Why does everyone say your body will never be the same again?

Question

i dont understand that...people told me while i was pregnant that it would be so hard to get the baby weight off....i had my son two weeks ago and for the past 5 days my stomach is back to its completely flat self...its just not as firm as i would like just yet. and i didnt put any weight on anywhere else, so why did everyone say that? it made me so down for awhile.

Answer 1

wow your so lucky, we all wish we were you.

Answer 2

Because it won't be. You may look "normal" on the outside but your muscles inside are stretched out and won't ever be like they use to be, especially when you start having more babies.

I weigh less than I did before my pregnancy but there are some pre-pregnancy pants I cannot fit into. Oh well... our babies are worth it, aren't they?

Answer 3

me too Ive had 6 kids and look like I havent had any. Some women just eat wrong when pregnant and ruin their bodies.And most were fat before they got pregnant which makes it all the harder on your body

Answer 4

WOW your one of the lucky ones! My body never will be the same! I went from a very petite size 2 to a big hipped size 9, my arms and legs are still as little as they used to be, my hips just spread so much in labor that they will never be the same again, my stomachs still nothing to brag about but I could easily fix it on my own, but my hips will literally never be the same again... I think it really also depends on the size you were before you got pregnant, I pretty much looked like an 8 year old girl with b***s! But like everything its different with ever woman some people look like they never had a baby 5 days later like you, and some people wear the scars for life !

Answer 5

consider yourself lucky! I know a lot of women who seem to go right back to the size and shape they were before they had children, but most don't. I think a lot of women struggle with the fact that their figures change and then they warn everyone who is pregnant that is going to happen to them as well. I think it makes them feel better, in an unhealthy way.  

Answer 6

i dont know why people say those things but i heard them too. it did take me 7 months though but i can wear all of my size 9/10 clothes again and am back at my normal weight. it probably wouldnt normally take even 7 months but i didnt try real hard either. just sort of watched what i ate. i started noticing that all of the people who told me that you never get the weight off were overweight people really even before they had babies and just chose to not try to get the weight off  and just get bigger. i dont know why

Answer 7

i am a mom of 7...one set of twins...until my last child i went back to my size 10 which was the same size as i was in high school...my last child which was one of my smallest widened my hips out and i never went back..i was 33....i think it is an age thing  more than a baby thing...all my daughter that have had children went back to their original size.....as you age your skin is less elastic...i'm 56 and it surprises me how wrinkly my hands are...enjoy your baby and your life...

Answer 8

first and foremost... look at this little angel baby boy you brought into the world.  if you DID gain a $hitload of weight, and if you couldnt get it off right away... wouldnt it be worth it anyways?!!?

but yeah, i'm with you... as anyone is..we tell ourselves, its worth it.. i'll take the stretchmarks and the extra weight if it means having a healthy baby... but we really want to get back to our pre-baby size nonetheless!!

i gained 33 pounds, right after i had dropped 10, then a week later, i was down 20.... now, almost 4 months later, i am almost pre-pregnancy weight (110).. with not a stretchmark for proof and a very healthy, happy baby boy....  

it honestly just depends, but consider yourself lucky with the weight loss!! and whatever you do, DONT rub it in to other moms who didnt get that lucky!!! it will just make them despise you....  LOL.  But

congratulations!!! and now direct all of your focus on that little guy instead of your weight!! :) :) have fun!  

Answer 9

I'm with you on this one, my first baby is 11 days old and my body is just about back to size, stomach a bit more flabby but once I start exercising I can tighten that up. But I am a dance teacher so physically fit by nature. I also have not weighed myself so I dont know if the weight is off or not but I am almost back to size I think thats pretty good for 11 days.

Answer 10

Well, u are lucky! I wish my body went back like that. It's not all about the weight too. The b***s change size, gravity:). My hormones changed. I used to be always cold, but since having my daughter a year ago am always hot! Your hips may stay wider also. Different things happen to different women, but it doesnt always include weight, hence ur body will never be the same again. congrats!

Answer 11

I think a lot of people are jealous of the ones that can do it as quickly as yourself. My body so far is not the same. I wish it was and I've tried dieting but so far it hasn't worked. I'm glad that you can do it, though. It's just that a lot of people, like myself, can't do it that quickly.

What did you do? Were you on a special diet or no? Just curious.

EDIT: wow. apparently there ARE a few jealous ones on here.

Answer 12

For the majority of woman pregnancy does a number on the body.  It's not as simple as weight or dress size.

When you're pregnant for the first time, your abdomen wall breaks open and often never reconnects leaving a little looseness and less strength in the abdomen area.

Skin in the waist, butt, thighs, b*****s, etc. are often stretched beyond the point of repair and even after weight is lost, loss of skin elasticity is still present, and often with marks.

When the b*****s experience filling with milk and the subsequent loss of milk, they often don't retain the plumpness and perkiness of prepregnancy.

I'm sure that there are women who don't experience any of this!  If you are one of those, then that's great!  However, most women experience some remaining signs of having brought life into this world, *NOT just in the form of excess weight, many woman DO get this off *, which is "why" they would say that to you.  I wouldn't take it so personally.

Answer 13

if thats all you arel ooking for sure. but you have massive changes to your b*****s and hips and many other places.

if you are able to get fit and back in shape great. but dont expect all parts of your body to be the way they were before. your body went through a tremendous change.

and if you are a lucky duck and you look fabulous again.....ppttttbbb. but dont expect the same thing the next time around,

after my first i was back in my jeans in a few days and looked great. but after i finshed nursing my breats were awful. the second and third kids did a little more "damage" and have been harder to recover from. be it becasue im older or jsut too many children.

Answer 14

I've lost all the baby weight, but my body is still different. I had a c-section, and the thing I miss most post-pregnancy is wearing my low-rise jeans. They sit on my scar and aren't comfortable anymore, and they just feel awkward. Good for you, though, getting back to your normal self. It's just something that a lot of women aren't so lucky with.

Answer 15

Because their lazy haters!

Answer 16

This is a true statement for alot of women. Many develop stretchmarks, extra weight, and even serious conditions from pregnancy. But what you can do about it-next time someone comes to you and speaks something on your life-immediately  shut it down.

Answer 17

I feel this way as well. Everyone scared me to the point where I was debating whether to have kids or not. I gained quite a bit of weight when I was pregnant but my body bounced back within a couple of weeks. Even the day after I came out of the hospital you couldn't even tell I just had a baby. I guess eveyones body is different but most mothers I spoke to have negetive things to say about the effect it has on their body.

Answer 18

You're a lucky gal :)

I also had no trouble getting the weight off; I didn't gain much and I'm lucky to be naturally on the slender side.  In fact, I weigh about 5 lbs less than I did before the baby.  BUT, everything is different now.  My butt isn't as round as it used to be and my hips are wider.  I always joke now that I used to have a flat tummy and a round butt, and now I have a round tummy and a flat butt, haha.

Ok, so it's not as bad as THAT, but things are definitely different!

Answer 19

Look I was the same as you. I delivered csection and as soon as they wheeled me back to my room I noticed my tummy completely flat. This doesn't happen to many women. Now the one thing that changed for me was my hormones and my periods.

Just feel good that you are back to where you want to be. People say things like that all the time. You have to take things with a grain of salt.  

Answer 20

everyones bodies are different and some people gain more when they are pregnant, some have a hard time losing the weight. Consider yourself lucky