Clothes after you have given birth..

[nori]

OK.. i know everyone is different but i went out today and bought a couple of tops (just plain casual ones from newlook) for after the baby is born. Now i was wondering how much your tummy goes down straight after the baby is born. I know its not going to be flat but is it still massive or just chubby? Im thinking i may take then back and get the next size up.

Thanks ladies!

Claire x

 

[drea b]

I went out and bought some stuff when pregnant in the next size up to what I normally wear - and I only started to fit into them when DD was about 4 months

I was in my maternity stuff for a few weeks afte the birth before I gave up and bought bigger sized normal stuff.

 

[nazmomi]

Everyone is different, I found immediately after I gave birth I was wearing clothes from when I was about 4 months (ish), after a couple of weeks I was a size bigger than pre pregnant.

Tho I do have a friend ( or lucky cow ) that was back in her size 8 jeans 4 days afer having her baby !!!

I would just keep your earlier maternity stuff for the first couple weeks when you will mostly be at home and treat yourself later on

 

[lfc_sarah]

Yeah everyone is different

I was back in my size 8/10 old clothes right after giving birth - to my own amazement

 

[LisaJ1986]

I was back on my 'comfy' jeans straight after birth. They are the slightly bigger than normal type jeans. I never bought maternity clothes, i bought just baggy tops and stuff from New Look as my bump was tiny so i still wear them now. I didn't have a bump til 4 months and i looked like that walking out of hospital.

 

[aramintalovegrove]

I was back inmy jeans immediatly with DS this LO I was back in my comfier pre pregnancy clothes just because as I was a bit more tender Im just starting to brave my skimpier clothes at 10 days post labour but remember you will need easy access stuff if you intend to boobie feed.

 

[flowergirl]

It took about 5 days for my bump to fully subside so I carried on wearing my maternity jeans for a few days until they really started to fall off me! I didn't gain much weight whilst pregnant but I still found that I wanted to wear looser clothes for comfort after the birth so was happy to buy some clothes the size bigger than I would normally wear. It probably took me about 3 months to start fitting into my pre pregnancy clothes comfortably. I didn't diet to do this- I ate and ate and ate and said yes to every sweet thing going! IF I had eaten more sensibly I would probably have been in my pre preg stuff MUCH sooner!

 

[Hazel]

I'm still in mat clothes . Going back down through them to smaller sizes as had to get bigger jeans as my bum expanded half way through pregnancy.

 

[sarah113]

it took me nearly 2 weeks to fit back into my size 12 clothes after having each of mine, my belly was more chubby than huge

 

[bunnymom1980]

I've just got back into pre pregnancy clothes today!

 

[dannii87]

My belly's still flabby! It's just like a handful of loose (and horrible ) skin! People say breastfeeding helps it go down quicker, but Evie's 6 weeks on Saturday and it's still not flat!

Mind you, I did put on weight during pregnancy (which I'm trying to lose) and I don't think that helps matters! x

 

[*pud01*]

i wore my earlier pregnancy clothes like pants with drawerstrings in them etc

 

[sparky]

for the couple of weeks after i reccomend jammies!!! i left the hospital in them too! still in the mat jeans tho as i refuse to buy normal ones a size bigger..sick to death of them going to have a ritual burning once i get back into my jeans.