changes in your PP body?

[NaturalMindedMomma]

HMMM anyone else noticing things like skin changes and such?

I have to reapply my deoderant 4 times a day and I have ingrown hairs everywhere and acne, omg the ACNE. Annalise is 2 weeks old today and I am starting my BC pills. I am hoping it helps my hormones a little.

Anyway...

[Koalamom]

Yeah I really stink! I am not usually this bad. I feel pretty gross. I get out of the shower and then need to shower like 20 min later, seriously.
But I am loving that my skin is no longer dry, no more itchy stomach!!:

[stardust swallower]

I LOVE my pp body. I LOVE my lack of enormous belly. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I look several times a day in the mirror and just smile with relief that I'm not enormous anymore. I was so done with that belly by the end. I am also kind of amused at how flabby I am. Just really really soft everywhere, like the relaxin went from my joints to my muscles. Ha. I also love the new boobage. So fun to have boobs, even if they are scabbing over because of lo's ouchy latch. I'm pretty thin, so I'm not worried about losing the weight. I'm just loving not being pregnant anymore. HOORAY!

[thorn]

I HATE my pp body. I too stink and want to shower several times a day. I HATE lochia. I am breaking out. My ab muscles feel all weak and woozy. booooooo.

the only little consolation is my henna which is still hanging on. just a tiny bit of pretty on my wrinkly saggy pp belly.

I definitely prefer being a juicy taut swollen bellied preggo to this!

[NaturalMindedMomma]

OH THE STINK! LOL

It really is nasty. I started the mini pill today and I am hoping it slows up the bleeding some. UGH...

I am ok with my body. I lose more and more weight everyday. I am only 9 lbs away from prepreg weight (119). I need to get to 115 though and start working out, which I am hoping to be doing by 6 weeks PP.

I DO LOVE THE BOOBIES THOUGH!

[Koalamom]

Yeah how could I forget the boobies. I am loving them. And I am getting smaller in the belly too. I had terrible stretch marks all around my belly button, but they are suddenly gone with the baby out. I thought they would be really obvious.

[writteninkursive]

Haha. I'm still pregnant with this one, but I have two daughters already.
With my oldest, my feet started stinking during pregnancy and they did not stop until I got pregnant with my second daughter. During my pregnancy with my second daughter, my pubic region would smell... sweaty-ish (I know, so gross!) pretty easily and that continued until I got pregnant this time! Miraculously, with every pregnancy, the old symptoms were gone. But this time, my skin is ultra oily and stinky oily. I hope hope hope that goes away after he's born! Ewww.

[Kim Allen]

Im irratated with my lochia right now lol.

One day its almost non-existant then the next days its at a good flow agian

In the hospital they told me the motrin helps with the bleeding so I have noticed when I take the motrin is when its slowing down to nothing, But I have a fear that as soon as I stop taking it I will have a heavy flow agian and by taking the motrin i am just prolonging it. Not sure. But it is getting annoying.
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On the other hand I feel great. No acne,no bad smell,I am all healed (tear wise_) just feeling good and ready to get this bleeding to stop.

[thorn]

that's interesting about the motrin/bleeding. I have start and stop bleeding too, which seems to be somewhat related to how much I exert myself in a day, but now that I think about it, the days where I bleed less are also the days I take motrin (for my neck though, my vag is all healed although nowhere near back to normal, lol)

[NaturalMindedMomma]

I was having the start stop bleeding, but it stopped yesterday after I took my first birth control pill. So far it isn't affecting my breastmilk (As I sit here dripping through bra pads and my bra AND my shirt.. LOL

I have bi-polar disorder and woke up this AM with my first low. Really sore all over and just completely overwhelmed. I took my BC pill, some Motrin, called my mom (who is here, now) and breastfed the baby and felt much better. After I cleaned up a bit and ate, I felt even better. Now to pump and shower while my LO is napping.