I’m 31 years old my daughter is now 4 years old and was born by emergency c section after a 36 hour labour. I put on 42lbs whilst pregnant and lost most of it over a year after giving birth.
I’m so glad to have found this site, as for 4 years I have been beating myself up over the state of my tummy. The skin is sooooo wrinkly and saggy. Fortunately the stretchmarks faded quite quickly but the texture and appearance of the skin is awful. The other mums I know don’t have saggy skin or stretchmarks so this just added to my hatred of my tummy.
This site has made me feel so much better for knowing I’m normal.
Discuss: 18 Comments
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
i wish i had your tummy, its beautiful! there are alot of women out there right now saying “i wish i looked like her” i would know, i am one of them!
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
you are so beautiful. stunning actually.
November 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am
We could be twins, not just the body, but the face! I’d think someone has stolen my pictures!
I’m trying to lose more weight but I think that by no means will that help my saggy tummy.
November 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I have the same tummy like yours after having 2 kids. But looking at you I see how beautiful you are….maybe I should look at myself differently as well?? We are always hard on ourselves, aren’t we?
November 24th, 2009 at 6:19 am
i think you look great i also had a c-section an my stomach looks much like yours, although i still have weight to lose and gained around 60-60+lbs, but if it still bothers you i think you could tone it doing pilates or something similar you would be amazed how much that makes a difference.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:54 am
You look great and you also have a beautiful smile!!! That’s the most important thing!!! Congratulations!!!
November 24th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I agree with Sarah. You are very beautiful.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I think your belly looks so soft and lovely
November 25th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Thanks for your kind comments!
Katie have you any pictures on here would like to see my “twin”
I’ve been doing a Billy Blanks DVD for a little while now but maybe I should give Pilates a whirl as CM suggests. Doesn’t help that I’m carrying extra weight and have a muffin top of squidgy fat on my sides. But hey ho…I am determined that next summer I will have that whole abdominal area looking better. I don’t care about stretchmarks they are my battle scars, just be good to get some more tone and definition in my tummy…If possible, just seems like my skin is wrinkled and horrid. My tummy was enormous when I was pregnant, carried a lot of water and had pre eclampsia too..strangers used to laugh at the size of my bump and come up and feel my tummy which is a bit alarming when you are waiting for a bus!!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:00 am
Hi Anonymous, here’s my post.
And the pouch is still there. I feel odd, I used to have the best abs and now it’s just a saggy stretchmarked mess…
http://theshapeofamother.com/blog/diastatis-recti-katie/
My body changed a bit since then, as when I weaned my daugther, I put on additional 10 pounds
I did not have the courage to show my face in the pictures, but believe me, we could be twins!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Anyway, I would like to add, strange how it is, although I don’t feel beautiful myself, I really find you stunning in the pictures. So there’s a lot of relativity in what we think about our bodies. We relate to what we had before, instead of being happy with what we have now. I’ll then try to be easier on myself from now on, because I see a nice-looking woman in your pics, and that’s what I should see in the mirror, too
November 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am
wow i think your body looks great, before and after!
Before i had my daughter i was never completely happy with my figure, i have always had big hips/bum, but always a flat tummy. Took some getting used to seeing how my body has changed. Still not confident enough to wear a bikini on holiday, especially when i sit down looks like i’m wearing a rubber ring!
Any way i think you look fantastic and should be proud when you look in the mirror.
what is PUPP?
November 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
you’re adorable! your body is very similar to mine and it’s nice to see a post from someone else in her 30’s! thanks for posting and chin up! you’re beautiful. great haircut too!
November 28th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
i think you look fabulous. and i love that you are smiling
November 28th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
you are the cutest!
November 29th, 2009 at 1:24 am
You’re MORE than just normal. I bet you that you DO know women who have wrinkled, saggy, or imperfect bellies. Why do I know this? Because the only ones who were happy to show you their bellies thought they had a better tummy than yours while the other ones hid with shame and didn’t show you theirs or lied about it. Just my experience.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
God i wish i had your body!!! i am 22 yrs old and have 2 kids but i dont look like you by any means how did u do!?
December 15th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
You are perfect!