Clothes

Me again.....................I really depressed myself yesterday. We are going on holiday for a few days the end of this month so me and OH went shopping yest to see if I could get some bits as Im still living in my Mat jeans!! Nothing I tried on came close to fitting me and Im talking 2 sizes bigger then I really am!! I didnt think my body shape (apart form the bump) had changed that drastically but I couldnt get troussers up my thighs!!
It has really upset me. I think shops should have ranges for POST PREGNANCY bodies for girlies that dont recover their pre-preg shape in a ridiculous 2 weeks!!!!

Anyway...........sorry for another rant!!


ps: To make me feel even shittier OH spent a ... load of money on clothes for himself!!!!!!

Adele+Archie 2wks+2

Aw hunni

((((((((((hugs))))))))))

It's totally normal to feel this way, you will get back to your old size but it takes a while... all these celebs with personal trainers / chefs / nannies / surgeons etc. are not normal or healthy although I know it is so irritating!!! I was a size 8-10 pre-pregnancy, I was wearing size 8-10 maternity clothes but after having Holly I find that while my old clothes are starting to fit again, I am wearing mostly 12 bottoms and 10 on the top, it's not that I put on much weight at all, I only put on 1+1/2 stone, but my shape seems different, obviously my boobs are bigger and I have a bit of extra weight on my hips and thighs which is why I can't do up half of my size 10's! I have given away all my size 8 clothes as they were making me depressed! I remember crying in the changing rooms when I couldn't fit into a 14 in Asda when Holly was about 4 weeks old,couldn't even pull them up my legs... I was not at all prepared for how much my shape had changed!! All those hormones flying around in those first few weeks not to mention the lack of sleep makes it so upsetting!! But I find that the sizing varies greatly from shop to shop so I try and think that as long as things fit properly and look good try not to take too much notice of the size. I have got a couple of skirts that are a 14 because I got them from a shop with crap sizes... but they look nice so I'm not too worried. You WILL fit back in your old clothes but it will take time, I think the saying 9 months on, 9 months off is a pretty good aim. Go and get some bigger clothes that look good, and don't get stressed or put pressure on yourself to snap back into shape. I still have hormonal days where I feel so fat even though I am not... but all worth it for Holly and the weight is coming off steadily now. Also I have got a lovely shorts/pants thingy that hold my stomach in, it's soooooo good if I am feeling self conscious about my stomach while I am getting back to normal

Take care, lots of love and hugs.

Rach xx + Holly 6 months

I was the same

i was shocked that when my bump went that i was still flippin massive! I was a 12 top and 14 (i am afflicted with fat arse syndrome) bottom pre pregnancy and after birth was 16 top and 18 bottom! I am now back mostly to 12 top as have stopped bf but bottom half is still 16, almost at 14 tho. Don't worry hon, it's still early days, you will get there. Do you have a Primark near you then even tho it won't be pleasant buying bigger sizes at least you know you won't have spent lots on things that won't fit you for much longer.

Men are gits!

i posted a post similar to ur a few days back, i feel so depressed with my size. NOTHING fits me. i was a size 10/12 before i got pregnant and i am now a size 16/18. i have no idea what happend i have totally ballooned out. i have signed up to the gym (£45 per month ) and bought a toning belt and started walking alot. Oh keeps going mad about me saying why am i wasting my money.
And ive got stretch marks around my thighs (this is what i get for concentrating more on my belly and rubbing all my bio oil on my belly- theres no stretch marks there, theyva ll appeard on my thighs where i didnt rub the bio oil!) and my 3 year old asked me today, mummy whats those marks on your legs. so that just made me feel as low as low can get. so depressing they must be so obvious. im getting so self concious and ive never been one to worry about my weight! it doesnt help that oh can be so insensitve at times aswell....
everyone keeps saying oh dont worry youve just had baby! but it just depressed me that when i had my first i only went up a 14 and within no time i was bcak to a size 10/12!!! completely diffrent story this time for me.... so your not the only one hun! i know how it is though, im feel bad cz one of my close mates is a size 16/18 and i was moaning to her about it the other day but she understood thankfully

hope you feel better soon!

xxxx

damn husbands, that is the sort of thing that mine would do and then wonder why i was annoyed!!

anyway. the clothes thing. i was very lucky with both my pregnancies and got back in my pre preg clothes ridiculously fast. BUT, i would say this. i have been married 2 years, had 2 pregnancies, and 2 babies, and i although i now weigh a stone less than i did before i fell pg the first time, my body is a totally different shape. none of my tops fit me any more because my boobs are totally different than they were before. so i do kind of know how you feel.

and also, i have this random thing going on now - i went to get ready for a night out with the girls last saurday night, first once since having either of the kids, and everything i put on, suddenly seemed inappropriate for a mother of 2!!! i dont want to dress like my granny or anything but im totally paranoid! its very odd.

so altho i am one of the lucky ones, i do know how it feels for nothing to fit/look right.

dont worry hun, its very early days and things will settle down.

love kelly and oliver 16 months and emilie, 14 weeks
xx

Ahhh that wasnt nice of him to be buying stuff in front of you!!

I am struggling to find stuff at the moment, we are going for a meal tomorrow and im still in my joggers whilst everyone is else is going on about dressing up etc....its making me feel realllllyyyyy bad.

Hopefully things will start fitting soon, guess with having a c section everything is going to take a lot longer

Nat and 2 week Megan xxx