Do you still have 'the hang'?

**~Kim~** · May 13th, 2010, 10:12 PM

Yep me too.
Though saying that all the skin is very loose and I don't know that it actually has anything to do with the scars that are there or if it would still be there if not.

**Peg** · May 14th, 2010, 10:22 AM

i didnt notice it much with my first child who was delivered by c-sect, but after the 2nd (9yrs ago) it was there and has been ever since. I found that if i lost weight, it shrunk, but it became more wrinkly because the skin was so stretched during pregnancy. After my 3rd (4yrs ago) it was worse but that may have been because i never really bothered with exersizes to get rid of it.

Is it really only c-sect's that cause the overhang? What changes occur with a normal delivery tummy?

**Tinks** · May 14th, 2010, 10:32 AM

I didn't have a c/s and I have the overhang. I hate it.

**Peg** · May 14th, 2010, 10:40 AM

I didn't have a c/s and I have the overhang. I hate it.

thats good to know lol

Im pretty sure its the result of the skin being overstretched....its like blowing up a balloon then letting out the air. The balloon is never as firm.

**Pandora** · May 14th, 2010, 11:03 AM

Maz has a word for this, but I prefer 'apron'

It comes down to skin elasticity as much as anything else.
I had it before having kids because Id lost a large amount of weight and have not very elastic skin.

**krysalyss** · May 14th, 2010, 12:15 PM

3 years and still have it.

Don't think it will go back to the way it was. Makes me look a little pg. I didn't have a c/s but did get lots of tummy stretch marks and that is what mine is from. I am hoping my other skin around my midriff will tighten as I lose more weight and will help a bit (I am a healthy weight but a large tummy size for my weight)
Sorry I couldn't give better news.