Tummy tuck - Is a successful pregnancy possible after this procedure?

Congratulations on your new baby. You will have no problems for your pregnancy related to the old tummy tuck, but you may need another tightening after the baby comes! Good Luck!

To newyork, The only problem you should have is that the pregnancy will probably undo the improvement in your shape of the tummy tuck.

You can absolutely go thru with a pregnancy after a tummy tuck, usually without any problems.  You must realize that your abdomen will not look the same after your child is born than before you got pregnant.  More than likely you had the procedure in the first place to correct loose muscles and... more

This is a good question. The purpose of a tummy tuck is to take extra skin one has and to tighten the muscles that have become lax. So if you think about it, now after your tummy tuck your body was put back as is was previously. If you were able to carry a full term pregnancy previously, then the tummy tuck... more

Although patients can get pregnant after a tummy tuck, I prefer that my patients defer this operation until after they complete having pregnancies.  It's like getting the dents removed from a car and then putting it into a demolition derby.

I know of no reason why this would be a problem, but expect that your abdominal shape will change dramatically after the pregnancy and you will likely benefit from another abdominoplasty later on.

It is certainly not ideal to become pregnant AFTER a tummy tuck but there is no medical reason not to.  The problem is that you will stretch the skin and muscle again and might eventually need to redo the tummy tuck later.