Ladies Who have had Children! Tummy Pouch Before and Afters,

you ladies are all such an inspiration! As a new mom, with some weight to lose and that little "pouch" i have this gives me so much hope that something can be done!

you all look amazing and give me hope of loosing the baby belly.

Depending on the amount of "pouch" you have depends on if you can get rid of it without surgery. If it is minor like some of the women here have had, then yes.

I had 3 childred. My last was a C-Section. I had a large amount of "hangage". Skin that was so stretched out and fat that didn't go anywhere despite my diligence to eat right and exercise.

I have had a tummy tuck. ( One year ago). During my consult with my doctor I found out something I (and most women) probably don't know.

When you have children, your abdominal muscles separate and move apart to make room for the baby. They DO NOT move back together after you give birth. (Especially multiple births) You can do all kinds of abdominal excercises and you more than likely will not get the same results as others who have not had children.
I had muscle repair with my tummy tuck. I had my abdominal muscles sewn back together permanently and for the first time in 19 years I can feel the muscles in my abs flex!

If you plan to have more children keep this mind. Or have a lot of excessive skin like I did, you may want to go in for a consult.

I worked for cosmetic surgeons when I had my surgery. A good surgeon will tell you to do what makes you happy. Beware of any that try to convince you that you "need" to do something.

Hopefully you can do it on your own. I just couldn't. It wasn't physically possible with what I was working with. (They removed over 5lbs of hanging skin and fat during my surgery.) But as you can see from my photos, I had a lot of weight loss before my surgery. I still have skin I'm trying to tone.

Good luck to you!

Depending on the amount of "pouch" you have depends on if you can get rid of it without surgery. If it is minor like some of the women here have had, then yes.

I had 3 childred. My last was a C-Section. I had a large amount of "hangage". Skin that was so stretched out and fat that didn't go anywhere despite my diligence to eat right and exercise.

I have had a tummy tuck. ( One year ago). During my consult with my doctor I found out something I (and most women) probably don't know.

When you have children, your abdominal muscles separate and move apart to make room for the baby. They DO NOT move back together after you give birth. (Especially multiple births) You can do all kinds of abdominal excercises and you more than likely will not get the same results as others who have not had children.
I had muscle repair with my tummy tuck. I had my abdominal muscles sewn back together permanently and for the first time in 19 years I can feel the muscles in my abs flex!

If you plan to have more children keep this mind. Or have a lot of excessive skin like I did, you may want to go in for a consult.

I worked for cosmetic surgeons when I had my surgery. A good surgeon will tell you to do what makes you happy. Beware of any that try to convince you that you "need" to do something.

Hopefully you can do it on your own. I just couldn't. It wasn't physically possible with what I was working with. (They removed over 5lbs of hanging skin and fat during my surgery.) But as you can see from my photos, I had a lot of weight loss before my surgery. I still have skin I'm trying to tone.

Good luck to you!

She is right on point. My skin (in my opinion) did not warrant the surgery. BUT, I have a friend on here that had one kid and her skin was destroyed. She is a heavy lifter and muscular everywhere, but the tummy skin was still hanging. So she had to get a TT and she looks great.

My mom got a TT too, and she had to have that muscle repair. He said he has never seen muscles that were that torn (my brothers were 10lbs babies)

I do not think there is anything wrong with getting a TT to remove the skin and repair your muscles. Heck, I just got my boobs done 5 months ago!!

I was/am able to get pretty good results with diet and exercise. My tummy does not look as good as women that got TT, but it is bearable. It does depend on how much loose skin you got from your babies.

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My 3rd was a C-section and 10lbs. My 2nd was 9.5 lbs. I was stretched beyond non surgical repair.
Very happy I did it. I've lost another 40 lbs post surgery.

My last four (out of the 6) were 9-9.5lbs!! But, my OB induced me early so I could deliver my babies, we did not want them to get to 10lbs because that is just tough on the body to push out! Most OBs won't do that, but mine knows me and my body, so I was glad that he was always willing to induce. Can you imagine if I had gone to term or 2 weeks late!!! 10-11lbs babies!! :noway:

I joke with my mom that her tummy looks better than mine and she is 60!!

I did not get any stretch marks until my 4th kid. Then after that I got more stretch marks and loose skin with babies 4-6. :grumble:

I need to post on this thread to motivate myself. I am 11w PP after baby number 4. I never appreciated how flat my tummy was pre-babies until after having 4 babies and not having a flat tummy anymore! :-S

My goal - since I don't know if I can lose all of the tummy pouch - is to at least be able to wear a bikini with a high waist. Shoot, I would be happy to get into tankini this summer and a bikini by next summer. Slow and steady wins the race, right?

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I had four children that came with four c-sections. One year later, I herniated that c-section incision and a gave my self a smaller one to boot. They went in and had to basically re do the c section and then went in length wise and did the small one. I have a 7 inch scar straight up my middle! My tummy looks like a bootie, lol. I gained a ton of weight (102 lbs) over time and I am working to get it all off, but I am almost positive that I will not be able to get even close to a "normal" tummy. My abs are separated and I have nerve damage from 6 surgeries, so I can't feel anything in my lower stomach when doing exercises. I'm pretty sure I will be having a tummy tuck and putting my girls back up north when I get done!

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