The c-section apron?

Thanks girls - I was going to ask the midwife tomorrow if this was normal 'cause no-one warned me about it.  Mine's not too bad but no string bikini's for me at the moment.  Righto, so I need to take up belly dancing, lose weight and get fit.  No problemo.  Or maybe I could just wear nana pants forever.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but not everyones will go away........as you lose weight it will get smaller but its stretched skin, so unless youve got really elastic skin surgery might be your only option..........i speak from 3 csections experience

I was 19 with my first and have been stuck with the apron since.........even when i got down to 57kgs albiet it wasnt as thick, it still hung over......but you didnt really notice it under clothes and could still wear a bikini and shorts etc but naked in the mirror is just nasty

So with number two it got slightly worse and with number 3 i even tried to get the surgeon to do a tummy tuck. .......
Im just grateful i didnt get any stretchmarks after my first and none of them were around my belly button so i can actually hide my apron and wear a bikini top (when i lost a heap of weight)

But those that are stuck with it, dont think its cos your FAT, cos i was a size 8 and still had it, so it doesnt define you as being fat and just cos you lose weight doesnt also mean you will lose the apron.....just think about all the biggest loser contestants they are often stuck with lots of stretched skin........

Has anyone actually seen just how much they stretch our skin so they can do the csection?? its not pretty and explains a lot

Im getting a tummy tuck for my 40th bday present.......well thats the plan anyway, ive lived with this since i was 19 i think i have earned a tummy tuck

I put on 20kgs when pregnant with my son, had an emergency C section then lost 25kg over the next year. I still have the apron thing a bit. My tummy stuck out less before I got pregnant - even when I was about 8kgs heavier than my lowest post pregnancy! Was worth it to get my beautiful son though

I think everyone is different.
I didnt get an "apron" over my scar nor stretchmarks
some other issue thou from VB nothing to complain of from c/s
I went from 66kg to 84kg (18kg?)
the first 9kg came off easy, 2nd 9kg had to do fitness & aitkens diet to get it off in a month, definately hard to loose weight after c/s but not sure if this was cos it was 2nd pregnancy or c/s as 1st pregnancy was vb

Jam08 wrote: Ha ha, I've never heard this but I agree I hate mine. Didn't know it was because of c section thou, just assumed it was due to pregnancy and child birth in general! I have been running lots and it hasn't helped - might be time to try belly dancing

i'm the same - thought it was just from kids ...

I dont have an "apron" but I do(well not so much now that Im starting to show again) have a puffy bit on one side of my scar, one side is flat one side poofs out...really annoying lol

Its basically where the skin hangs over the scar

I am so glad this thread got started! I have one too, plus stretch marks above my belly button from my 10lb9oz boy!

God I remember seeing it the morning after my section when they helped me to the shower. Why are there full length mirrors in those bathrooms??!? I wish had taken a pic, its much smaller now, but def still there. Feels so weird under tights/high pants

Puddleduck your tummy is so much better then mine!! I'm doing zumba too! Starting next week! What size where you pre pregnancy? And what size are you now?

Oh right! I'm not so concerned about the weight as I am about the saggyness. Can't wait for that to go back in - even just a little!