Is there any hope for my tummy?
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Jul 15th, 2013, 12:19 PM
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Is there any hope for my tummy?
It's a mess ![:(](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/sad.gif) with clothes on and stood up, it looks fine, but as soon as I take them off/sit down, it's a wreck ![:(](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/sad.gif) my oldest was 9lb12 and really did a number on me! I've still got stretch marks on my hips that are an inch+ wide and the one's on my belly have kinda wrinkled up!
I'm riddled with loose skin too, I was showing my sister before, my lower belly (just above pubes) I can pull the skin out like 4 inches
Is there anything I can do, or is it forever going to be saggy? My sister said she thought I should ve able to get a tummy tuck it's that bad, but id be left with worse scars, plus I eventually want more babies!
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Jul 17th, 2013, 19:51 PM
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Hiya hunny!
You mean the bottom of your belly? If so I have that, it can look smoother in pants but take the pants off and stand up... yuk! I wondered if it would ever go away and I don't know... some of it has gone but I'm not sure on the answer. Maybe when I see a PT next I could ask their advice, just hadn't got to it yet.
I'm not sure if your sister meant a tummy tuck on the NHS? If so I'd imagine it would need to be private hun! If I win the lottery I'll buy us both one
Admit I've not tried to pull mine but that surely makes you feel worse so STOP
I guess as long as I know I'm a nice weight that I am happy with and I am fit then it's just apart of my Mummy life ![<3](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/bouncy_heart.gif) x
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Jul 17th, 2013, 20:10 PM
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Yea it's the bottom part that's worst, nut my stretchies go right up past my belly button ![:(](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/sad.gif) I told my sis there's no way they'd do it on the NHS ![Wink](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif) she's rather naive about things like that
Overall it doesn't bother me to much, cos like you said it's part of being a mummy and tbh I'm in the best shape I've ever been in! But I always just wonder if I'll ever get a nice toned tummy! I've felt loads better about it since the weather's been nicer and I've been in dresses - I should probs stop wearing jeans cos they really don't fit me right!
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Jul 17th, 2013, 20:41 PM
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Noticed my stretch marks are not clear on my pics but yer mine go up past my belly button too ...I even just checked lol it's still a lights out job
I'll ask about this part of the body when I next see them though x
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Jul 17th, 2013, 21:33 PM
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Thanks hun! I dunno how many times I've googled trying to find out! Everything I can find is how to lighten them though! I think even if I dropped my body fat and build a shed load of muscle it'd still be all saggy!
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Jul 18th, 2013, 11:03 AM
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They do do it on the NHS, I know a few people who have had it done quite easily, but what's the point, its just cutting away the excess and pulling it a little tighter, Its never going to be as taught and firm, plus you're left with extra scars
It's not unrepairable but its a long and slow process, you just have to tone up slowly over time and give your skin a chance to "shrink" back as you lose weight/work on your tummy
Even my lower tummy is like that a bit lol, and look at the size of me
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Jul 18th, 2013, 11:54 AM
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That's the thing, I'm not too bothered about the look of them, it's that everything just feels saggy ![LOL](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/chuckle.gif) I'm happier with them than I would be big scars from a tummy tuck, it just doesn't seem worth it iykwim?
I think the biggest gap between my stretchies is a cm, there's very little "normal" skin left! Bloody kids
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Jul 19th, 2013, 15:44 PM
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I wish there was something that can be done! I have tried numerous different exercises but none are really targeting that problem area. I call it my pregnancy pouch! No matter how much weight I lose, it's still there. I wish there was something (non-medically or surgically) that could be done.
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Jul 19th, 2013, 15:56 PM
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See mines not like the stereotypical pouches, I dunno how to describe it! Apart from shit and minging ![LOL](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/chuckle.gif) looking at it, I think it's my hips that are actually the problem area and it has a knock on effect, but god knows!
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Jul 20th, 2013, 18:54 PM
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Ha! My hips are fine. I swear they got a bit wider though after I gave birth. I think this is normal though. I don't have any fat on them though. It's the "pouch" for me. Oh I should throw in my inner thighs too. I cannot seem to get rid of them for the life of me.
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