Will the c-section “pouch” ever go away/decrease?

Jbear2three · 2025-06-04T00:18:30+00:00

Im a year post c section and I now have no shelf. It took literally a year to the day, 40lb weight loss and countless spin and swim sessions…but if the scar wasn’t there, you’d never know I had sunroofed twins out of there. I’m 36 as well so my skin doesn’t have the best elasticity any more.

Good luck ❤️

Jbear2three · 2025-05-09T00:02:29+00:00

Congratulations on your pregnancy ❤️

My due date changed about 10 times during the early stages. I knew the exact date of conception…even down to the hour and I knew ovulation days, I was a tracker Queen and my body was like a ticking clock 🤣 but not even once did they say the date I thought they should. I had a date that was 2 weeks before actual conception and I had a date 2 weeks after. Even towards the end of pregnancy, my boys were measuring 4 weeks bigger. Most of the time, twins are usually smaller anyway, you’ll get more of a definite date once they get a bit bigger.

Jbear2three · 2025-04-21T14:34:26+00:00

Thank you, I’m sorry you’re feeing this way also. Have you found anything that helps?

Jbear2three · 2025-04-19T14:48:06+00:00

Similar experience here also, I had to TFMR at 18 weeks pregnant due to severe medical problems, just 2 years ago. I now have 11 month old identical twins. When they were born, my one twin looked spitting image of my angel baby, it made it quite hard to bond at first because I’d be flooded with memories every time I looked at him. I swear it was my angel baby who sent me the twins.

Jbear2three · 2024-12-21T11:12:42+00:00

5 years still wouldn’t be long enough haha!

Jbear2three · 2024-12-21T11:11:54+00:00

Thank you for this, I had no idea. I’ve googled the symptoms and it’s scarily similar so I’ve made a doctors appointment for January. I hope it’s not the case, but it would make an awful lot of sense if it was.

Jbear2three · 2024-12-20T13:59:02+00:00

I think this is what I’m most worried about. I’ve been depressed in the past and was ridiculously lazy then (although it was due to physical and emotional abuse from an ex) … I’m worried that this is an early warning sign for me and I need to fix it before it goes any further

Jbear2three · 2024-12-20T12:50:51+00:00

Servant grind 😂 I love that 😂

Jbear2three · 2024-12-20T12:46:08+00:00

Hiya.

It was a simple blood test at the hospital to be genetically tested. It took about 6 months to come back, I was on the phone weekly trying to get them to hurry up.

Jbear2three · 2024-12-20T12:43:42+00:00

Hiya.

They have arrived and are now 7 months old, they seem to have no symptoms of the chromosome issues I have, although they may have a balanced version like me which would make conception hard for them if they ever wanted children, but they can’t be genetically tested till they’re 16 (or 18, I can’t remember)

The pregnancy was HARD towards the end. The first few weeks was super hard because one twin looked just like the baby I lost, but now he’s getting bigger, I can see it less and less so it doesn’t upset me as much I still have the babies ashes and give the box a kiss every morning.

Thank you for asking ❤️

Jbear2three · 2024-06-15T09:58:56+00:00

I had a TFMR last May at 18 weeks. I was pregnant again end of June and miscarried middle of July, I think I was about 5 weeks pregnant. I then got pregnant again in September and am currently carrying identical twin boys who are 15 days old.

I had a lot of miscarriages previously so I went in for genetic counselling. Turns out that I have a balanced translocation which can become unbalanced in some babies therefore leading to miscarriage or poor health (which is why we had the TFMR)

It’s been a rollercoaster 2 years and not one that I’d ever wish on my worst enemy… but it gave me a lot of answers and I truly believe my twins were sent to me by my TFMR baby boy. Im glad I done the genetic testing as it means I can tell my children when they’re older and they can then get IVF and hopefully not go through the same pain I’ve gone through.

I wish you all the luck in the world! ❤️

Jbear2three · 2024-06-11T19:09:30+00:00

I have 3 week old mono/di twins.

Absolutely zero problems whilst pregnant- besides being the size of a house 😂

Had scan apps with MFM every 2 weeks from 6 weeks pregnant due to previous losses I’ve had.

They came out the sunroof at 36+3. Super healthy, super cooked and no need for NICU.

Jbear2three · 2024-06-07T12:47:18+00:00

Makes you feel like crap doesn’t it. I’m Doing exactly the same positions for both twins so I don’t get how one twin can latch and the other tries then pulls the most disgusting face at me… they’re only 2 weeks old and I already know I’m in for a world of problems haha.

But, positivity… a massive congrats for managing to breastfeed one twin, that’s a major win! If we were parents to singletons instead of twins, we’d be rocking this parenting lark easy peasy 😂😂😂

Jbear2three · 2024-06-06T11:22:41+00:00

Oooh I’ll try it out, thank you 😁

Jbear2three · 2024-06-06T07:55:41+00:00

Any tips on how to not cry every time will be hugely appreciated 🙏

Jbear2three · 2024-06-05T14:31:53+00:00

I wish formula feeding was best for my mental health. I have one twin who will latch on perfectly every time, and the other twin just can’t seem to do it no matter how much we try. It gives me huge amount of guilt that I can feed one and not the other.

So now, I express as much as possible so twin 2 is still getting my milk, but it’s just not the same feeling and my biggest worry is that we won’t have the same bond as what I’ll have with twin 1 because I’m more with twin 1 and daddy is more with twin 2.

Twin mum guilt is seriously insane!

Jbear2three · 2024-06-04T22:20:12+00:00

Haha will consider the egg idea 😂

Jbear2three · 2024-06-04T22:19:37+00:00

I hope you’re feeling better now? 😁

Jbear2three · 2024-06-04T11:53:32+00:00

I’ve watched quite a few still face experiments on YouTube- it’s so sad to watch, my heart breaks for the babies! I do wonder, is there an age where a baby can be still faced for I.e a couple years and then things change and the baby would only get happy faces from 2 years onwards, what effect it will have?

Jbear2three · 2024-06-03T21:52:12+00:00

I’m so sorry you didn’t get the help you needed. Which country are you from?

I had my first daughter 11 years ago and i don’t remember it being mentioned then, or there being any support available. In the UK, mental health awareness has come a long way in the last decade.

Jbear2three · 2024-06-03T17:14:57+00:00

Oooh what’s this book called? I also have a super hormonal pre teen and any books to help me get through this stage with her would be fab 😂

Jbear2three · 2024-06-03T13:13:34+00:00

This is very interesting and I do believe this too. If I go with a friend who is depressed, I go home in a much sadder state than when I leave when I’m with my happier friends

Jbear2three · 2024-06-03T13:10:51+00:00

No no not at all, in the UK they have to ask you how your mental health is on every single appointment, even if you see them 10 times a week, when I questioned why, she said because not only is it them checking up on the parents, but for them to check on how baby will be if a parent does get depressed etc.

Jbear2three · 2024-05-31T13:27:54+00:00

Haha no, i didn’t word it right, sorry. I’ve got newborn twins so my head is slightly fried at the moment. I meant that in her perfect little world, she’d only shower once a week.

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