loose stretchy stomach skin

[meegm]

deancy - can i ask did you put on alot of weight with your 2nd (more than the first)

reason i ask is i am preggas with my 2nd only 8 months between pregnancies and im scared imll get the elephant tummy aswell... in my 1st preg with DS i put on about 30 kgs - kept 9 extra after birth this one is better pregnant with DD and so far ive put on only about 6kgs and im half weigh through..


Dont seem to have any extra strectchies yet but mine mostly came after i gave birth aswell.

[Bea06]

I don't have any answers either, but I also have elephant skin and stretch marks all over my stomach after having my baby. I don't love it, but console myself with the fact that at least I can cover it up. Tis sad to lose my old body! Sometimes I miss it!

Does a tummy tuck work for elephant skin?

[Nicambhar]

Bea, yep, a tummy tuck does work for elephant skin. My skin was cut away from my c/s scar to just above my belly button and pulled down. They then cut a hole and sewed my own belly button back into place. My tummy was just like I'd never been pg and was so flat with no stretch marks or crinkled skin anymore, unreal and well worth the money but oh so painful.

[mummy of many]

Here, Here, Trish I?m with you 5 kiddies later and I`ve got the over hang as well, muffin top, bum bag, what ever,at least it was for a good cause,and ladies after watching some documentaries on pay tv,home & living channel,most surgeons will tell you no matter how much exercise we do or how many sit up or crunches we perform us ladies will never have the same tummy again,so it looks like we will all be linning up for a tummy tuck, lol. Does anyone know how much this would cost if your not in a health fund ?. oooh,I would love to have all that saggy skin removed,would make me alot happier.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I guess this is one of the downfalls of my choice to have babies young.
The most annoying part is that my absolutely tiny mother that just had twins only put on 7kg in her pregnancy, no stretch marks, lost all the weight by six weeks and has her flat gorgeous tummy back - and that's after having three kids before them.
Genetics suck.

[Nicambhar]

Ashleajayne - OMG, that's amazing that your mum hasnt got stretchies after the twins. Genetics definately suck, I agree.

mumofmany - I wasn't in a health fund but got a medicare refund on the anethetist and it cost me around $5000, but would have been more had I stayed in hospital longer. That was about 5 years ago.

[Astrid]

My stomach is terrible, my skin has never been that elastic, plus I tend to be overweight DH has agreed though that if I lose the weight and keep it off for a year I can have a tummy tuck and maybe a boob lift. Weight gain and loss, plus babies was not a good combo for my body.