Spare c/s tummy

I had my SIL's wedding this weekend and i noticed my tummy sticking out more then ever. My tummy now hangs uncontrollably over my c/s scar and im hoping that with a diet and some exercises that it might improve.

Does anyone know of any exercises that might help strengthen my tummy muscles again...i know that I dont have much help of healling them after all my ops (Ive had 4 c/s , one reversal and a lap) but anything is better then nothing.

Oh why oh why couldnt I have had a baby normally??? dame it!!!!

I have one word for ya: Pilates.

It focusses on core body strength i.e. tummy buttocks etc and uses the core body strength to balance the rest of the body. Pilates was orginaaly developed during World War 1 (I think it was this one) by a guy as a rehabilitation for soldiers who were otherwise incapacitated and had lost limbs etc. Great stuff is pilates.

oh thanks babe...I didnt even think of that..see thats what I need you for :)

Pilates is fantastic Maz! If you want to do it in the privacy of your own home, than grab a dvd. Water aerobics is also a good one.

will it still work 19mths after?lol

I think im gonna get my hands on a DVD.....dont think they make bathing suite big enough for me ;) and i think id lose a bikini :ROFL:

mine has never gone back to normal even 7years later :( maybe this time round i shall ask for a tummy tuck at the same time :P

dont laugh Katones - I asked fo rit with my second one and they said that you sort of have one anyway. they explained to me that they have to cut away the old scar tissue to be able to sew together the cut so sort of a tummy tuck...i think they did mine inside out if its the case :ROFL:

All this talk of tummy tucks...I for one am considering this as a possibility later on. My scar is quite crooked and I have a flap that no amount of exercise is going to reverse! Not without a lot of research etc, but I'm not going to dismiss the idea out of hand, kwim?

Can anyone recommend a good pilates DVD? I'd love to give it a go.....

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Oh why oh why couldnt I have had a baby normally??? dame it!!!!

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Having had my babies 'normally' can I just say.. I have a very floppy belly! So not sure the birth has as much to do with it, but more the big belly & stretched skin!

I know this could be a bit different to what you're describing (having not had a c/s.. don't know much about scars & the tummy around them!) but all I know is no amount of pilates is gonna fix my belly LOL - unless pilates magically shrinks skin? Don't think mine has much to do with muscle at all :rolleyes:

Wishing you a trim tummy soon! :)

Hey, I am wondering what I will do when I have finished having babies.
I had a C.sect with DS . My skin is good - didnt really get stretchmarks or saggy skin, but my tum sits funny where the scar is. Its sort of pouchy over top of the scar.
I had thought of Liposuction, since the skin is good, but I will see how subsequent pregnancies go.
I also now have a few scars and from a lap a few years ago and my belly button looks ugly, so perhaps a tummy tuck is whats needed?

I just need a new body full stop :ROFL:

i got on the scales and jumpe dof so quickly in fright it wasnt funny.....dame well put on 10kg since I stopped BF :( so my gunt is sitting heavy on my lap atm and Its annoying me.

hurry up Spring so i can go for walks again!....and bind this belly of mine up with masking tap

Pilates is a really great idea, but I would recommend going for a few classes first if you can. Pilates is really effective IF done properly and it can be really helpful to have an instructor look at your technique. If you do it at home by yourself, be careful as you could hurt yourself :(

Also if you are going to do it at home make sure you get a beginners DVD which will explain everything for you and won't throw in any advanced exercises that you shouldn't be attempting yet.

I hope I didn't sound discouraging - I don't mean to :redface:

Also combining the Pilates with some Cardio would be beneficial :hug: and good luck :)

Pilates DVD's are great, but if you have never done it before, Id recommend that you have at least one beginner session (class) or get a personal session, just to show you how exactly to do some of the core exercises. When I did pilates many moons ago, it was a great help having an instructor the first few times, after that the DVD's were much easier.

Or do what I do, wear really high tummy flattening underwear, these days my undies extend up to my bbs :D

youtube has some exercises to look at :)

I've never tried pilates and maybe i need to have a go????? I lost all of my weight after DD 2nd c-section but still had a overhang over the scar, was good on either side. So I had sort of resigned myself to the fact that it would never go????? Not a great feeling, cause I was toned everywhere else.
I suppose we all have our problems, aftereffects of havings babes, I have a friend who looks fantastic, but she hates her baby body because of stretch marks (lots of them and large over tummy, breasts and thighs) and will never again wear a bikini.