New Body Shape After Babies

Updated on August 30, 2011
S.K. asks from Minneapolis, MN
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Just curious...Anyone else weigh about the same and look decent but cannot fit into your old clothes after having babies? Drives me nuts!

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A.V.

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I'm about a size up though I'm close to the same weight. The weight is now on my tummy and thighs so I finally gave up and bought bigger pants.

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S.T.

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I just have two different sized boobs :(

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P.B.

answers from Spartanburg on

I have the same size I had before pregnancy (size 4) but I find that my fat has a different distribution on my body now :-( I get it around the belly now, not "just" on my thighs and butt as before. Nice uh? Talking about pear-shape...ugh.

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A.G.

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completely different, fatter in different places, skinnier in others. ugh

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V.W.

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Umm. yeah. The hips just never go back again. :(

I have even actually been SMALLER than before I had kids, but still couldn't fit back in the clothes--- well, the jeans anyway.

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S.C.

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Yes, my hips are wider and my waist and feet are bigger. My breast are larger, but lower. On the upside, my arms are more toned from all the lifting!

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K.E.

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For the first few months I could not fit into my old pants. I weighed the same as I did prior to getting pregnant less than a week after I had my daughter. The problem was that my pelvic area had spread and my hips were wider. Within a few months everything went back into pre-pregnancy place and I could get back into my old pants.

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E.K.

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I know my old shoes dont fit, and I had a lot of expensive ones, finally gave in and gave them to a friend.

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D.B.

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K.B.

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Yep!
My hips never got back to the same size so I had to go up a size in pants and skirts. Weird thing is that my boobs got smaller after my son. Go figure the part I wouldn't have minded staying bigger got smaller and the part I wanted to stay smaller got bigger, LOL!

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T.W.

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Yes, I actually weighed less than my pre pregnancy weight at one point but my shirts still didn't fit right. Now that I'm working out a lot I weigh a little bit more, but my clothes fit better. I've come to the conclusion that when I weighed less, I had a higher % of body fat than I do now after working out.

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