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Conception After Birth Control
Is it just time for your body to adjust to being off of the hormones? ... I was never able to get pregnant for three or fours months after birth control ...
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- Hey E.- I am not sure if there are actual "medical reasons' not to get pregnant so soon after stopping birth control, other than maybe its too hard to track your cyc...
- I got pregnant w/ 2 of mine the month i went off the pill. 'i heard you should wait 3 mo. but we let nature take it's course. i think it made me more fertile to go r...
- I got pregnant right after I stopped taking the pill with all of my 3 children. They are 6,3, and 18 months now. All are healthy and beautiful children. I did hear ...
Post Pregnancy Breasts
The way you feel about your body changes after pregnancy is completely normal. It takes time to adjust to such dramatic changes. Check out the website below ...
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- Oh I definitely feel the same way about my breasts now! They went from perky 32Bs to giant 32DDs to sad, deflated, SQUISHY, strech marked, "old lady" boobs. I can't st...
- I know you already had plenty of responses but I feel your pain. I have three children and after each child (nursing) I got smaller and smaller. By the time I was do...
- Hi! I hear ya sister!! I am in the same boat as you. I went from having a normal set of size B, to huge ones while nursing and now unfortunately I am an A, actually...
This Baby Bumb Has to Go!!
Aug 30, 2009 ... Your body changes after pregnancy and often your weight shifts to new places so just because you are at your prepregnancy weight doesnt mean ...
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- Hi E., We have done the workouts from Beach Body. They have the slim in 6 series that is a good starter program. The one we absolutely love is P90X when you follo...
- Just do some sit ups/cruches before you get dressed in the morning. The extra muscles will act like a girdle to hold the stomach in after you eat.
- E., It could just be that you need to strengthen your core and abdominal muscles. You mentioned that your belly swells after eating. This could be something else ent...
After Pregnancy...
Oct 21, 2009 ... Are you using any sort of birth control Your body is going under a lot of changes and believe it or not being a mom can be stressful I would ...
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- With my second baby, I did not get my period until he was almost 8 months and it did not get on a regular cycle until almost a year later. They were also very, very h...
- Mine were always "weird" the first year. If you are breast feeding -some don`t ever have a period until they stop. Your dr. can give you more info. on it too.
- Are you nursing? The same thing happened to me, but I was nursing. I had my period when my son was 6 months...then expected it 28 days later, never got it, took a PT...
Issue with Body After Giving Birth
Issue with Body After Giving Birth. I gave birth to my then 8# 4oz son 5 months ago ..... seem to matter which method of birth was used, things just change. ...
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- I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but passing a human head through your body does stretch things out a bit "down there". I can't speak for all moms, but the ones th...
- Trust me, a C-section is not the answer. Give yourself another 5 months to recover. It takes a while to get back into the swing of things, but you may have to work t...
- Hey there, Your baby is only 5 months, you have plenty of time to get back to where you were in that area. I would give it a few months longer and not worry at this...
C-section with Second After First Suffered Shoulder Dystocia
Sep 15, 2009 ... I didn't get to nurse either of my children right after birth. .... Once you are no longer pregnant, the hormones in your body change which stimulates milk ...
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- A., I think that you need to take a deep breath and put it all in perspective. You will live with the child for the rest of your life. Do what is in his best intere...
- Hey A., Take a deep breath girl! Listen, I had a c-section the second time around and it was fine, I didn't have to take pain medication or anything. My milk came...
- A. its okay. I had two c-sections both emergencies. The first was failure to progress after 28 hours of labor. My water broke and once that happens you can't put th...
Hair Loss After Having a Child?
You do not lose hair at a normal rate while you are pregnant because of the hormonal changes that your body goes through. After you give birth and your body ...
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- As a fellow breastfeeding mom, I have had the same thing happen. I don't remember losing as much hair after having my 1st 2 children, who I didn't breastfeed as long, ...
- Hi V., My son is 5 months old and I figure that I've been shedding like a dog for perhaps 2 months now. My friend with a 14 month old warned me about the hair lo...
- V., I went through the same thing, only my daughter was 6 months when it started. I was losing chunks at a time and the floor in the bathroom looked like I could mak...
Anyone Else Have Recurring Back Pain After Childbirth C Section /Spinal?
Oct 30, 2009 ... To this day, 4.5 years after giving birth to my daughter, ... Talk to the doc. but it does take 1 year for your body to get back to normal ...
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- I had the same thing, and since I was nursing I couldn't take meds, ouch! It took nearly 4 years as well as two cycles of PT and a few visits to a chiropractor to full...
- Hi M., I also had this pain on my spine. My doc said it was nerve damage from the epidural. He also said it would heal, but nerves grow very slowly so it takes a lo...
- This totally happened to me. I was stuck 6 times before they could get my spinal in. I was told that I have "weird" anatomy. This happened with both of my c-section...
Hair Loss After Having a Baby??? PLEASE HELP
I had hair loss after giving birth too Have they checked your thyroid levels ... months My doctor stated that there is a name for the changes that happen to ...
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- Kin, My name is L. Amerson, DT, IIT, doctor of Trichology. My specialty is alopecia and scalp disorder conditions. At my Hair and Scalp Clinic in Arlington, Tx, I...
- I definitely had hair loss after about 3-4 months post-baby. I lost it in gobs though after each pregnancy with this last one being the worst. My baby is almost a ye...
- I actually had the same thing hapen to me. My hairdresser told me that when you are not pregnant you lose a certain amount of hair everyday. When you become pregnant y...
Expanding Ribs During Pregnancy?
My son was 9 lbs at birth and I have him to blame for it. :) ... But the body goes thru crazy changes after we have our beautiful children! LOL ~ ;) ...
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- Yes, this has happened to me also. I am also little, 5' even and very short waisted. I have 2 kids, now 8 1/2 yr girl and 6 yr. boy. My rib cage did expand. It was v...
- Someone I worked with said this happened to her - she had a particular sundress from before she was pregnant that was too tight only in the ribcage after she was pregn...
- Nope, you're probably not imaging it! My left rib cage sticks out further than my right. When I lay down, it looks funny cause it sticks out a little. My son was 9 ...
