View Full Version : How long did it take to get back into pre-partum clothing?
Ok i'll admit after i had Chase i walked out of hospital in my sisters jeans as they were small than me pre-pregnancy ones and i'd lost so much weight with hyperemisis that i was a small size 4 days after Chase was born than i was when i got pregnant.
When i had Jude i took my "normal" jeans with me (pre-preg ones) and then was most disgruntled to have to leave hospital in some of my early-pregnancy maternity jeans and David's t-shirt LOL it took around 3 weeks to get into pre-pregnancy jeans with Dylan i just gave up and left in my maternity jeans again - didn't even bother with "normal" jeans and it took til she was around 12 weeks old to get into normal jeans again- with loki he was around 2 weeks old when i got into my "big" pre-pregnancy combats- around 5 weeks before i went and bought myself some jeans! (he's 16 weeks old now and i am still in jeans a size bigger than i am happy wearing, 2 sizes up on what i'd want to be- a UK 16 which i think is a USA big 12/small 14?)
So how long did i take you to get back into pre-pregnancy clothing?
LOL It's been over 2 years now and I'm still waiting :lmao
LOL It's been over 2 years now and I'm still waiting :lmao
I guess this is where i should point out although i got back into normal size fairly quickly my "normal" would be someone else's worst nightmare LOL :lmao I've never been very svelt- always that in between you would never class as thin nor ideal but you wouldn't class as fat either.
Honestly, I'm not entirely sure...obviously it did happen, but I can't pinpoint it.
I do remember being utterly envious of one of my friends, who with both her pregnancies ate like a horse, never got morning sick ever, never really showed until she was around the 7 month pregnant mark, popped out 9 and 10 pound babies and was back in her size 8 jeans the day after both her kids were born...I always thought that was decidedly unfair :giggle
Umm not sure i have got there yet but maybe thats down to all the coffee and biscuits I have been drinking when visiting his friends houses LOL if I remeber rightly I was back in pre pregnancy clothes about 6 weeks after he was born - but I'm not sure even my maternity clothes for back then would fit me now :sandwich
Amy J
04-16-2007, 09:35 AM
with Tristan it was about 1 month and with Rosie it was about 6 months or so.
AdinaVerbena
04-16-2007, 01:08 PM
Well, I was down to my pre-pregnancy size pretty quickly (within about 3 months), but it didn't stay that way. Even though I'm still nursing twins, once they turned one I seemed to pack the pounds back on (mostly, but not entirely my fault...something seems to happen that second year of nursing for me).
Erika
04-16-2007, 01:31 PM
Still getting down to it. Actually I lost weight fairly quickly after giving birth. What with Sasha being in SCBU and the stress of that and breastfeeding, I dropped the bump within 2 days and a week later was in smaller clothes.
However, I ended up putting it back on and then some. I'm now 20 pounds down since the start of the year but still have a ways to go. I have another 25 pounds to go to get back to pre pregnancy weight and don't even ask how many more pounds to goal LOL
Kristen
04-16-2007, 01:39 PM
It was different with each kid. It seems like I was back into my jeans in like two weeks with Joshua. Then with Lisey and Sonia it look a little longer, and it took the longest with Zoe. It's not that it took SO long for me to actually be able to button them, but it took a while until I looked presentable in them(you know, without fat rolling over the waistband and such!)
Now I am pretty thin(breastfeeding seems to do this to me) but I am out of shape for sure!!
Renita
04-16-2007, 03:15 PM
I can't remember exact dates. I was a size 6 prior to 1st pregnancy and now I am anywhere between a size 6 and 8. I jumped back quicker with my second pregnancy.
Jack,the day after I had him.
I was smaller with Jasmine after I had her than I was before I had her.
Elliot,a week or so I can't really remember.
Ross,again a week or so.
I literally had Jack and went down to a UK size 12 the next morning and with Jasmine I dropped a clothes size.
HOWEVER,I must say my shape has changed a lot :( My hips are wider,but not in a good way,and I now have one boob higher than the other. I got lucky with weight,well not so lucky,I had hypermesis,but I drawed the short straw when it came to my actual shape changing.
yummymommy
04-16-2007, 05:49 PM
With Rylan it was a couple weeks and I was back in everything. Now with Liam he is 5 months and I still cannot fit into alot of my clothes, its not that my waist is much bigger, my hips and thighs are what gained the weight so I cant pull my pants up over them! My belly was gone within a few days except for a bit of extra loose skin that I didnt have before. Today I squeezed into a pair of black pants that have 2 little buckles on the side and I was amazed when I got into them and got them done up, then I tried to put on heels with them and after walking down the hall had to take those off, its been too long since I wore them my body isnt used to it anymore!
Desirae
04-16-2007, 07:45 PM
Well, I'm still not into pre-Aidan clothes.:( I'm working on it though. I got back into pre-Colin clothes in about...3 months? I think. I'm now 2 sizes below that.:D
Jejune
04-16-2007, 07:52 PM
I think it was about two weeks with each, but I gained less than I was supposed to with each pregnancy, so there wasn't a ton to lose. I liked being back in my clothes quickly, but did not like how VERY skinny I got and how that felt. I'm now in that squicky state of being underweight but for the first time in my life, I have a little squishiness all around. So I'm skinny but out of shape and slightly flabby. Ew!
I really don't remember about the first two times. This time I had lost all the baby weight within about five days (helps when you only gain 19 lbs.) and now, at 3 weeks postpartum I am wearing all my pre-preg. shirts. I can get my jeans done up but they are a little tight. Not painfully so but I am still preferring the maternity jeans for the comfort factor. :giggle I may have lost all the weight but the body shape is not what it was before!
I also never grew out of my regular underwear, t-shirts and lounge pants. I continued to wear those items right up till the day I delivered. It sucked being sick for 7 months but there was one perk in that I didn't get huge.
Tamika
04-25-2007, 03:29 PM
With Kaylyn I JUST could get my jeans on 5 months post partum!
With Kieran I was back into my regular jeans within a week.
With Treyce it was about 2 weeks.
That being said I was in much better health when pg with the boys.
I can usually get in my clothes right away. I tend to lose weight while pregnant. It is after I am done and I don't feel as responsible to eat well that is the problem.LOL
Shasta
05-01-2007, 12:38 PM
With Taj, I would say it took almost a year to fit back in to my normal size, but I gained SO much weight with him.
Then after Gavin, it didn't take quite as long, I'm thinking maybe 5 months and I was happy with the way I looked and was back down to my normal size.
Right now, Jonah is 3 months old and I'm fitting some size 7's and 9's which I did wear pre-pregnancy but they were big on me. I cry when I look at my size 3-4's.LOL They won't begin to go over my hips.
Everyone keeps telling me I look like I'm back to my normal size but I'm really not, I wouldn't dream of wearing really fitted tops right now, I have this huge roll that hangs over my jeans!LOL But I just can't seem to get myself committed to exercising, I really need to though, or no swimming suits for me this summer.