# Yeah Yeah Yeah ...they've reconciled..sorta

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 6, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-theyve-reconciled-sorta/15587 "2000-04-06T13:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-theyve-reconciled-sorta/15587/1 "2000-04-06T13:45:00Z")

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So here I am 9 weeks post partum and really sick of elastic waist pants and overalls. I pulled my “fat” pants out of the closet. Fat pants that I would wear a couple weeks into pregnancy to avoid maternity pants. They are size 12’s.  
Real size 12’s. I have shrunk size 12’s that are like a 10.5 ( that I’ve bought for a few bucks at resale shops and fit woooonderfully.) and then the fat pants of size 12s.

With the real size twelves I can actually BUTTON my pants. My button hole and button have reconciled. I just can’t sit down.

You have no idea how this boosts my spirits.  
Whooooo hooooo. It encourages me to breastfeed for a couple weeks longer.

Just thought I’d share.

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-theyve-reconciled-sorta/15587/2 "2000-04-06T13:55:00Z")

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In the spirit of all the movie threads:

“Miss Scarlett, you done gone had a baby. There ain’t no way you’s gonna get down to 20 inches now.”

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**Author:** ![drlucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@drlucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drlucy)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-theyve-reconciled-sorta/15587/3 "2000-04-06T14:15:00Z")

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Shirley, I know where you’re coming from. I am six weeks postpartum and last week I went out and bought a pair of size 14’s just so I could stop wearing the damn maternity pants every day!!! I feel human again. I have like 20 pounds left to lose, though. Breastfeeding helps…now I gotta try to find time to exercise…