A mother claims a botched caesarean operation has left her looking permanently pregnant.
Cheryl Castle, 35, a receptionist, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire said she has had a large ‘baby belly’ since the birth of her son Liam in 2011 which she cannot get rid of, despite exercise five times a week, due to her core muscles splitting in a condition known as diastasis recti.
She said: ‘I had an emergency C-section in August 2011 and since then my stomach has remained pregnant looking.’
People sometimes think Mrs Castle is having another baby, even stopping her in the street to congratulate her, leaving her feeling depressed and with low self-esteem.
She claims to have been denied a ‘tummy tuck’ on the NHS as it is a ‘cosmetic case’.
Mrs Castle is fundraising to raise the nearly £8,000 needed to pay to have the procedure privately.
