Calling all moms, especially MoM's!

parkermegan

Here is my belly this morning, 16 weeks PP on Tuesday. See the wrinkle/saggy at the bottom?

I wish I looked like that 11 years post partum....but alas I still have a ways to go...

Thank you I am really motivated this time...I'm not sure why. I've always cut myself a lot of slack after my babies!

mollyW2012

I have not had twins nor C-section BUT, I have 6 kids. The first four were within 5.5 years. Then baby 5 came 6 years later and baby 6 came 3 years after that. I did not get any stretch marks until the 4th child. Then got more with babies 5 and 6. My last four babies were over 9 pounds, so I got HUGE!! 50-60 pounds per pregnancy.

Also, baby 6 was born when I was 39...so I have age working against me too. You younger girls could have better results just because your skin is young.

I was very upset at the site of my tummy after the 6th child. More stretch marks (mostly on one side) and lots of loose skin.

Joined gym January 2011. I started to lose weight and look better, but just looking good for having 6 kids.

Around Feb of this year I was SICK of my tummy and wanted it to look better. And it does now, not pre-baby perfect, but it is looking better.

I want to add, that your babies are just 15 weeks, even though I breastfed all of my babies, I never felt that I had my prebaby body until that 6month marker. Like I was always within 10 pounds...but at 6 months that last 10 just went away (except for baby 6, I had to work to get that off). So, your body might be holding on to some fat just because you are nursing two and the rest might just drop off in a couple of more months.

OK, back to the skin. This is what I have learned. This is not a formula that is 100%, BUT I feel it has helped.

1. A friend told me that body builders get their body fat pretty low and that is how their skin shrinks up. Now, I did not believe it...but I have to say, I can tell a huge difference. My bf for a 42 year old woman is 18%. I am not a fan of BF testing because as we age it goes up even if your body has not changed. So, just for this purpose since you girls are younger, if I was 32 my bf would be 17%, and if I was 22 it would be 16%. So, you are going to have to get your body fat into that Athlete range, which is below 20%

2. Dry Brush: A female competitor told me about dry brushing. Google it. But, it makes the skin regenerate. I do this all over my body, but really focus on my tummy and butt. Your skin is the largest organ on our body, so it made sense to take care of it.

3. Coconut oil. I eat a table spoon of virgin coconut oil each day. Google it as well, again the female competitor told me about this as well. I buy the cheaper coconut oil and rub it all over my body. So, I buy the virgin coconut oil online and eat it and buy the cheaper stuff at the grocery stuff and rub it on my skin.

4. Work on your core. I do planks and ab vacuums (Youtube ab vacuums) Now, I can not do it as good as the people on Youtube, but I can do it a lot better than I could in Feb of this year. Working your transverse abs will pull in your abs. I do not do any crunches. I teach Zumba and we put our hips A LOT, but I do planks and vacuums and I can tell that has pulled my muscles in.

I know that everyone's skin is different, but these might be some things that can help it look better.

8 months pregnant with baby 6


One year later. I still look pregnant! I never looked like this one year after a baby.


December 2011. I do not look awful but you can still see that pooch and loose skin in my belly.


14 pounds of weight loss and doing everything that I mentioned above. Again, the tummy skin is not perfect, but it has improved a whole lot.

You look FANTASTIC MAMA!

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cwaters120

can I please say you all look great! My twins turn 18 YEARS OLD next week. I was on bedrest my whole pregnancy and for three months after. I can tell you I am only JUST losing the weight I gained with them to KEEP it off. I am hopeful that my belly will get better but I know the reality is I will never have "normal" skin again. I had them young, thankfully, so I can now try my hardest to get CLOSE to where most of you are....

carolynhart01

My girls will be 2 in a few weeks. There was no way a camera was getting near that tire after I had them so no pics. sorry. However, the squish has faded. The scar on the other hand - I hate it and love it at the same time. Had some issues healing so it looks rough. I have been fighting the last 15-20 lbs on my own and just joined here on Monday. I still have a bit of that are you or aren't you pg look ugh!!! I will post after pics when I get there !!!

shadow2soul

I was 60lbs overweight when I got pregnant, so I don't have any good tummy pictures. I gained about 70lbs during pregnancy and lost all my pregnancy weight by 6 months PP. I'm still working on my weight and my profile pic is where I'm at currently.

joybedford

Hi congratulations on your twins I have twins boy and girl they were born at 38 weeks and 5 days and weighed 7lb4 and 7lb they will be nine in June. It took me 6 years to even get round to losing weight as I was so busy as I am sure you can appreciate. Their big brother weighed 9lb7. I am almost at target weight but my abs are no where near what I would like to them to be. Their is muscle definition but also excess skin that I hate, I am just eating at a slight deficit and continung lifting and running with some jillian michaels DVDs thrown in. I am hopeful that one day I will be happy in a bikini but I will be 42 in June so time is not on my side. Good luck.

adenium11

Mommy of twin 4 year olds here! I agree on the survival.. I ate to eat for those first years and no time for much else. I now am back to my pre prego weight.. but my stomach area is still large... I have shape on the sides but small tummy nope! I am hoping that I can pull it together, but it definitely isnt easy

However, I have to friends with multiples both are thinner ladies and have flat enough tummys for bikinis with NO surgery! So there is hope!