Diaper Swappers

lilmama2dsndd · 09-13-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mom2fussy

I've heard that those postpartum support bands help a little. Don't know for sure, since I never tried one myself. But I've also heard that women in India traditionally wrapped their stomachs fairly tight in cloth after a birth for the same reason.

The support bands are miricale workers! I swear by them, after my c/s with DS I lost the weight but had saggy belly issues too that didn't go away but after my c/s with DD I used one combined with BFing and a few (like 10-15) tummy curls a night I have my flat no-pudge belly back.

ChurchPunkMom · 09-13-2006, 03:48 PM

Saggy skin is pretty much a hereditery thing. I have it. I've contemplated getting a tummy tuck later in life.. we'll see when the time comes.

BTW, I doubt it has much to do with your c-sections. I have horrible sag (belly folding over on itself) and have never had a section. It's been this bad since I had my second (who I got fattest with during pg).

1bigfamily · 09-13-2006, 05:34 PM

Pilates is good for problems like that and I used lotion several times a day on my tummy after the twins.

threekstrio · 09-13-2006, 05:52 PM

Any special kind of lotion?

1bigfamily · 09-13-2006, 06:12 PM

No. I just used whatever I had, I think it was equate brand for extra dry skin or somehting like that.

titania · 09-13-2006, 06:28 PM

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Pilates is good for problems like that and I used lotion several times a day on my tummy after the twins.

gotta love that 'twin skin'!!

seriously, did the lotion help? i have lost the weight, but the saggy baggy elephant look is not my style! actually, i don't care all that much, but if i can eliminate some of it, i will try.

for those of you who used the band, did you have to do it right away? is it too late for me? my boys are 10 months old.
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TKDMama · 09-14-2006, 12:10 AM

No help here, just wanted to commiserate! I was fine after my first dd. After my 2nd dd, even though I got back to my pre-preg weight very quickly and was physically active, I had the saggy skin. It didn't matter that my ab muscles underneath were strong and fit, there was just this extra skin on top that wouldn't tighten. I wonder what it will be like after this babe??!! And don't get me started on pelvic floor muscles and bladder problems....I don't know if they[ll ever recover

greenkmt · 09-14-2006, 12:46 AM

I am all sags!

greenkmt · 09-14-2006, 12:47 AM

OH and YUCK!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!

09-13-2006, 03:48 PM	#12
ChurchPunkMom Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,507 Ratings: 52 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: saggy postpartum tummies-any miracle cures?? Saggy skin is pretty much a hereditery thing. I have it. I've contemplated getting a tummy tuck later in life.. we'll see when the time comes. BTW, I doubt it has much to do with your c-sections. I have horrible sag (belly folding over on itself) and have never had a section. It's been this bad since I had my second (who I got fattest with during pg). __________________ ~Megan~ On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. Wife to 1 "People want the truth but never want the scars.." Emery Mama to.. too many to list!

09-13-2006, 05:34 PM	#13
1bigfamily Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: none of your business Posts: 1,193 Ratings: 149 Feedback: 100%	Re: saggy postpartum tummies-any miracle cures?? Pilates is good for problems like that and I used lotion several times a day on my tummy after the twins. __________________ Heidi - wife to John and SAHM to Andrew 9/4/96, Liz 12/4/98, Caleb 9/2/03, Aaron & Glory 10/20/05 and Madison 12/5/07 VBAC (born in the water!) Sun City Babywearers co-leader

09-13-2006, 05:52 PM	#14
threekstrio Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,451 Ratings: 686 Feedback: 100%	Re: saggy postpartum tummies-any miracle cures?? Any special kind of lotion?

09-13-2006, 06:12 PM	#15
1bigfamily Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: none of your business Posts: 1,193 Ratings: 149 Feedback: 100%	Re: saggy postpartum tummies-any miracle cures?? No. I just used whatever I had, I think it was equate brand for extra dry skin or somehting like that. __________________ Heidi - wife to John and SAHM to Andrew 9/4/96, Liz 12/4/98, Caleb 9/2/03, Aaron & Glory 10/20/05 and Madison 12/5/07 VBAC (born in the water!) Sun City Babywearers co-leader

09-14-2006, 12:10 AM	#17
TKDMama Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 324 Ratings: 64 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: saggy postpartum tummies-any miracle cures?? No help here, just wanted to commiserate! I was fine after my first dd. After my 2nd dd, even though I got back to my pre-preg weight very quickly and was physically active, I had the saggy skin. It didn't matter that my ab muscles underneath were strong and fit, there was just this extra skin on top that wouldn't tighten. I wonder what it will be like after this babe??!! And don't get me started on pelvic floor muscles and bladder problems....I don't know if they[ll ever recover __________________ Kim, Mama to Alexandria (3/02), Kallista (11/04), Liam (11/06), and Elara (8/08)