Attention all moms.....help?!?!? Embarassing pics =(

My tummy looks the exact same way. I need some advice also. You're not alone

Ahhh, I'm sorry, it looks like I didn't read your post correctly...it's been 2 years.

mine looked WAAAYYYY worse than that. i use palmers firming butter on mine and it's getting a lot better.

When I think of post-pregnancy fitness I think of MFP user domestica

You might wanna have a chat with her!

here's her blog : http://natashakay.wordpress.com/about/

I do think a lot of it is genetics though. You're beautiful girly

I've found since starting Hip Hop Abs that I have less of a pooch, I still have two weeks to go so I think it will go a long way towards correcting it.

I am losing weight from my fifth child, born in March. I have gained anywhere from 29 to 70 pounds during my pregnancies, and have always lost all the weight, even more sometimes. I have found that the skin around my tummy is a bit loose, but pretty flat. I have walked for exercise (outdoors weather and time permitting and indoors to Leslie Sansone), some abs from time to time (Prevention's Belly, Butt, and Thighs), and I have eaten well (I have done Weight Watchers, a vegan diet plan, and now this). To decrease bloating, I drink a lot of water and try to eat plenty of fiber--definitely helps with how the tummy looks! I have friends with the same and more children than me who look great without surgery. I know it is possible, but I think a lot depends on genetics, too. By the way, I am 38, so age does not need to be a factor in weight loss after pregnancies. I too have had the splitting of the ab muscles, but with time it has gotten back to normal.

Hi you are defiantly not alone on this one!!! I didnt see your photo but i think alot of people would like there stomach back after having babies I have 2 children my youngest is 8 months and finding it very hard to get my pre preg body back I did gain 4 and half stone though!! My mummy tummy is horrible its the one area I want to change .....here is some advice which i am doing to try and get old tummy back.

1.Lose weight to reduce the size of it

2.Masasage creams/oils into it daily firmly for least 10 minutes to try to reduce the stretchmarks and improve circulation to the saggy skin to firm up! (if your stretch marks are red/purple in colour this is good as blood is still going to them keep massage them they will go. If they white/silver they can fade but will be with you forever :-( i have lots of these

3.DO NOT DO SIT UPS!!! this is an important one some people dont know by doing sit ups you pushing your stomach muscles out if your tummy is sticking OUT you need to work on the core muscles and sucking it IN once your inner stomach core muscles are strong it will be flater again then you can do sit ups and work on your abs after.

Do exercises such as the plank it looks easy but is hard (google image if unsure) other ones are lay on your back then raise feet of the ground and walk in the air making sure when you do these exercises to imagine a piece of string from your belly button and pull in towards your back.

Hope this helps x

Pilates and walk/run up hill! You need to work the bottom muscles of your abs. Once you get down to your goal weight and maintain it for around 6 months you'll be able to tell if it's going on not.

I have that beautiful c section overhang and I don't think it's going to totally disappear but it's improved already.

I have the same problem, my youngest is now 10 and no matter what I tried after the 1st one I was left with my jelly belly pouch as I call it. So 2nd time round did nothing about losing the baby weight and carried on with life but now she is nearly 10 decided perhaps it was time to loose the weight.

Although I have lost 20lb and I have noticed it around my waist that it is shrinking the jelly belly is not. So after discussions with my hubby I have decided that once I have hit my target weight and toned up if the jelly belly is still there I am going to get it surgically removed. I know people will say don't do it but when I hit my target weight last time after having my eldest and kept it off until I got pregnant with the youngest one I looked all slim and toned but it was embarresing having to tuck the jelly belly into my knickers as it made an unsightly bulge in my trousers or skirts so I this time round it is going to go one way or another.

MIne is huge also..........can't wait to find out which excerise works!

Do you run or jog? I used to run cross country in high school and surprisingly, when you run or jog you work your stomach much more than your legs. Running is one of the best ways to strengthen your core and firm your tummy.

I had two kiddos c-section and had a big pooch i did 6 week 6pack twice then 30 day shred and now ripped in 30 and insanity and turbojam are in the mail.... i don't have a before pic of my flap because well i didn't want one but now i barely have a flap and stretch marks but i was so proud i rocked a bikini at the beach anyway!!

I've been doing a lot of research on how to get my belly back somewhat too. I've talked with doctors, yoga instructors and personal trainers. The all told me that to get rid of the pooch you need to really work your obliques specifically. Normal crunches do strengthen but by working your obliques you pull your waist in and it flattens the lower pooch. I'm working on it now so I can't tell you it is tried and true for me yet but it was the general concensus that I got. Good luck!

I call my stomach a saddlebag. And the stretch marks I have are even worse looking than the extra skin. Horrible.
I went for a consultation to get abdominoplasty (aka Tummy Tuck).

I was told it is extra skin that will not go away because skin can only stretch, it doesn't shrink. But he said I would need to get down to my target weight before having it done. It's very expensive. But in about a year, I'm hoping, I will need it. Hoping to get financing.