How long does bump take to deflate?

Just doing a wardrobe sort out and wondering how long it takes for baby bump to deflate post birth. i.e. I'm due start of jan is it worth just packing all my summer clothes that no longer fit until the end of next year? or put them somewhere I can get them later in the year.

Ditto that! Took me about a year, seems to take everyone else I know only a few days

Also you might get back to the same size but your body shape could change.
Even though I'm back to the same size, I found a lot of clothes didn't sit right on me post-baby due to boobies changing and my bum/hips have changed shape also. Not to mention the saggy tummy

yea sorry its real different. i came home 9 hours after giving birth wearing the same jeans ive been wearing since i was 20

Keep them around I say. Being due in early Jan means you still have a couple of months of summer left I was back in pre-preg tops and pants within a week but not my super tight jeans until 2-3 weeks . But yeah, as everyone says - it's different for different people (and different pregnancies! I hope this bump disappears as fast after birth!).

Edited by Delli

i didnt have a baby bump about 3 days after my CS.... but then again ive still got more than i went into my pregnancy with lol. dresses are good for covereing up anything thats left. i would at the very least keep your summer dresses out

HTH

Well 4 years later .......hmmm.   No really it is different for everyone. My niece came out of the maternity ward in her pre pregnancy jeans. Fully zipped. For me I don't think I have ever got back in them.

My belly went down pretty quickly, it amazed everyone even my midwife, but I am a dancer and have/had pretty strong tummy muscles (didn't have the smallest of bumps until I was like 25 weeks if not more)

I'm now wearing pre-preg jeans, but just can't do them up! Can get the zip done up, but not the button so I do them up with a hair tie :P BUT I hadn't worn these jeans for about 3 years before I got pregnant as I was too fat for them! (I kept them as they were pretty much brand new!)

All my tops etc fit fine, But I wear a lot of just plain long sleeve tops, tshirts, singlets, vests, nothing too fancy so most of it is kinda stretchy material IYKWIM?

I do still have a muffin roll (love handles) and a bit of a flap of tummy that BFing hasn't gotten rid of... Should really start working on that....

i think that is the most frustrating thing about pregnancy is that it is different for everyone and not predictable (except for the fact that eventually a baby appears).

so far I havent actually put on any weight it is just my bump and mega boobs that are making my clothes not fit. I am a kg lighter than my prepregnancy weight atm. so fingers crossed I don't put on tons in the next 3.5months.

keep them i reakon , i think its totaly different for every person , for me i gained 15kg in pregnancy (55kg-70kg) lost 11kg's the first week and by 3 weeks post birth weighed less than before i got pregnant (52kg) . I definatly think breastfeeding is what did it for me .