Pregnancy is a beautiful miracle: a joyful period and a selfless time for a lot of women. Many women love being pregnant and experiencing the physical changes their bodies go through to form a new life. Unfortunately, not every mother's body snaps back to its pre-pregnancy shape and tone after childbirth, even with diligent exercise and healthy eating habits. The changes of weak abdominal muscles, stubborn fat deposits and sagging breasts can extend weeks, months and even years after childbirth. Emotional challenges may follow the physical changes due to your permanently altered body post childbirth and can cause women to suffer from depression.

Because this is such a common occurrence, Tanya Oswald, MD offers a group of cosmetic procedures called the Mommy Makeover to erase the physical aftereffects of pregnancy and breastfeeding. Breast augmentation, breast lift, tummy tucks and liposuction are popular combinations used to give mothers back the self-confidence they once had.

Not surprisingly, the tummy is often a major problem area after childbirth; after all, when a woman's abdominal area is stretched to accommodate a growing baby, her abdominal muscles are bound to become weaker. Diligently performing hundreds of crunches often cannot restore the tummy to its pre-pregnancy tone. Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) surgery is performed to remove excess fat and skin from the abdominal area while tightening the underlying abdominal muscles. A full or mini tummy tuck may be recommended to achieve your physical goals.

It takes time after pregnancy to lose the baby weight and get back down to your normal size. For some women, even though they achieve their pre-pregnancy weight (or close to it), they still have stubborn fat deposits that will not go away. When no amount of exercise and healthy dieting will do the trick, liposuction can be the answer.