Why do some women have a bloated stomach post-pregnancy? Like the baby got out, isn’t it supposed to flatten?

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Why do some women have a bloated stomach post-pregnancy? Like the baby got out, isn’t it supposed to flatten?

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It’s not so much bloating as it is skin being stretched out. The uterus also has to expand several times it’s normal size to fit a baby and it doesn’t just shrink back down immediately after birth. It can take a month or two for the uterus to return to it’s normal size.

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