What happens to your stomach after 2 or more babies??

[Sterla]

My stomach wasn't flat to begin with, but my first pregnancy was what ruined my tummy. I got heaps of stretch marks and the apron . My pregnancy with DD, nothing much changed. I didn't get any new stretch marks. I'm hoping the damage has already been done. I know I'll never wear a bikini.

[LimeSlice]

Love that photo! She still has a bloody 6 pack under the wrinkles though! lol
I suppose it is about the work you put into it too. I know people with 4 kids who have the podge, the apron, and look quite bad, and others who have a perfectly flat stoamch still ('tis ok, we all hate her too lol) ;p But she works for it and was very fit pre-babies too.

I suspect mine wouldn't look much different to what it does now. I got more stretch marks with DD2 but it was the cs that gave me teh apron, the gunt, and my iss-ewes! lol

[~ Mylitta ~]

I'm 8 weeks post pregnancy and I think I still look 4-5 months pregnant. It's taking me a lot longer to lose the baby weight this time so I'm not sure if maybe I was eating worse during the pregnancy and put on more weight not attributed to the baby, or whether it's just harder to lose after the third. I've only just started some mild exercising (walking and some wiiFit) to try to budge the weight. I was being a little lazy thinking that breastfeeding three would make the weight just disappear without any work on my behalf (besides the milk making lol). So far my "lazy plan" hasn't worked.

As for the extra skin, I asked my Ob about that because I thought that to some extent it would always remain, but he said that if I worked on my core tummy muscle strength the skin should also become firmer and back like it was. I'm not convinced my belly button will ever go back to being a cute little button rather than the crater it is now though...

[Three Graces]

I've just had our third bub a couple of weeks ago. With number 1 and 2, I didn't get any stretchmarks and my tummy went back to normal-ish, after a year or so. Still a bit wrinkly if I bent forward, but flat when upright. Well, number 3 bubs sat all out the front, didn't she! I'd had a 5cm dram after my second baby (who weighed 4.7kg at birth), so with this one, there wasn't any pregnancy out the sides, I was just bump out the front and therefore got heaps of stretchies I think my tummy is starting to get smaller, but I honestly don't think it's going back to where it was beforehand. I also ended up having to have a third c/s and the scar/s tend to pull in a bit. Will wait and see what's happening after a year (?) hmmm

[Novella]

My third is nine weeks and my belly is pretty much back to what it was before (not flat! Im about 10+kg over what I would like to be but this was pre baby) I dont seem to have any extra skin/stretched skin compared to pre bubs

I didnt get stretch marks with any of my pregnancies. DD3 was my biggest, almost 1kg bigger than dd1 but other than a crater belly button like mylitta it hasn't changed much, oh and I still have a line nigra but that lasted almost 6 months with my first two so Im not too worried

I would think the only thing you could do is make sure you have strong core muscles before you get pregnant? dont know if that would help though

I love this picture/poem Birthmarks sorry I wanted to post the image as an attathcment but it would be too small to read