I'm 2 years post c section and have a pretty severe apron belly. Has anyone tried and had success with any of the compression underwear that are advertised for fixing the abdominal muscles? I know it's probably too good to be true, but would love some feedback before I spend the money.
Thanks!
Hi friends. I wrote here several months ago about feeling disheartened over my body's inability to heal from my 3 to 4 finger gap. It has caused back pain and made my pelvic floor even weaker. So, I'm doing it... on Wednesday, actually. My surgery will be performed by a plastic surgeon because I live in canada and my gap isn't wide enough for it to be considered a medically necessary surgery. He said he uses sutures to reconnect the muscle tissue.
I used to workout every day. Yoga and running and weightlifting. I was very athletic. I haven't been able to do almost any of it with the DR.
I would love to hear from people about when they were able to get back into workouts after their surgery. Especially people who had the sutures done.
The tummytuck sub kind of scared me. Ngl. I guess I'm looking for some reassurance. 🙏
So i used to be a small girl before i got pregnant. I was very active, I worked out 5x a week and knew the right nutrients and diet that worked for me. i loved doing core workouts and running. I used to love wearing fitted clothes. Now that i’m in postpartum everything has changed for me. I gained probably like 40 pounds. I have arm/back fat that i feel insecure about. I have stretch marks and my skin is loose but not to the point it falls, and i have a mom pooch. The clothes i love to wear don’t look flattering on me anymore. Being a mom is so hard i don’t even have energy to workout and it feels impossible to workout like how do i workout? isn’t there a thing where you can just do crunches or certain ab workouts cause it can make diastisis recti? how do i know if i have it? my nurse checked if i did and said i didn’t.. but i feel like i have on my lower stomach or maybe just a mom pooch like i said. How should i start? i feel like i suddenly don’t know how to workout and what diet works on me. Not to mention I am breastfeeding. I notice i hold on to more weight instead of losing and the more i workout the more i notice my body holds more fat thinking it’s in survival mode. Everything feels hard it’s like suddenly I’m clueless about everything. I know this is off topic but sometimes i miss my old life. when i had time to do whatever i wanted, now i feel like i can’t do anything anymore but i do know that i wasn’t as happy before than where i am now. It’s just a big change and sometimes it’s hard for me to accept mentally and physically.. please help on how can i atleast start with workouts.
Okay - who’s got a great find in the shapewear hold wear alternatives to the belly binder type thing to suggest. I’ve always worn high waisted everything so I’m not overly concerned about it being high waisted to the oblivion, but I know I have pelvic floor issues and a straight belly band isn’t the best for it. I was an l-xl pre pregnancy and xxl is the most viable at this time my xl/l are getting tight at this point so I’m thinking if I shrink to halfway through I’ll be back at the xl/l size. My dr believes they can tell I have DR already so I’m hoping to find something to help support from the jump.