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body after pregnancy
me and my boyfriend were discussing having children earlier. i know that it sounds bad, but i'm scared to death of having a baby, and the reason is because of the way your body looks afterward.
now this question is really for wemon who have had children, or for girls whos mom have had babies after them,
1. is your body absolutly horrible after having a baby? and you can fix it right? with dieting and exercise?
2. how hard is it to get rid of stretch marks? if i keep my skin moisturized alot while i'm still young, will that keep the stretch marks from being really bad? and how fast do they fade? and how easily? how did you get rid of them?
3. if the better your body looks, the thiner you are, stuff like that, will that make your body easier to get back? like for example, if you have a baby when you're like, 23, and your boobs are still where they should be, will they go back to that way after? since you're still young?
4. how long does it take to get your body back? if anyone had any tips or tricks to getting their body back afterwards then please let me know. :D
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Maybe give some free advice about: Pregnancy?
If you are really worried and upset with how your body will look after a pregnancy, don't get pregnant. Everyone is different & nobody can predict what they might look like afterward.
1. You can expect to gain some weight. The key is to exercise throughout the pregnancy. Don't wait until after you have a baby and THEN decide you need to work on the old body. It will be much harder to lose what you gained.
If it is a difficult pregnancy and exercise is impossible, you can still get back in shape, it will just be a bit harder to do.
2. Stretch marks are damaged skin. You can use cocoa butter lotion religiously throughout your pregnancy and that will help, but not prevent all stretch marks.
Stretch marks will not ever go away, but can fade out over time. Do not believe you can use a magic lotion and get rid of them. They are basically scars. It can in all honesty it can take years for them to fade.
I still have some stretch marks though they are faded. My kids are both in their early 30's. I had them at ages 18 & 21. They don't bother me or my husband.
3. Of course the younger you are the faster your skin will snap back into shape with exercise. You should never diet while pregnant, by the way. Just eat healthy.
Boobs will get larger during pregnancy. where they will go from there is anyone's guess. Smaller busted women will probably not have much of a problem with sagging boobs, but sooner or later they all sag. Unless of course they are fake. :) You ever seen that picture going around the net of the old lady in the bikini who looks about 80 but still has the perky fake boobs? Looks ridiculous. Anyway, after a pregnancy your boobs like any other body part will probably go
back to close to what they were before. But likely will be a bit larger than they were.
Since everyone is different there is no set time to how long it will take to get your body back in shape. Health and time to work on it are factors.
The only tips I have is just to stay active and exercise throughout your pregnancy, if a doctor says its ok to do so. Don't wait until after the baby to work on it. And last but not least, don't have a baby if what you will look like afterward is going to bother you. When you fall in love and want a baby, its really not something you worry about to much.
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Alright. I'll tell you now, if you really want a baby, you shouldn't really care about what your body looks like afterwards. Its all about having the baby born into the world and caring all about that baby.
1. No, its not always horrible. Sometimes it doesnt even seem like you had a baby at all. It all depends on the body. And yes, any weight gained can mostly be gone during dieting.
2. Sometimes stretch marks appear, sometimes they dont. It all depends on the body as I've said before.
3. You can be young/thin all you want. If you have a baby, it can throw off your body's hormones and it can affect every single aspect about your weight, boob size, ect..
4. That would all depend on what the outcome of the baby is. If you do or dont gain weight, if you do or dont get bigger boobs, if you get stretch marks, ect. Just know if you do gain weight, or anything does happen, dont get discouraged. you CAN fix most things that happen.
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