch marks are hardly visible and i didnt bother with creams and dont drink water.
plus a bit of a sag and some marks wont make you look all that different!
my worry is the bit of baby belly left over! | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 20:32 PM
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#8 | | Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cambs
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| I had loads of stretchmarks but they have all faded. My stomach was flat before and it has more or less gone back to being flat again BUT my poor boobs are ruined forever! They are definately UU, but I dont think it's the same for all women from what I hear. It is the sacrifice you make! Your partner will just have to adjust to the changes x | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 21:42 PM
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#9 | | Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambrigeshire.
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| I am so body concious it is unreal.. every strand of hair has to be right or I through a childish tantrum (my mum says I have always been a perfectionist!)
I worry about stretchmarks, so I am going to purchase some Bio oil and use it throughout my pregnancy to try and minimise this (don't know if it works but I will give anything a go!).. I worry about saggy boobs but OH promised me a boob job if it all goes terribly wrong  Its the only way he got me to agree to WTT I swear!
Not too worried about babyweight since I have always been slim and have found loosing weight very easy as I concider myself a healthy eater.. (most of the time).
Atleast I'm not the only worrier about this, my poor lady bits will never be the same either!!  | | | | Status: Offline
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Nov 10th, 2009, 22:05 PM
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#10 | | WTT baby #1 Active BnB Member
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Yorkshire
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| Oh god, i forgot about my lady areas being stretched to horrible limits, i don't really want a mutilated and outstretched vagina  but it's a sacrifice i am willing to take, i can always try pelvic floor exercises. | | | | Status: Offline
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