Q & A ... C SECTION

Mierra

June 18 at 4:20am
Hi Joanne,

I hope you do not mind me contacting you. I read your post on the Project Weight Loss site, and of course I had a peep at your website. You look absolutely amazing!

I hope you don't mind me asking for advice?

I put up a post about regaining a flat tummy after 2 c-sections, just wondering if that was possible? I had asked my Doc, he said no. But I am sure there must be something I could do to at least gain a flatter lower region than I have now. Right now my stomach is hanging and I hate it. I am doing lower leg lifts and crunches, the normal ab workouts, but my bulge is not shifting. I am wondering if it is because my muscles have been cut and is weak?

Thanks very much,
Gratefully yours,
Mierra

Joanne Lee

June 18 at 5:32am
I certianly dont mind, thats why I post on the sites, there's a lot of lame information out there and often I know I can help.
In your cahse I dont have children, but I have trained many many women through their pregnancies and beyond.

My first question
How long ago was the last c section ?
Did they go well (any compliations) ?
Do have any loss of sensation ?
Do you get sore after training abs?

C sections can take quite a while to heal and certain exercises work better than others.

let me know your answers, I dont want to say you can get back to 'perfect' but I'm telling you, you can make a tremendous difference by using the right routine reguarly.

let me know your answers and what I may be able to do this week is video an ab routine with some of the girls that I train to send to you.JO

Well in response to your questions, my last c-section was 6 months ago. Thankfully no complications, but I did have with my first one (7 years ago). There is a little tenderness / numbness, but I would think that that is considered normal for the time being. The only time I felt a little uncomfortable was when I was doing turns on the monkey bar last Sunday - just playing with my daughter. I feel no soreness after training the abs.

I know that I will never have the washboard stomach I had pre-kids, but I would love for it to go down.

Thank you so much again,
I look forward to hearing from you soon,
All the best,
Mierra

29 at 10:46am
Hi
just thought of you this morning check out my blog to see some interesting info I found out about C section (go to my website www.joannelee.com and then go to the blog page .. I posted it this morning)

Also I spoke with a doctor and he said it is often the case that the muscle adheres to the skin (which pulls the muscle outwards) making it look like your tummy is flopping over. She said there was a simple op that would take care of that (if that is the problem) and it just means that the muscle and skin have glued themselves together and snip snip would release it.

They didnt say it would make everything perfect because the reality is the muscle has been cut - but this can give the look that the muscle is literally hanging over.

does that make sense ? sort of like detaching the skin from a chicken breast (sounds gross I know) .... let me know what you think
jo xJOANNE LEESource: www.joannelee.com
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