Leftover baby belly...

Last time I was at GNC picking up my supplements/vitamins the guy that worked there showed me a picture of his wife on his phone (it wasn't random..I too was complaining about my belly skin). His wife had 3 kids, and now competes in fitness competitions, no surgery, just hard work and time. This woman looked amazing!! Flat stomach, tight skin! You'd never even know she had kids! The guy assured me that if I kept eating healthy and exercising that the skin will tighten up over time...but he did emphasize...TIME. It really does take a few years apparently.
My youngest is going to be 2 in December, and I'm still trying to get everything tight again. It's looks like it's starting to tighten up a bit, but I still have a long way to go!
(The worst is when you're on your hands and knees doing an exercise or in a downward dog and you can see the skin hanging down eh!? OMG!!! It makes me cringe every time!!)
Hang in there!! Keep up the great work you've already been doing!

I have a friend who has gone on to competitive body sculpting after having a big baby. She still has that skin thing going on and I believe that will never go away. If you feel your dr is right and it is just left over skin, why not go and get a 2nd opinion and if you feel surgery is right for you then do it? it can be disheartening to work so hard for a great body except for the the skin that may never go away. Good luck to you.

I have the same and my son is now 8, it doesnt go back. He was 9.5 lbs. and 22.5 inches long and I was 5'3" 115 size zero to start! To know if you have loose skin or just a fat pooch its all in the appearance of your belly button. If it still looks normal and intact its just fat. If its completely caved in and no longer looks like a belly button then its skin. I had a doc tell me the same btw at 6 weeks! he isnt lying or trying to make a buck its most likely the truth.
I havent had the surgery yet as I am a huge chicken :-)
Its upsetting and makes you super self conscience I feel your pain. No matter how fit I am I will never wear a bikini again unless I opt for surgery I am doomed to Monokinis!

THANK YOU! This is what I'm dealing with! I honestly didn't feel like he was either, again I trust NO doctors but I was feeling what he told me, he just confirmed it for me.

You know what you have girl, dont listen to ppl that havent expirienced it for themselves and like another poster said every body is diff. some ladies are lucky and bounce back, others like you and I not so much. You gotta just do the best you can and decide for yourself if it bothers you enough for surgery. I have gone back and forth myself, amd leaning towards the surgery side over the last year or so but want to see if there are less drastic options, like thru the belly button instead of the whole across your abdomen business~!

There are many people commenting with very valid points.

Personally, I wouldn't even THINK about it if you plan on having more children. No good could come of doing something just to make yourself feel sexier/better about yourself NOW. I would think a good plastic surgeon would question if you're done having kids before telling you straight off that you're a perfect candidate for a tummy tuck (basically). *shrugs*

Agreed with you for sure

I've heard that it takes 2 years for your body to return to normal after a baby.

I had my 2 22 months apart, and my youngest will be 17 months tomorrow, so I'm hoping by the time she turns 2 in May I will have lost a lot of my mummy tummy!

I didn't have a c-sec with either of mine, but I did put on a lot of weight with my 2nd and have lost about 45lbs now. I'm smaller than before I had my 1st child now, but my belly is still not how i'd like it to be.

I personally don't care if by body isn't perfect, i'd be happy to get rid of the muffin top in my US size 8 trousers! I'm 35 and I have 2 kids...I don't need to look like a model. I'd never consider surgery, i'd rather save that money for my children to go to university.