Elodie at 6 weeks...she's adorable.
Postpartum Week: 6Total Weight Loss: 22 pounds
Total Pregnancy Weight Left on My Jiggly Bits: 8 pounds
Body Shape: Uhhh...
At the magical 6 week mark I'm supposed to be frolicking in the meadow in my pre-pregnancy jeans while swinging my chubby happy baby around, right?
Hmph. Not happening.
I've been battling the same 8 pounds for 2 weeks now and so far they have taken the field. I'm even throwing meals of hard boiled eggs and SlimFast at them while they point and laugh.
Screw you, last ragged remains of pregnancy! I will be victorious!!!
Anyway.
You'd think that with only 8 pounds to go, I could at least button my pre-pregnancy jeans and just suffer through the horrible red welt the waist band would leave. After all, I'm not one of those 120 pound lightweights to whom 10 pounds = 2 dress sizes. 10 pounds on me is like...period fluctuation. No big deal.
Well, forget it! My hips must have spread a good 5 INCHES cause those suckers aren't even close to buttoning. And my stomach is all doughy and gross. I can practically reach in and knead it into different shapes.
Mmmm. Squishy.
But I can wear my old fat jeans. (Celebrate the little victories.) And it's summer--season of loose dresses and floaty skirts. I won't need to pour myself into jeans until fall anyway.
All in all, I have to say I'm pleased with my postpartum recovery! Breastfeeding made a huge difference in shrinking my abused body to something resembling normal. As for the junk that's left...well, in the real world of non-celebrities, the body is permanently changed. Just accept it.
Pregnant lady FYI: Your lower abdomen will never be the same. EVAH. It will sag. You will have a flap of stretched out skin that you'll tuck into your underwear every morning no matter how much weight you lose.
I have a long way to go before I hit Happy Weight, but I was struggling with that before Elodie. Now it's time to stop focusing on pregnancy issues and start focusing on...well...just plain ol' Jaci issues.
No excuses anymore.
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Not bad for 6 weeks PP! I knew my body would change with pregnancy but dang, the widening of the hips, didn't think that would happen so much! I actually weight less now that I did before pregnancy and even way before that but alas, the squishy belly (and stretch marks) remains, sigh.
I am 14 months post pardum and still have 20 pounds to loose! I don't think I will ever see my size 6s again. I am getting used to loving my size 10. I agree that summer and skirts is a life saver :)
my SIL calls the extra belly flab elephant skin. I just try and enjoy the frowny face that used to be my belly button and then focus my anger on post-8-kids-plus-a-tummy-tuck Kate Gosselin. :)
Only 8 pounds left at 6 weeks is awesome! I'm due with my 3rd in a month and have my fingers crossed for such success. :)
Beautiful children, too. And your writing is so funny, a treat!
All three of you look fabulous and are adorable! I still have my lovely dark line running up my stomach. I thought that would be gone by now?! How is everything now that the dr. has "diagnosed" some things? We're taking Kase to the dr. today because something HAS to be wrong. sigh
haha, i lost 30 lbs a couple of years ago now...and even at my happy weight...i have the lower abdomen "flap"
good times.
I didn't lose my last bit of weight until I quit breastfeeding and it melted off. My doctor said your body retains some of the fat for milk production.
I don't know if that makes you feel better but I swear I didn't do anything and as soon as I stopped nursing the last five pounds when with it. I say I was carrying it all in my boobs. haha.
I don't know who told you that after six weeks you would be back to normal, try six months or maybe six years.
It's 8 months post-baby for me, and I still have the belly-button-this-way! lines, too. It makes it hard to enjoy wearing not-maternity clothes again, for some reason. :-p
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Two and a half years later and I'm still trying to lose the last 10 pounds! Ah well...it's my souvenir. And my little boy likes to see how far his finger can disappear into the folds surrounding my belly button. nice.
I am 3 years post partum...yeah I just said that..and I am still working on losing that baby weight!! You're doing good!
Girl, 9 months up, 9 months down. Seriously. Elodie didn't do this to your body in 6 weeks, so give yourself an adequate amount of time to recover! Really!
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