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Is It Normal Not to Show in Pregnancy After Lipo?

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Grayham88Apr 23, 2013

My sister is 19 weeks pregnant with her second child & you can't even tell she is pregnant. She had lipo like a year in a half ago so I wasn't sure if that's normal or not? With her first child she was already showing at 19weeks

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