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It took forever do my belly to shrink back down. I'm sorry, I was uncomfortable until about 6 months. *big hugs*

Students have no filter and no sense. I'm shocked I have any self esteem after the stuff students have asked or told me about my appearance. Hugs!

I'm almost down to pre-preg weight but my belly is HUGE! Its super flabby feeling too so i dont think its all uterus! I lost weight everywhere else due to my GD diet but - wow - I look 6 months gone! If you find out how to make it shrink, let me know!

Everyone recovers differently. And 11 weeks is still in the "you just birthed a baby!" category for me. Don't be so hard on yourself

That said, I think it was 6 months out for my tummy to finally feel/look even semi close to pre-pregnancy.

It takes time!! By 6 months, you will look completely different!

Yeah, unfortunately it took a good 6 months (or more) for my stomach to not look pregnant. There's no way to sugar-coat it: it blows.

Have you started doing any ab work? There are DVDs targeted for post-partum, and specifically for abs. Cardio helps, too.

I feel your pain completely.

You're only 11 weeks pp!
I started cutting carbs and going (mostly) paleo. I've noticed that my belly's gotten a lot smaller since I changed my diet.
I'm not working out, but I've been able to lose weight by just eating clean and nursing!

Oh hon, you will never give yourself enough credit or cut yourself enough slack. You *just* had a baby! Try to be patient and give yourself time to take good care of yourself . . . Please don't beat yourself up over something that you have very little control!

My belly bounced back fairly quickly, but my thighs? Oh my. There used to be this beautiful gap between them and inner thigh rub was never a concern. . . welp, now they are all up on each other like *what up bitches* and I am trying to get a little distance between these new BFFs! Meh. I am still working on it . . . I haven't given up hope.

@rahlyrah: do you have some abdominal separation? I've heard that if you have tight abs pre-pregnancy you're more prone to it and it takes longer to tighten up. You can actually do more harm than good working them out early on. I had about a 2" gap for the longest time but I did eventually get back to normal.

I'm having the same problem. I can sort if suck in the belly but still have 20 lbs to lose and it hasn't budged in weeks in spite of exercising and a restrictive diet.

@rahlyrah: People have no filters, so rude! It's really hard to get into the shape you were in prior, and 11 weeks is not that long ago.

I've lost almost all of my pregnancy weight, but I'm still so flabby. My husband came up to me yesterday and grabbed my sides and said look at those cute love handles you have. I could've died, and killed him at the same time.

@MsLipGloss: You seriously leave the best comments ever

@MsLipGloss: "what up bitches"- lol

@StbHisMrs: I would have killed him!!

When I prop the baby up sitting on my belly I tell her thanks for making it such a nice squishy seat.

To offer a little hope, my weight loss had really stalled and I felt exactly the same way a few weeks ago. Just in the last two weeks (since I passed the 12 week mark, LO is just about 14 weeks), I feel like things are moving again, finally. I still have about 15-20 lbs to go, but the belly is shrinking a little. I've heard from other BF mamas that they lost the most weight between 3-6 months.

So i just looked at photos of myself PP and I still had a rounded belly sticking out at 11 weeks post partum. And i probably had about 20 lbs to lose at that point, too. Now i'm 5 months PP and have been eating paleo (minus a two week lapse recently) and my stomach is definitely a lot flatter now but still not totally there, even though i only have 5 lbs to go.

it takes time! I thought exercise and eating clean would be the magic trick for me (and i'm sure it is in some form) but time is definitely the biggest factor.

Do what you can to strengthen your abs--planks, etc. That will at least help them knit together better