How long did it take for you to feel back to a normal size after pregnancy ?

Worried about getting my body back and feeling good about myself

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Took me 7 months

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My first was like 3 weeks second has been about 8 months

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I don’t think I’ll ever be back to where I was but in my new body I’ve found that a year out from my twins birth has given me the muscular strength back but I feel loose on my outer layer of skin like my stomach, thighs, arms, etc.

If I started light weight lifting or intentional body weighted workout times then I’m sure the bounce back will be quicker.

But remember that proper nutrition plays a bigger role than the working out. Eating a protein, carb and veggie every meal if you can will help it function so much better. And yes carbs are very good for you.

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A year

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With my first six months with my second I never lost the belly

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I didn’t start to feel like I looked normal until around 14-16 months pp

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I was back down to my prepregnancy weight by 6 weeks pp and fit comfortably back into all of my prepregnancy clothes around 10 weeks pp.

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First one took over a year, second one took like six months. I’m not completely back to prepregnancy body tho and I don’t think I ever will be. Gotta accept milfhood with open arms.

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My youngest is 2.5 and I’m the heaviest/biggest I’ve ever been 😭

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Normal size like 7m, but took 4-5m of weights and Pilates to tone up and actually feel myself. Felt great and fit into my jeans at a year w no belly. That’s 3rd baby. Babies 1+2 took much earlier like 3-4m. I wear a belly binder for like 2m PP and that’s helps bring the uterous back and avoids an ab separation

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My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

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Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

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My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

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Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

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Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

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