Q about stomach post pregnancy

[shortman]

Hi ladies,

My wife had our daughter 6 months ago and since has gotten back into great shape. Since she has no time to go to the gym she uses the "Firm" tapes in the morning and they have helped her lose all of her weight. Before she got pregnant she was 135 now she is 116-120lbs at 5'7" and 23 years old. She has lost a lot of the muscle she had before because she does not lift with the intensity she once did nor does she care to. My question is her stomach, Which is relly bothering her seems like it will never go back to normal, there is still some loose skin below the naval area and she also got some stretch marks. She says the skin feels like it is detatched from her stomach. I kow it is different for everyone but do you ladies have any ideas on the time frame of skin regaining its elasticity or if at all.

Thanks
shortman

 

[sparklylegwarmers]

i'll throw this out there...

does she still have a slightly bulged tummy? some people have a longer wait for the uterus to contract back into place after the pregnancy...

 

[freakette]

did she breatfeed? i breastfed my daughter for four months and lost all of my "baby fat"....freakette

 

[trendkill]

did she breatfeed? i breastfed my daughter for four months and lost all of my "baby fat"....freakette

yea my wife told me that if u breastfeed your uterus will retract back to normal faster

 

[shortman]

thanks for the replies,
no she didn't breastfeed and no her stomach does not protrude, actually in the right lighting you can see a "four pack". This, as she puts it "loose crinkly skin" does not bother me she still looks great but I know it depresses her. I'm just looking for any insight at all. She's tried all the creams we can find and they may have done something but only minor. What we will probably do is wait untill we have another one and then look into some sort of slight tummy tuck or laser.
Again thanks for the help

 

[Puddles]

Some women have very elastic skin which doesn't get stretchmarks and shrinks back after having a child...some women just don't and they can loose all of the extra fat and still be left with a wrinkly tummy. A partial tuck would probably be the answer for her but obviously wait until she's done having children. GH may be helpful in tightening her skin but again, not until she's finished making babies.

Here's an informative tummy tuck link to learn about the procedure:

http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/procedures/Abdominoplasty.cfm