stomach after pregnancy and postpartum depression?
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at
12:05 pm
I just had a baby a month ago and my stomach looks gross. Like sagging and stretch marks. Will it ever go back? If so how long? Will I have to get surgery to fix it? I feel really ugly since before I was pregnant. Is that postpartum depression?
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give yourself a break man you just give birth to a beautiful little human being x
It takes a little time for your body to go back to normal after pregnancy. And you may have to adjust your definition of “normal,” since it may not go back to exactly the way it was before you were pregnant.
If you are breastfeeding, that fact alone will help you get your body back. Breastfeeding is natures way of not only feeding the baby, but helping the new mother get her body back to normal.
You are probably not experiencing postpartum depression. What you are experiencing is called The Baby Blues–your hormones are all messed up and are trying to adjust. During this time you may experience sadness, but it is normal. I remember being able to cry at the drop of a hat and having very strange dreams for a couple of months after the births of my children.
Keep taking your prenatal vitamin–you body still needs it. Be sure to mention it to your midwife or doctor at your next visit. Ask about what exercises you can do to help your belly get back to normal.
Remember, you need to take care of yourself as well as the baby, so try to steal some time for a good bath, a nice nap, whatever you can to get away for a little while. You’d be amazed how much this helps.
It”ll be saggy for awhile. Once you get the all clear, start some light excersise and slowly increase. If you are breastfeeding the weight should come off a bit quicker too.
I don’t think that you have postpartum depression. Lots of women feel like you do about their bodies after pregnancy. Be patient, it’ll take a few months but if you eat well and moderately excersise you should be OK!
No, that’s not post partum depression. I guess it could be part of it, but if that’s the only thing you are upset about, then no it’s not.
It’s quite the shock to see what the belly looks like after the baby is born.. will it ever go back? well, it will stop having the jelloish feel to it yeah, but the skin has been stretched, so no, it won’t ever go back to EXACTLY how you looked before getting pregnant, but in the next several months you will notice the jellyness will go away, the stretchmarks will fade, things will start looking better, and best of all you will get used to your new body.. right now it’s like going in and cutting off alot of hair, you look different so you aren’t used to it. it will get better. I’d talk to the doctor at your 6 week appt about what you can do to help out the belly.
well i just had my son 4months ago. & i looked big for no reason. but my bestfriend had her son june of 07′ & she is all back to normal [her stomach was hella bad] & you can barly tell she has marks anymore.