Eli5. After the women gives birth, does the stomach deflate like a ballon or something?

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This sounds so stupid and im well aware. So the baby is in the stomach and after it leaves the skin cant magically shrink right back to size again. So its like if you put a watermellon in a bag. Then took out the watermellon. You still have the huge bag (stomach). So is it like a deflated ballon or is it like some magic.

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Abdomen is not just stretched with the baby. Womb itself increases in size (thicker walls), other organs move to make room, joints between bones soften and widen, there’s extra fluids in the mother’s body. My sister’s ribs broke apart to make room. There is a lot to reverse beyond there no longer being a baby in there. So it takes a while, and never is quite the same.

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