• But What About The Aftermath?
• Will You Regain Your Flat Belly?
• What Mistakes to Avoid

Seven simple (but not always easy) tips to avoid that saggy belly or as we like to call it the "kanga" pouch! Proactive choices now can make a huge (no pun intended) difference later. Learn what works in your favor and what's working against you from one that's been there and done that, three times!

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When you finally have given birth to the baby that has been nurtured for nine and a half months in your womb, it is surely a huge relief. If you are like most women you have felt huge, bloated, and generally miserable for at least the last trimester of pregnancy. But you get home and after a few days you probably realize that you still feel huge and very unattractive. It is very common and not at all what you really look like, but for some reason women think that once they have the baby they will lose the pregnancy weight immediately. Unfortunately this isn’t the case, but there is no reason that you can’t start the post pregnancy weight loss.

Many women are concerned about how quickly they can start to lose weight after the baby is born. The truth is that for different women there are different answers. If you were extremely active before the pregnancy and you are not breastfeeding then you can generally start exercising and dieting within a few days. Most women though need to start slowly and work up to losing weight after baby is born.

Pregnancy and labor can really have an affect on a woman’s body. You have to give your body time to adjust to no longer being pregnant and you also have to give it time to recover. Most healthy women do recover in just a few days, but if you were out of shape or overweight to begin with, losing pregnancy weight can be a little harder.

If you gained a lot of weight and you want to lose weight after pregnancy and you are breastfeeding you should start in slower increments or wait until the baby is at least two months old. During those first two months your body needs to recover and establish a good milk supply for the baby. That doesn’t mean you can keep eating as if you were pregnant though. You should just take it a bit slower and lower your calories at first to between 1800 and 2000. You should also not try to lose more than a pound per week. This is a safe amount that will not affect your milk supply or the growth of the baby.

Exercise is of course needed as well to start to tone up those muscles that may have gotten a bit flabby during pregnancy. Toning the muscles will also help you to lose pregnancy pounds a little easier. You can start with light weights or do a few sit ups providing that you didn’t have a c-section. This can be done the first few weeks after giving birth. Any heavier exercise should wait until the 2 month mark as well to make sure that your body has made a full recovery. After that you should be exercising at least 3 to 4 times a week at 30 to 60 minutes to achieve maximum weight loss after the baby is born.