Sept / Oct Princesses Swelly Belly?

Did any other Sept/Oct princesses experience extra swelly belly over Christmas? I'm assuming just over doing even though I'm farther along in recovery. My belly is definitely bigger than a couple weeks ago.

s to all and have a blessed and restful holiday season!

I'm 3 weeks post op today and I definetly have more swelly belly after Xmas, Cindy!

Christmas Eve was my first big car ride and let me tell you, it hurt bad. I'm sure I overdid it, now I'm having swelling in the area under my incision (ie, my whole public area is swollen). My poor incision isn't getting any air because my belly is so swollen. Help!!!

ZenLibrarian,
I have the pubic area swelling too and thought I wouldn't have it this far along in my recovery. Maybe this is just a sign to put our feet up for awhile.

Today is my six week anniversary and although feeling much better I am still feeling quite lethargic and can't be bothered doing very much. My main disappointment is my stomach. Although I have never had a flat stomach (and probably never will have one) it is still so big that I am still having to wear tracksuits all the time. The shape is awful. If this is normal and it is only a matter of time before it will go down then I will be satisfied and will be patient. Does anyone else have the same problem.

UGH.. My surgery was Sept 8th.. I havent had swelly belly until now.. And like AVK explained the shape (yikes) is ugly.. I am a small woman, i weigh about 105 lbs, and i have rolls on my belly and pubic area, and it just looks (not very nice).. I hope that the feeling comes back and that my tummy softens and smoothes out... But if not, oh well, i guess i can deal with it if i have too..

My belly is a lot bigger now.. I took my first hour walk on Christmas with hubby and it's still swollen.. It was worth it though. ;-) I had to lay down all day yesterday.. 8 weeks and still get very tired but I can do so much more than before..

My abdomen definitely is a little fuller since Christmas. Part of it could be from all the good food, but I suspect part of it may also be from standing up in the kitchen all day Christmas Day. My jeans are uncomfortably tight right now.

Christmas Eve, I couldn't even zip my pants. The nice Christmas outfit I had bought to wear stayed in the closet. Had to wear stretch pants. Thank heavens I got to wear a choir robe at Mass! We sang the first half of Messiah and after all that standing, I was toast in terms of stamina. And my belly was even more huge after that. Ugh.

Yep - I lost weight and could tell I had a MUCH flatter stomach after surgery, even though I'm queen size. But if I'm on my feet a lot, I look 9 months pregnant. I stood at the copier/scanner at work too long one day last week and it took 2-3 days of taking it very easy, keeping my feet up before it looked "normal" again. One day it got so big I kept rubbing it against the desk which, of course, made it bigger.

It does get better though - or so I've heard from the longer term princesses.

Though I wouldn't wish it on any of you dear princesses, it is nice to know I'm not the only one who was left with Santa's belly after Christmas over-doing. Yay for pajamas!