I had my TT 5 yrs ago and it hurt more than childbirth - sorry, but just being honest.
I took a week off work but the day I went back I ended up going back home for another week because I just couldn't stand up straight because the skin was so tight again and I needed to get used to it so my back ached too. I was hunched over for at least 6 weeks.
My scar is barely visible and took at least 12 months to start fading away.
In saying all of this, the pain was so worth the end result because I had so much skin that it would get caught in my pant zipper all the time.
I recent pg suprisingly hasn't even affected all of the work and I still have a flat tummy - aside from the couple of spare tyres
Good luck with it all and let me know if I can answer any more questions mate.
myson - when I was around 28 weeks I started to panick because my tummy felt soooo tight I thought it was going to split but after a week or so it settled down. I put on about 16 kgs during the pg and had my baby at 38 weeks. I just started to see a tiny stretchie around my belly button the week before I had her so I think had I gone the extra 2 weeks I would have gotten heaps. Even better I didn't have jelly belly after the birth, it was pretty flat, aside from the spare tyre that already existed LOL.
Thanks Sue. I will prob be having this one early too (GD) so hopefully those last couple weeks wont count for me either. Dont feel real big yet.... its all holding in pretty tight still.
myson - I found that wearing the really firm maternity pants with the big elastic belly helped me heaps. You could even wear a maternity belt from the physio which I did cause it kind of felt that I needed to hold myself up IYKWIM. Good luck, oh and keep up the bio oil, especially around the scar, I am so positive that this stuff helped keep away the stretchies because I am extremely prone to them and didn't get any at all. Good luck.
Aussienic - definately wait, I struggled for a very long time with lifting and still can only just manage a sit up - not that it hurts now or anything, it just doesn't feel right.
Nicambhar i notice that u are in brissy, is this where u had ur surgery, i am looking into surgeons, i was going to have it done this xmas, but we decided to have another baby, so i have put it off for a while.
Im looking for a really good surgeon in brisbane.
Mum-of-five - The surgeon's practice is on Wickham Tce and his name is David Theile, his wife is the news reader Marie Louise Theile that used to be on ten. He was brilliant. A friend of mine had hers done there too and was stoked with him.
The surgery took place at the PA. He was so funny, I kept telling him to put my belly button back on straight and he rang my DF when I was in recovery and told him that I would be pleased with my belly button LOL..
I have seen him about having my boobs done as well and can't wait to go ahead with it.
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