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I'm pregnant now - but I just read something yesterday that said even if you lose all the pounds you gained, your dimensions might change, like hips and back widen, boobs stay big or get smaller, etc. I'm more worried about my feet changing size. I have quite a shoe collection that I'd hate to lose!

Your body definitely changes! I'm below my pre-pregnancy weight and can wear my pre-pregnancy jeans, but they do not fit the same. It's sad. Everyone is different though! You really could bounce back! I know plenty of women who have.

I don't know anyone personally who said their body was the same proportion wise post baby. It seems like most people end up with permanently wider hips, or their butt gets flatter, or their belly skin never quite springs back (leading to perpetual muffin top), or their boobs turn from mounds to pancakes ... or a combination of the above. A few of my friends are even smaller weight wise than pre pregnancy but still have a combination of the above complaints.

I'm not at my pre preg weight yet, but I can already tell my clothes wont fit the same. I'm a little wider in the hips and waist. And Im holding onto weight in my thighs and upper arms, which Ivee read is really common while breastfeeding. I figure that will come off after my kids are weaned. My shoes still fit ok, thank goodness.

But bottom line: Im investing in a small wardrobe of postpartum clothes in a size up from my normal, so I can feel good about myself until the rest comes off....and wont feel so bad if some of my old stuff just isnt in the cards anymore.

For me it was boobs. I never had big boobs before and now I have them. Also I was a bit more muscular but not that noticeably so. Now I weigh less than I did pre-pregnancy but my body looks more 'womanly' I guess because it's much more curvy,

@c.sassy: Agreed. I haven't even attempted to wear half my wardrobe because I know I'd be uncomfortable.

I am only 3 freakin' lbs from my pre-preg weight and only fit into one pair of my jeans. The rest give me horrible muffin top. boo.

So my body shape totally changed. My hip are significantly wider, my boobs are bigger, my thighs/butt are fatter and my ribs actually widened. He literally kicked them apart....meanie.

I do plan to lose additional weight and hope to get back into my jeans too! I was a size 6 before and even being similar weight right now, I'm nowhere near a 6.

I have a lot of extra skin and flab all over. I'm not at the gym as religiously as you, but a frequent amount. I have been doing pilates to try and tighten up the extra skin on my stomach but so far it's not budging. BOO.

I WILL get there, dammit! I will. I will NOT have a flabby stomach the rest of my life!

@MsMini: This is me.

I am now pregnant with LO #2 but with DS (now 4) my whole body changed and never went back to the way it was. I even lost 60 lbs more then my baby weight and it made my boobs way worse. I had flapjack boobies! GROSS! Anyways my input is that your body just changes my hips got wider, my tummy will never be "flat" I will forever have mummy tummy which yes affects the way my jeans fit. After this baby if we decide for sure that we are done I will be getting a tummy tuck and my boobs done after I loose the weight.

I'm about 10lb below my pre-pregnancy weight and my jeans still don't fit. My hips, ass and thighs spread and my jeans won't fit up over them now

Flabbier stomach, wider chest, flatter butt, etc!!!

At pre pregnancy weight now, 8 months postpartum - wider waist/back, bigger boobs (not in a cute way, saggy too), flat butt, smaller legs.
Most of my clothes fit but nothing looks good. Hello shopping spree!
(& shoes half size bigger... massive designer shoe collection I have no use for, sad)

@jholler25: i got back into my pre pregnancy designer jeans, but my butt got crazy flat post baby so it looked like I had a saggy ass when I wore them. Weird things happen to the body post baby.
My legs and butt got thin and flat, but my upper body and midsection stayed bigger. (probably bc I nursed until Lo was 15 months old?)

Ugh.

My stomach skin is so stretched out so it's incredibly flabby. Also my hips are wider, boobs are flabbier and my shoe size changed!! So did my ring size!

I never had hips or a butt before. Now, at 34,I have hips, thighs and a weird butt. I can't get any of my old pants over my thighs anymore. I bought a pair of jeans that are two sizes up from my pre pregnancy size and told myself I will be able to wear them when it cools off here in NC. I have serious muffin top in them so, I have a ways to go to be able to wear them. I hate anything tight my belly so this is going to be challenging. I don't know if I'll ever fit into anything that's in my closet again.

All of my shirts are too small. My belly fell down into my love handles. It's horrible. Just horrible.

@JerricaBenton: huge shoe fanatic here too, I went up almost a whole size. my sister and cousins were ecstatic when i brought a bag for them to sort through

14 weeks post partum - a few pounds to go....but currently my boobs are 34E (up from 32B), my hips are wider, my thighs are still bigger, tummy is flabby (whereas I used to have a six pack) and my butt is flatter (where as I used to have a bubble butt) Not sure if the last few pounds will make a difference with the thighs/butt. I did work out until 30w pregnant when I went on bedrest....and then almost immediately started walking after birth. At 4 weeks post partum I started power walking and then 6 weeks I started jogging. Now I moderately workout - run and do the shred and walk.

this is when I'm glad I buy cheap clothes, LOL! even if my clothes don't fit right, I won't lose out too badly because all my jeans are over 1-2 years old and all American Eagle. I did looove the way they fit..but I'm okay with having to search out more. Just not okay with having to spend the money on new clothes..but glad that I didn't lose out too much, I guess. We will see what happens!

I've heard that using the belly bandit and the hip thing helps, but they're so damn expensive!

No, how is this possible? I already have a flat butt and relatively wide hips to begin with.

And I refuse to part with my shoe collection. @JerricaBenton and @Pipers Mommy: my CL's will not be going to a new home!

I have no idea what my weight is because I just don't generally weigh myself. But I know my hips got wider and so did my chest. I think it went back down a bit but it's definitely not where it was pre-pregnancy.

My clothes are fitting though! I'm very happy about that because I'm way too cheap to buy a new wardrobe.

I've heard about the shoe size! Thankfully that wasn't me. Whew!