When you still look pregnant after giving birth 

(Birth vlog tagged under my name in this short!) It’s because your ✨uterus✨ hasn’t gone back down yet 😘 Obviously this is a joke and I know better since I just gave birth to my 6th kid BUT growing up I had NO idea! I thought your belly would deflate like a balloon as baby exited the body 😂. I never thought about the uterus needing time to go back down. Of course everyone is different but having a pregnant looking belly the weeks following birth is normal for most of us. So why isn’t it normalized in our society? Why do we feel the need to make it look like we didn’t just have a baby and hide any signs of postpartum? Why aren’t postpartum bellies normalized despite it being very much part of the normal process? It’s strange really. Like we are ashamed it’s not flat despite it being completely out of our control. Just some food for thought. I am now thinking of wearing my postpartum belly more proudly in the coming days ❤️❤️ (Also for anyone who thinks I filmed this while still pregnant, you can see my husband holding the baby at the bottom right hand corner in the beginning of this video. This was also taken in the postpartum room not an L&D Room 😉)

I'm still working on getting back my pre-pregnancy body; my baby is 37 years old! 😂

Remember: celebrity moms look that good because it's the job of a bunch of people to keep them looking good. They don't have to get up at 2am to do anything except pee.

I read that it takes about 9 months for your body to get back to normal. 9 months in and 9 months out!

I love the honesty and transparency!!!

I literally brought my regular pre-pregnancy pants with me to the hospital because I thought that I'd be able to fit in them after 😭😭😭

Thank you for this. I just have birth to our 3rd child 6 days ago and im looking in the mirror like, huh??? Lol

It's so weird. But it was the opposite for me. As soon as I had my babies I had a flat stomach walking out the hospital. Then my belly slowly got bigger as the weeks went by. I was so confused.

Hello Chrissy I just started my third trimester with my first baby and you’ve given me so many helpful tips and advice. Thank you so much ❤

You make me laugh every time. You’re so humble. Congrats!

Oh my goodness! Congratulations on your baby!! Your doing great mom you look beautiful ❤️

It's all worth it. The wait the belly the aches and pains. Ppl should be grateful for this wonderful gift.

That’s crazy mine was like a deflated beach ball immediately! I guess everyone is different! 😊

Doesn’t go away for a while. You look beautiful!

Congratulations on baby #6! ❤I’ve been watching your videos and have found such comfort in them. I just had my husband and i’s first baby girl in June and I watched so many of your videos during my pregnancy. It was a dark time and watching you talk about all things motherhood and marriage and just life brought a lot of comfort.

THANK YOU for normalizing this!!! As a fellow Catholic mama of multiples who also suffers from Extreme Diastasis Recti… I feel ALL YOUR PAINNNNN… figurative And literal 😅🙏🏽 praying an Ave for a Peace-filled PP journey!! 🙏🏽

Praying for a safe and healthy recovery and for bonding with the baby 💗

I’m being induced with my first on Friday and your vids have helped me so much with managing expectations and the pre-birth anxiety 💛

I love you for that! Your transparency is honestly so valuable ❤❤❤

I love how you just went from like ok with it to HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!!!!

I have a connetive tissue disorder and i look like a thin person after i give birth. But i struggle to gain weight during my pregnancies because of metabolic issues. So i rhink id rather look like you chrissy. Congratulations 🎊

Don’t stress over it. Everything takes time

This voice fits her so much!😂

Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉🎉I hope you and baby stay safe!

Watching your long video on the birth made me reminisce last year when I gave birth to my baby girl. It was so emotional and beautiful I actually miss that feeling 😄

I’m so thankful my body bounced back immediately. All the nurses were shocked. But these types of bodies are still absolutely beautiful and amazing and show how strong and powerful women truly are.

I looked pregnant leaving the hospital after having my baby. It was back in 1987 and they used to keep you there for a week after a normal delivery. I was super unimpressed to put my maternity clothes back on to leave. So I feel ya! 😂

22 years ago when I had my first this wasn't mentioned by anyone. None of the books I read. None of the what to expect books. No where. I felt so confused like "did y'all forget one in there?" I'm happy that it's becoming something ppl are finally normalizing, often after having a baby and being surprised... But for real, we have been having babies since the beginning of time and no one thought it was important to let others know? Even in the "what to pack" things out just said "Comfortable clothing" when it should've said "comfortable maternity clothing as you're still going to have a belly!" Perhaps this is why so many women do belly binding but I know when I asked my midwife about that for baby number 2 it was medically not recommended. Wish I could recall the reasons now! You look great and your body is awesome! Congratulations!

It’s gonna take a couple weeks or if you’re like me, you’ll still look 5 month pregnant 5 years later 🙃

Wow you didn't go down at All yet! It'll go down in a couple months. Don't worry I thought it'd just go right back down too. It's normal you will get past this.. God bless praying for your fast recovery.

When I was a little kid, I thought that the bump immediately disappeared when the baby came out…

Congratulations mama! Praying for you and baby to have a safe and speedy recovery..

Be thankful it's not a c-section because you have to get your muscles to work again and you can't feel the lower part of your stomach ever 😂😂😂💯💯

Its been 5 years and i still have it. Pregnancy changes the body. Will never be the same for me.😢

4 months postpartum and still waiting for tummy to shrink😅 feel like I’ll never have my old body back but can’t believe the beautiful human my pregnant body created !❤

Mine wasnt like that at all. I looked in the mirror and was relieved to see a flat but very soft belly. I guess we are all different.

Yay!!! Congratulations! Hope you and baby are well!

This reminds me of mom who gave birth 5 days earlier only to get to know that she is 4 months pregnant 🤣

This fascinates me. Like, is the bump squishier or just as firm. 😂 With all three of mine, the bump disappeared quickly. By 3 days pp, I was back to baseline, if a little jiggly. Every body is different!

The uterus doesn’t just stretch during pregnancy , it also grows in size , powerful muscles !

My gut is finally shrinking now that all my winter clothes will hide it

After I had my first, I had my MIL in the room with me and she goes “it was so wild! Your belly just deflated and there was a baby!” I think because I was so sick for my pregnancies that I actually lost weight instead of gaining.😅

Babe you look BEAUTIFUL after birth

I remember feeling so small and slim until I saw myself in the mirror and still looked pregnant!

1st baby- left hospital in pre pregnancy jeans 24 hours later-2nd baby. Still not back into pre pregnancy since 29 yrs later 🤣🤣

I had triplets. I slayed pregnancy, worked til 2 days before, had them naturally, all of us went home at 24 hrs, babies all weighed 6 lb + each, 37 wks gestation. I was feeling pretty proud, so 3 days after birth, I went to get items at grocery store. Yea, my belly wasn’t flat. I did look lighter, though. Some stranger came up to me, poked my belly and said, “ damn, you’re gonna pop!” I was mortified. A lady asked me when I was due. I shouted loud enough for everyone to hear: “ you’re lucky I’m a tough gal, poking my belly that way, mister. I guess ignorance really is bliss… for your information I had 3 babies less than 3 days ago- what’s your superpower?” The shoppers all erupted in applause. I was still mortified- mad, but mortified. ❤

I've had two kids. My stomach was loose for a while, but it went flat immediately after the babies came out. I didn't realize that this happened until after I started seeing content like this, and I was mind blown. Our bodies are so interesting.

I knew a mother who had 11 babies and she would tell you 7 years is how long it takes for a womans body to go back to normal on the inside everything on the outside is a reminder of love ❤

My when tomorrow is my birthday:

Imagine how awkward.. “Aww how far along are you?” *12 months* 💀

My mom is working on her pre-pregnancy body now and we’re all grown I mean the last 2 are 18

I know that feeling I looked like 6 months pregnant after birth with my third pregnancy.

Might be another one there 😂😂

I love confined showers, so showers that have a door you can shut, so definitely 1, 2, 11. :)

I looked totally pregnant as far as two months post birth. People would give me their sits in the bus. Then it all deflated suddenly after three months. It was harder for baby 2 though. Had to work the deep core for a while. Thanks for normalizing

A week later, I was still looking about seven months 😂

Oh my gosh this is the best thing on your channel haha

How sweet! Hopefully the baby is healthy!

You look stunning ! :)

At least you are standing up after the epidural and birth!!😊😊

Ughhhhhh I’m about to do this for the fourth time im just as scared as I was the first time around 😅

I honestly had no idea you could still have that much of a bump after, I know in all it takes time for the body to get back to where it was before but I always thought the bump went down. Good to know.

That's so cool. I always just look like a fatty after baby is born. That's a perfect basketball belly

Chrissy Thanks so much for sharing. After watching some of your YT shorts I just finished watching the birth vlog...🎉❤ Wow! I think the world of you guys. GBU in your new lives of 8! From 1 Chrissy to another Prayers sister❤

Congratulations, Chrissy!! 🎉

Tbh you actually still do look like you haven't given birth yet. But your beautiful ❤️

Its crazy. I was full flat after giving birth to our daughter. ❤

With my second, my body was back to pre baby right away.

My mom went back to her pre-pregnancy body just days after a twin delivery. Every woman’s experience is different

Meanwhile Inside I LIKE TOO MOVE IT MOVE IT I LIKE TOO MOVE IT

Well you were carrying a little linebacker in there so😂😂😂😂I had BIG babies too....love it... They feel sturdy❤

My tummy went down but not fully, I still had this small round pooch… I felt like I looked like vector from despicable me lol😂 😭😭

I dare to dream of a nativity set where Mary has the postpartum bump

I was blessed it took 2 weeks my first child three and a half weeks the second birth for my stomach to go down. I also had huge babies. Although yes, every person is different and it's perfectly normal that it will take time..... it's the natural process of your body saying I will take time to heal and have patience with myself ❤ . Also you have had 6 babies so that's completely normal. I also feel it's healthy to slowly heal.

this is your COLOR you look stunning

My belly felt squishy afterwards. After giving birth, when walking, i felt out of breath.

Leave it to RU-vid to turn literally ANY comment section into a completely unnecessary argument.😂😂😂😂😂

Its been 8months since I've given birth and my body is just starting to bounce back...

Yes didn’t really know until I had my son but it’s so normal and especially when growing an almost 11lb princess ❤😊

Ah yes I remember it well, I used to call it my "Jelly Belly "😂.

I am 49. My mother's body never recovered from her pregnancy. Congratulations ?

It took me almost two years to get my abs back after my 5th!

I don't know how long , but my daughters are 37 and 31 , and Im still waiting 😂

Love the audio 😂

Times I've wished I had more pregnancy experience. But I didn't gain weight, barely had a belly so you could hardly tell I was pregnant the whole time unless I told someone. Didn't go through any of the typical symptoms, why I went almost 6 months without knowing I was pregnant... I'm sure others would wish to experience that but didn't feel like a typical pregnancy to me.

I expected to look like this right after I gave birth but I was really flat. And I almost had a panic attack seeing myself in the mirror when I got home.

Mine deflated and felt like a marshmallow after i had my daughter 😂😂

I can imagine if it take 9 full months for your body to adjust and expand as it GROWS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING then we shouldn't even worry about our bodies until at least 9 months after birth

Did you have that kid yet? Yes. Yes, I did. 😂

My mom made a comment like when is the next baby due. Haha. I was so sad she said that as I was literally walking out of the hospital.

When my sister had her baby she look pregnant and she said she just held her stomach as if she was in public

I was horrified after having my daughter. I looked at my stomach expecting it to be kind of deflated, but it looked like an old paper bag.😅

Congratulations on your baby 🙏🥰

😂😂😂😂 the way i just 😅 🤣 😂

I love that gown

We need to do like women in other countries do and wear super supportive undergarments or belts that support the abdomen as it heals. Makes anenormous difference in recovery.

I don’t get that at all After all my kids I still looked chubby after but my belly definitely deflated

I remember being told that I’m not normal because my belly was flat right after having both my babies I was criticised and was told that I’m not a real mum because I dont have the “mum bod”

Soooo many moms had their babies this week on RU-vid❤

I always knew that it took a while to heal and the swelling to go down. I never realized some women still look 9 months pregnant.