Is it harder to get back in shape after second pregnancy?

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with my first who is 2 in June I wasn’t able to go to the gym due to lockdown and gained 4 stone however worked really hard ate really clean and got in even better shape than I was before we conceived her! However I’m just wondering is the second time harder? My body has had 2 years to recover from birth so I’m hoping not! I’m very conscious of my figure and people have just been feeding me horror stories “oh you’ll find it harder to get back into shape now” and I don’t know, just upset me! Hormonal too lol, very lucky to be carrying baby no2. ❤️

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Meh. Not really. I’m almost back to pre pregnancy weight at 6 months PP(those last 5lbs didn’t come off until I stopped breastfeeding last time).
I expect to tone up as summer gets closer and we can go outside more.

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It took my longer with my second. With my first I was back to my prepregnancy size and in better shape within a few weeks pp. With my second, it took me 9 months, but I was also dealing with diastasis recti.

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Depends but in my experience no. I actually got in shape pretty quickly and better than I’d ever been after having my second child. It really depends on the person. Mindset and actions okay a huge part.

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Everyone’s body is different and recover differently. My mom has had four kids and you would never know, she hasn’t changed a bit since high school from photos I’ve seen. For me, I’m anticipating it will be difficult to get to where I want to be, largely because I have hypothyroidism now and losing weight in the past two years has been near impossible for me.

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For me it was, but I think it's because I had a huge oversupply with #2 so my body was just hanging on to extra fat to make all that milk. I was down to the last five pounds but still had a lot of extra fat deposits by 7 months pp. Once my cycle came back and she took to more solids my cellulite reduced drastically, I think it wouldn't have been too much longer before losing the last five pounds but I'm pregnant again.

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Nope the third for me though has been a challenge but I've been since until now

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It took me little longer after my second. I also didn't lose most my weight from my first  when I was pregnant with my second.

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Took me a little longer after my 2nd and I got pregnant again 😬🙃

Is it harder to get back in shape after second pregnancy?

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