Mmmm yes and no, some women don't find it to be the wonder cure for weight loss post baby and I've seen others shrink back smaller than they were pre pg.
As for exercise, it's hard to say , just take it easy at first and see how you go.
I lost 9kgs by the time i got home from hospy - not sure whether that was due to the healthy hospy food, just having had a baby (i had only put on 5.6kgs) or breastfeeding or a combination of all!
However i couldnt breastfeed for long and in total now i have lost 10kgs - wow an extra 1kg!!!!
as with exercise - i didnt do any - was too busy - looking after a newborn is exercise enough i think! hehehe
Hi Doubledee, good on you for being so prepared!
1. i was able to fit back in to my normal jeans about a week and half after DS was born but had a muffin top for a little while, my tummy is still soft but on the way to getting firmer am still BF so need to be a bit carefu i don't over do it with exercise. I was back horseriding at 7 weeks after birth and doing a light fitness class once a week about 10 weeks after i think.
2. sorry if this is TMI, I had an episiotomy and a haematomma (sp) and had to be stitched, unstitched then restitched again, i was convinced it was never going to be normal again, i remember looking at in a mirror when i got home and bawling think i was broken for ever, this is not the case healed up fine. i was very sore for about 4 weeks after until stitched dissolved etc. My advice is after the birth if the offer panadol etc take it! You dont want to give the pain a chance to take hold! I just had to be careful how i sat etc and couldn't stand up for too long at a time.
3. I was terrified of DTD after birth we waited until after 6 week check up it wasn't painful but i was scared so we took it slow, sorry if TMI I have found that it is uncomfortable in certain positions so we stick to what is okay with me. (hope i haven't grossed you out!)
I am BF and have lost heaps of weight I am actually lighter now than i was pre-pregnancy i think, with the exercise they tell you to take it easy until after your 6 week check up but they give you exercises to do as well as pelvic floor ones. if your BF you need to take it a bit easy i think so not to interfere with your supply (i think but don't quote me)
Hope this helps good luck with at all, enjoy your birth experience xxx
Last edited by KimmyF; January 16th, 2009 at 05:40 PM.
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Tummy - mine looked quite large for a couple of days then floppy. 6.5 months on & I still have no waist. I actually think I look pregnant - maybe about 20 weeks or so. Initially though I only had 3kgs to lose 2 weeks after giving birth. I've since put on another 3kgs - all in the tummy. I have not dieted or exercised though so it's my own fault.
Vag - well I had an episiotomy & vac extraction so there was quite a bit of trauma down there. I had loads of pain from the stitches for 3 weeks then suddenly I felt fine. For about 2 weeks whenever I walked for more than 5 mins I felt like my insides were going to come out through my vag. Not a nice feeling.
DTD - we managed it 3 weeks after the birth. No problems whatsoever. My DF told me that it actually felt tighter. Mind you when I had a pap smear recently the GP had great difficulty even finding my cervix and commented on how loose all my vag muscles were so go figure.
Yep i know what u mean - no matter what happens, good and bad, yucky and not so yucky its all part of a wonderful journey that is oh sooooo worth it in the end!
Im looking forward to hearing about how it all goes for you!!!! xo
Dee, that is a fantastic question hun. I was the same, and didn't even realise until after I'd given birth, that I literally had no idea what to expect.
I'm not going to answer your questions specifically, because I think you have some good answers already, but instead I'll share with you the things that took me by surprise:
- The amount of blood after giving birth
- How awful it felt not being able to move around after having an epidural and how long it took to recover
- How fantastic it felt to be able to move around after NOT having an epidural and how quickly I recovered
- That pain from an episiotomy really hurts and that lasts for a couple of weeks
- The pain from engorgement when your milk comes in is horrendous - probably worse than the episiotomy
- Breastfeeding isn't always easy at first, but with the right support you can overcome it. Learn the numbers for the ABA and a local IBCLC qualified LC now, and take them to hossy with you jic.
I hope that helps you. It is so good that you are preparing for this now. Good on you.
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