From a 'soft and spongy' belly to constipation and 'explosive farting', your body undergoes huge changes after childbirth that not many people want to talk about.

One woman, however, decided she wanted to know the truth.

Mumsnet user Neverknowing took to the forum to ask: 'What happens to your body after the birth?'

Somebody has taken to Mumsnet to ask for honest answers about what happens to your body after the birth and there have been nearly 200 comments in a couple of days

She says she wanted to start a 'really honest' thread about what it's like after giving birth because 'there's so many things no one tells you about pregnancy which would have been helpful to know beforehand (heartburn, skin tags, etc) and I'm wondering what I've not been told about what it's like after.'

The answers were uncensored and you probably won't be able to find them in a baby book anywhere else.

Posted just two days ago, there have already been over 170 comments from mothers expressing what they think you should know about your post-baby body.

One Mumsnet user decided to be brutally honest about life after having a baby and wrote: 'Sneezing involves weeing on yourself about 50% of the time!'

One mother said that when you stand up after giving birth, the feeling is 'vile' and that it feels as though your 'organs were heavy and drooping'

Tabulahrasa agreed, saying: 'Oh, yes, it doesn't matter how well you think you've done your pelvic floor muscles and how well they usually work, bouncy castles are challenging even 16 years later.'

One mother wrote that it wasn't as bad for her as she had anticipated, saying: 'Everything downstairs feels a bit weird for some time after. When you wee you aren't quite sure if you've finished or not.'

She ended her post by saying: 'It gets better.'

Another Mumsnet user joined in the conversation and said: 'The feeling the first time you stand up after giving birth is vile.

'I felt like my organs were heavy and drooping.

'I was discharged 6 hours after giving birth and it took me ages to walk to the car.'

Another mother admitted that she bled for weeks and that sometimes even your nipples bleed as you feed the baby

Twirlypoo said that when they think back to their body after childbirth, they cane remember leaking from 'every orifice': clots, milk, sweat and tears

One mother said that she bled for weeks after she gave birth and 'sometimes your nipples bleed while you're feeding the baby, so that if they sick up milk it comes up pink. (That's why I stopped breast feeding).'

She goes on to say that every item of clothing a new mother owns will have baby sick on it somewhere and due to tiredness, you'll just rub it in instead of washing it.

She finally added: 'Your belly button never really goes back to its original shape.'

Continuing the conversation about belly buttons, Melinu84 said: 'My belly was still huge but also soft and spongey' and 'My belly button still hasn't gone in properly after 4 months.'

She then said: 'I fart way more easily than I used to' and added in an extra tip for new mothers: 'If you end up with stitches, lean over when you pee as it reduces the chance of it making contact with the stitches, and stinging.'

Another mother agreed on the wind after giving birth and jokingly asked: 'Anyone mentioned the explosive farting yet??!'

She then went into even more detail, writing: 'For weeks. Real stinkers, every time I moved, without warning. You really have to have a family who find it hilarious as otherwise you feel fairly grim.'

Twirlypoo warned mothers that they will 'leak from every orifice': clots, milk, sweat and tears.

One thing that the mothers on the forum could agree on was that although your body might never be the same again, it is worth it

One mother said that her hips had become wider, which her husband loved, and another said their body became like a 'deflated balloon.'

A lot of mothers complained about their bowel movements after giving birth.

TallulahBetty said having her first poo was 'scary' while LetsJunglyJumpToIt said she suffered from constipation and that the 'first bowel movement was living giving birth all over again.'

Discussing her post-baby body, one female took to Mumsnet to say that the biggest thing is that it's different for every new mother: 'You might hear everyone talking about bladder weakness and have no problem yourself, but have terrible piles.

'All the skin on my belly scabbed up, including the inside of my belly button, where it had all stretched almost to tearing, and no one told me about that one!'

What a lot of the mothers on the Mumsnet forum agreed on was that every new mother's post-baby body is different.

Some will experience lots of annoying - and sometimes painful - things while others will be fine.

Mishaps wrote: 'Your body is never quite the same again, but they are worth it.'