11 hours ago, Amers said:
She says she didn't, and also made sure to tell that she doesn't have a single stretch mark from the pregnancy. I was like, ok lady, I'll believe you are naturally skinny and fit but no stretch marks from 5 kids? I had 3, 1 at a time, and I look like a tiger! And I only gained 8 lbs with one of them! I know everyone is different, but that's like hitting the lottery twice.
I know it seems super unfair, but I believe her. Danielle was super fit before her pregnancy, which gives her a larger chance of bouncing back quickly. Also, I don't think she ever looked THAT big. I'm posting her at 27 weeks, which was about a week before the quints were delivered. Yes, it's big for 27 weeks, but she didn't continue to grow for another 13 weeks. And being that all of the babies were 2 lbs something, it's not THAT much different than a woman who has a slightly larger than average baby.
I had 3 kids and I didn't get a single stretch mark with my first. With my second, I got one. With my third, I think I got 2 more. They were all really small and light. I have some bad stretch marks on my hips that I got during puberty, so if I was in a bikini, THOSE are what you would see. My 3 pregnancy stretch marks faded so much, you wouldn't even see them in a picture. And by the end of the 3rd tri with my middle kid (who was my biggest), I looked like a damn watermelon - much larger than Danielle looked toward the end, IMO.
I also had pretty good ab muscles as I'd been doing crunches every day of my life for 10 years before my first pregnancy. I have a tiny bit of droop now, but not much. I can conceive of a woman who is clearly even fitter than I am, being able to retain her flat stomach. Again, even though she carried quints, her final belly size seems to be about what a 40 week woman with one baby would be. Not much difference from what I can see.
It's really genetic for a lot of people. My mom had 4 girls and didn't get a single stretch mark. Her sisters don't appear to have any either, so I think her "snap back" is a mix of genetics and being so fit before pregnancy.
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