I looked 7-8 months pregnant and it was quite disturbing. It didn't shrink at all until I started using the belly bandit a week later. That thing really worked, every time I unwrapped myself before showering it was like a nice surprise to see how much smaller my belly got!
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I think 4-5 months? I shrunk a lot more than I was expecting! It was a happy surprise lol.
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all i remember is going to the hospital the 8th day as one of my twins was still in the NICU - a gal in the elevator asked if i was in labor.....nope i wasn't I just had twin girls eight days ago
clearly i was still pretty pregnant looking when i left!!!
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I didn't look pregnant at all...but, I was wearing spanx to hold it in.
I did look like a fatty though & wore my pajamas home because the maxi dress I brought was too small and my maternity clothes were way too big. -
I didn't look pregnant at all - just looked like pudge. My bump was gone by the time I had a shower after giving birth, and looked back to normal the next morning (since there's usually pudge there anyway!) When I got home I was able to fit my pre-pregnancy jeans so that was a bonus.
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I could pass for just fat, lol!
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Not pregnant but fat and saggy lol!
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Maybe comparable to how I was during 4-5 months, but easily hide able or passable as just a large meal.
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I would say 4-5 months. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
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Super pregnant, like 7 months pregnant. It took a long time for my uterus to shrink back down for some reason - I could still feel it at 2 months pp.
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I think about 5 months pregnant for me, carrying twins, but maybe around 7 mos carrying singleton.
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My belly was definitely smaller than when I arrived at the hospital but I was no where close to wearing any prepregnancy pants. I would guess I looked about 5-6 months preggo.
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6 months. And my abs had separated pretty badly, so I looked pregnant for the first 3 months pp.
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Maybe 4 months?
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@leeenie: I was thinking of buying a belly bandit for this reason! Would you recommend it?
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I think it just looked like bloat/fat...but then again I was used to much bigger belly
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5 months or so.
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Six months maybe. Big enough that the lady at the pharmacy didn't want to fill my pain killer prescription.
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6 months, easily.
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4 or 5 months I would say.
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Just fat. My uterus contracted down really intensely with every nursing session in the hospital.
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I just looked fat . . . thank the lawd I had a beautiful baby to distract everyone with!
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Like a lot of others, just fat. I didn't really have any bump, just a lot of fluff and saggy skin. So attractive! That said, when I finally got out of the hospital gown and into my clothes, it was sooo crazy to see myself in clothes again without the big belly!
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I looked fat, but I'm plus sized and carry my weight in the middle so it wasn't a stretch to think I wasn't pregnant. I had people cautiously ask me "Did I hear right, you're pregnant?" when I was 37 weeks along!
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I didnt look pregnant but my belly felt like jello! Im overweight as it is so just looked "normal"
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i looked 5 months pregnant. it went down pretty quickly, but it was pretty surprising! someone asked me when i was due shortly after i had charlie womp womp.
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I didn't look pregnant. When I was pregnant, I didn't show until late, and then I always had a very round, very cute basketball shaped tummy. When I left the hospital, I was squishy and my belly looked "wide". From all angles. I just looked fat, although, I felt like I looked super skinny at the time now that I think about it. It's only when I see pictures that I'm like, "Whoh girl, put down that milkshake!"
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5 months? I weighed the same walking out too...
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i would say maybe 3-4 months? i don't think i even looked pregnant, just had a bit of roundness to my belly, like in my first trimester. but with a little more squish.
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@grizz - I would recommend it. After giving birth all my organs were just hanging out because my stomach muscles had all separated, and the belly bandit pushed them back in. I think it may have helped squeeze some of the water weight out too. It would have taken months for the swelling to go back down otherwise, I think. Caveat though that it is not the most comfortable thing; it would get hot and sweaty and I am short so the end would cut into either my ribs or my hip bones. But I still think it was worth it and I would use it again, but I have to have a c section this time and it would hit right at the incision so I don't think I can. Good luck!
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Prob 4 mo I was more swollen than anything else. I expected to look more pregnant than I did. I kind of just looked umm...fat?
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@TurtleDoves: you wore spanx home from the hospital???
I only looked a bit pregnant....maybe not at all? My stomach shrunk fast. Not saying I didn't look chubby though!
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I don't even know. My swelling was still out of control, though. It took another few weeks for it to go down.
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haha... i probably looked about 5-6 months pregnant, but i FELT amazing! such a big difference from lugging around a full term baby
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Way less. The bottom of my uterus shrank faster than the top, so I had this very weird shape for a few days. But it was mostly back to normal by about a week, and totally at two weeks.
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Maybe 5 months?
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@Mrs. Bee: A week after I gave birth, we went to DH's demented grandfather's house. He asked me at least 4 times when I was going to have my LO while pointing to my belly! When I told him the infant I was holding was mine, he replied "Oh, that's just the leftovers", referencing my lovely physique. It was actually pretty funny because DH's whole family was squirming in their seats and begging him to stop saying that to me!
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@Amelieisme: Aww, that's kinda a cute comment! I like that - the leftovers
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I didnt look pregnant when I was leaving. I always had a small bump anyway
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Probably 4-5 months? Not a great picture because I was sitting, but this was the day after he was born.
ETA: My thighs still looked 9 months pregnant though
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