'[My body] doesn't need to be fixed, because it's not broken.' 👊
, like talking to friends who had had C-sections. If I had had some more time to know I'd be delivering surgically, I may have learned about how my postpartum body would be different than it would be had I delivered vaginally. How different could a C-section make your body anyway? Let me introduce you to the C-section shelf.
, close to your lower belly. So you have a one-two punch combo of extra skin and fat from giving your baby a little flesh-home for nine monthsa material amount of scar tissue from surgery. Together they make that, ahem, FUPA even more prominent. Not to mention, it's tougher to get rid of, due to the scar tissue. In some cases, only surgery can restore it to its former shape.
, I still can't fit into some of my clothes — a few pairs of jeans and pants that refuse to zip over my lovely shelf. I've made peace with that, having decided to just give them away, instead of trying to"fix" my C-section shelf. It doesn't need to be fixed, because it's not broken.
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