I'M BACK!! Had my baby!! Beautiful girl!

Hey old community members and new. I've been gone for a long time. Don't know how much I will be on here but here I am now. I had my baby via c section :( January 12th. I've been on leave. Now I have to lose this ugly stomach. I've lost some but I'm starting to get discouraged. It's been 3 months already. I haven't done much exercising. Now I'm back to work and I hate being away from my baby for so many hours that I don't even bother going to the gym. Hopefully this weighted hula hoop that I bought last year will help. If only I would start to use it more. Hope you all can give me pointers. Vanessa I see that you are still on here. Aren't babies just grand?! Posting pics soon!

Damn I guess no one cares that I'm back. Oh well...

Congrats on the baby! Hurry and get some pictures up! I need to see someone else's baby while I wait for mine lol. Good luck on the weightloss, I never did lose all mine :( it'll be different this time! (hopefully haha)

Congratulations, Nenewa. There was actually a post up about you a while ago. Vanessa was wondering if anyone had heard from you.

Can't wait to see the photos!

Was the c-section planned or "emergency"? I've had two so I'm just curious.

Congrats on the new baby girl, name?

Hope your recovery goes well

oh babies are just amazing!!!!  i'm sorry-  i haven't been on in a few days-  been a little nuts at work.  {{{{{HUGS}}}}  i had a c-section too.  14 hours of labor, induced, 10 days overdue, threw-up a gaziilion times from the drugs; sprung a fever, then doc says I stopped dilating and it was time for the c-section.  had her july 30th. 

i can't get rid of my upper stomach.  i know it sounds strange-  my bottome gut is completely flat; but my upper stomach is a pooch!  and my hips are damn huge and i have an extra layer of cellulite on my thighs.  but i love my julia sooooo super much so i'm trying not to obsess over it. 

how did you get through your c-section?  detail, dear!

WOW seems like everyone I know who just gave birth had similar experiences. Her name is Jaelyn Nashaye. I had a c section too for the same reasons. I labored for almost 17 hours and I didn't dilate past 7.5. My epi wore off and I had to get another one and I could feel those full blown contractions. After I sat at 7 cm for hours and could no longer take the pain I told them to go ahead and do a c section since they wanted to do it anyway. Seems a lot of people are having that experience!

I don't know why I can't get the pics on here. I'm no dummy with computers

Glad to hear you and little Jaelyn are doing well, congrats again.

I haven't even begun to lose my pooch. I'm concerned that I won't be able to and will have to one day get a tummy tuck. It's so flabby and wiggly. That's the part I hate about having to have a c section. I love Jaelyn soooooo much too. All I do is buy her dresses and little cute outfits!

Just remember that you had MAJOR abdominal surgery after being pregnant. I know firsthand that an unplanned c-section is MUCH more difficult to recover from than a planned c-section (I've had one of each). With an emergency/unplanned c-section it seems as though the doctors aren't as gentle as they could be.

I'm 6 months postpartum and haven't lost my pooch. It's definitely not big but it's more than I had pre-pregnancy. It takes time to lose it and whip those poor, cut up ab muscles back into shape. I still find myself getting extra sore if I do too much. You'll be able to lose the poochy tummy.

Little girl clothes are so cute and abundant! I have a harder time finding cute boy clothes that don't cost a fortune. Are you returning to work/school/pre-baby activity?