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My DD is a year old and I have not lost all of the weight. Mt stomach has a small "flap" over the incision. BUT it is no where near what it was 4 weeks after birth. My stomach is tighter, but still round.( it always was, lol.)I do have a little loose skin, but not too much. That is my experience but I am friends with a girl who also had a section and her daughter is 2 months older than mine. she is back to her bean pole self and has no flap and great stomach tone. I think it really is one of those things that is going to vary person to person.

well tritty, I would like to tell you that my story is yes you'll be skinny soon, haha, but I am having trouble with an odd shaped belly because I seem to have a funny sausage shape of flesh just above my incision and it wont shift.......it's getting better though so fingers crossed for me and you......my daughter is now 6 months old and I am still 1.5 st overweight and have funny shaped abdomen from the incision :(

I'll give you some hope. I think it just depends on the person. I gained around 28 pounds with my pregnancy. I left the hospital without having lost an ounce and at 4 weeks I still hadn't lost all that much. By the time the baby was 6 months, I had lost all of the baby weight without any special diet or exercise. I don't really notice much difference in my abdomen than before I was pregnant (of course I didn't have rock hard abs or anything before). I can wear all my old pants. Some are even too big. I do notice that my weight has shifted a little. My b___t is definitely smaller than it was before I was pregnant , but I think my hips are a little bigger based on the way the pants fit.

My c-section was 16 months ago. I was very big during my pregnancy, although I only gained 25 pounds. It was all baby and right out front and low. After my section, I had a roll of stretched skin that I had to lift so they could look at my incision. I was so upset, and for the longest time I wouldn't even let my husband see me naked. The roll has gotten smaller, but it is still there. I guess I just don't have great skin elasticity, as evidenced by the stretchmarks my belly is coated in...lol. Now that I am pregnant again, I am hoping this skin will stretch back over my pregnant belly, and not just be hanging below it. Oh well. I've resigned myself to the fact that when I am done having kids, I am going to need a tummy tuck.

my baby is now 5.5mo. I lost all of my baby weight by 4mo all 35lb without any exercise, eating whatever I want. And now I have lost some additional weight. I was normal weight before I got pg, but my stomac is much flabbier. maybe if I found some time for crunches it would be better.

Oh geez, 4 weeks only? Give yourself a break. After my first c-section, my body was pretty much back to normal within a year. Even my belly skin had snapped back with no sagging. Now I am 15 months after my 2nd c-section with 10 pounds left to lose and a very flabby tummy. I gained 60 lbs with this pregnancy, so compared to a year ago I actually look thin. However, that belly roll is still there. Ugh. After my frist c, my belly ended up being totally flat and my incision was basically invisible. I had some complications with the incision for this 2nd C, and my stomach is pretty misshapen. Losing these last 10 lbs is not going to change that for me.

wHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MIGHT BE WHAT THEY CALL A CESAREAN POUCH IT'S JUST NRVES AND SCAR TISSUE CAUSED BY THEM CUTTING INTO USE IT DOSENT GO AWAY IT ACTUALLY GETS WORSE THE MORE C-SECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE I GO TO A SPECIALIST WED TO SCHDULE FOR THEM TO REMOVE IT BY GIVING ME A PARTIAL TUMMY TUCK THAT THE INSURANCE IS PAYING FOR. AFTER YOUR FINISHED HAVING CHILDREN COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AND IT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY FOR YOUR DR TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S RELLY NOT SUPPOSE TO BE THERE MINE IS BIG NUMB AND PAINS ME AT TIMES IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS DOWN THE LINE I READ LOOK IT UP THEY HAVE PICTURES OF IT JUST GOOGLE IT.HORRIABLE LOOKING. I WANT IT OUT.