So down about my body

[Dee83]

I know it sounds really petty, and there are so many other things i have to worry about at the mo', but my tummy used to be one of my best features and now it is covered in stretch marks It's really getting me down.

I have been using bio oil twice a day from when i was ttc and i thought it was going ok but over the last month or so more and more have appeared. I dread to think how it will look once i've lost the baby weight. Also, my bump is so massive and therefore my skin has been stretched that much that i'm really worrying about saggy skin too. And don't even start me on saggy boobs, i've gone from a 32G to a 34HH and i just know when they shrink back down to size they're never going to be the same again.

I know there's alot more to life than looks but i just need to have a moan!

xxx

 

[Lilelephant]

I am having a stretch Mark nightmare too Hun I have loads. They do fade apparently

 

[positivity :)]

dee i totally sympathise. i have really bad stretchmarks which run from underneath my bump, right up over it to nearly under my boobs i'm so upset about it that i have to not think about it

one of my friends had this and we went on holiday together and i remember feeling so sorry for her in her bikini..and now that will be me. i usually go on holiday once a year with the girls but i actually started thinking i wont want to go anymore

xx

 

[ISH]

I always have been lacking confidence about my body, and now it's worse than ever!

My bump is huge as well and I'm terrified that I'll be left with saggy skin :S

 

[Princess81]

It's hard isn't it? My waist was always my best area too and now I think it'll just be flab
I'm hoping that breast feeding will help to tone me up a bit again. I am gutted about what will happen to my boobs, I've already told o/h I'm getting a boob job if needed makes me feel very shallow but it's not a nice feeling panicking about confidence issues after the baby
Touch wood I only have one stretch mark so far but I've still got 4 weeks of expansion left x

 

[ISH]

It's hard isn't it? My waist was always my best area too and now I think it'll just be flab

Oh God, exactly!!! I was looking at some pictures of me earlier this year where I actually had a waist and I almost burst into tears

 

[positivity :)]

it feels horrible thinking about it like this but i can't help it. i kind of feel like my body is 'gone forever' if that makes sense

 

[Princess81]

My mum does give me hope. She was back in bikinis looking fab after having two of us. But then she was a lot skinnier than me to start with.
O/h put his foot in it earlier when this morning was on and holly willoughby was saying she could never be in playboy and I commented that she still looked fab to me and he says "yeah but she's had two kids she's not gonna look good without clothes" tosser!!!

 

[NinjaKitty]

Um bet she does though.

 

[positivity :)]

My mum does give me hope. She was back in bikinis looking fab after having two of us. But then she was a lot skinnier than me to start with.
O/h put his foot in it earlier when this morning was on and holly willoughby was saying she could never be in playboy and I commented that she still looked fab to me and he says "yeah but she's had two kids she's not gonna look good without clothes" tosser!!!

OMG men!! my OH would agree with that as well, so insensitive, holly looks fanbloodytastic!

my mum has been annoying me a bit since i've been preggers, i take after my dad, short and fat but my mum is taller and actually is skinny, proper skinny, weighs just over 7 stone.

anyway, she keeps comparing me to her when she was preggers throughout always saying 'ur big for 16 weeks' 'you deffo have a big baby in there' and the thing is i think i'm just average but she goes on like i'm huge, shes not being horrible but just compared to what she would have been like i probably am huge - annoying! x

 

[Princess81]

I think it's natural for them to make comparisons but they can seem slightly insensitive about it. My mum said that I am bigger now then she ever was with either of us at full term
And when they arrived at the airport last time my dad looked at me and said "oh dear look at the size of you" bloody charming! Yet if we point this out to them we are being "over sensitive"

 

[DevenChantler]

Omg I know exactly how your feeling. The last month ive really grown around my belly area so have been going crazy with all the creams! Totally forgetting that my bum has been putting on weight to! To everyone and myself my bum is no bigger but the stretch marks i pretty much woke up with the other day, tell a different story
I am totally shot for confidence at the moment and have had my partner take all the full length mirrors down in the house. I worry he will never see me as he use to.
My stretch marks on my bum are literally like a london underground map!!! they have started to creep down the side of my thighs to and im noticing a new one on a daily basis now!!
Ive decided to tell myself that there is nothing i can do about it and im trying to look at them as baby lines instead of 'stretch marks'. I think it sounds more worth while that way!!
We all need to keep our chins up i think and just try our best to say 'oh well'..

Its nice to know im not the only one though i thought how i was feeling was totally selfish but now it appears normal xxx

 

[Dee83]

i kind of feel like my body is 'gone forever' if that makes sense

That's exactly how i feel Pos!!

I never used to appreciate my body before i got preg. I used to moan about being fat, which looking back at pics is just ridiculous, i was a curvy size 10 and looked pretty good in a bikini. I dread my summer holiday next year.

 

[ISH]

On a more positive note, some exercise and a good diet will probably work wonders! I can see myself being fitter than I used to be, out of sheer desperation

 

[Dee83]

Yeah, i'm going on a strict diet and exercise regime in January. Getting a Vibrogym thingy for xmas so am hoping that will help tone things up again. I'm just worried about feeling that exausted that i wont find the energy/time to do it!

 

[positivity :)]

my OH is a gym freak so i know i will be working out whether i like it or not which actually is a good thing coz he will make me get in shape - he isn't shy about telling me

 

[Dee83]

I used to go out with a gym freak, luckily i was a bit of a gym bunny too so it wasn't so bad. I can't stand the gym now tho. As annoying as i would probably find my oh moaning at me i think it would be good for motivation after having a baby?!?!

 

[Dee83]

Don't think my hubby would dare tell me what to do especially when it comes to losing weight as he knows the reaction he would get!!! Maybe that's my downfall - i don't take criticism well!!

 

[pinkyprincess]

Vibragyms are great we had them at the gym I worked at! My fear is that I've always been (please don't hate me) a curvy hourglass size 8/10 and never had to work to keep my figure, I eat pretty healthily through choice but not to extreme. I love to eat out (not crap just proper restaurants) and tbh I haven't put that much weight on yet and I can still wear size 10 trousers with bump extenders, but I hope I don't go saggy everywhere because I never worked out to keep my figure iykwim? The people at the gym I worked at (and never used!) used to tell me I'd get fat and loose my figure because I didn't work out! I guess we'll now see!

 

[Emmsy29]

I look like a bloody road map!!x