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Stupid question of the day - can you be too slim to breastfeed?

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By Fri 03-Jul-09 10:29:04 Add message | Report | Contact poster

I am 33 weeks and so far have only put on 20lbs, which I am delighted about as last time I put on 4 stone and really struggled with post-natal mobility (c-section compounded the problem). I haven't been on any special diet, just eating good stuff little and often. Midwife's quite happy with me.

I am now stupidly worrying that unless I gain a bit more I'm not going to produce decent amounts of milk. Breastfeeding was about the only thing that went well with my first baby and I've managed to convince myself that my copious milk supply was down to all the extra blubber (which by the way didn't shift for 6 months, despite breastfeeding throughout and beyond!)

I imagine this will draw a bit of envy

, but I'm genuinely interested and can't find an answer anywhere (unless you count photos of immaculately groomed size 8 models pretending to nurse in the NHS leaflet).

I am eating a bag of liquorice allsorts for 2nd breakfast as a precaution. grin

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 06-Jul-09 20:24:51

hee hee PeppaPig!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 06-Jul-09 17:32:25

I am v skinny and managed to bf both of mine (still feeding ds at 19 months). I did lose weight very quickly after both of them and went too thin for a while but milk supply was fine-I even had oversupply with ds.

The only thing I found was that both of mine fed very frequently but this on kellymom explains why.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 06-Jul-09 17:20:59

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 05-Jul-09 21:13:27

Thank you for all the reassurance everyone.

I have bought another bag of liquorice allsorts though, just to be on the safe side! grin

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:41:08

I had quite severe postnatal depression with my son. I totally lost my apperite and became serverely underwieght.

I had a very good milk supply inspite of this. As far as I know being skinny only affects your milk supply if you are close to death.

My milk supply with my daughter is not as good as it was for my son, but I still have enough milk. Incidently I am not underweight at the moment.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:15:49

I didn't put on much weight with both of my pregnancies, less with the second where I was back in size 8 jeans a week later. I have always been quite small but managed to feed both babies until nearly a year and no problem with milk supply. I did find I had to eat a bit more though to avoid getting rundown.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:24:03

I'm a size 8, put on hardly any weight when pregnant and lost that very quickly after giving birth - I'm now slimmer than I have been for years (back to a small 8 rather than 8/10) which sounds great except that my clothes don't fit! DS is 8 months old and has always been fully breastfed, his weight's always been fine and my HV has always been very impressed! And my Mam is thinner than me and breastfed me as well.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 17:08:16

I just wanted to add to the chorus - DS is 9 months and not that interested in solids, yet has come back up onto his centile line which he dropped off at 4 months. (Have not had him weighed in between). I have lost far too much weight post birth and am probably about a size 6 now shock

- am usually an 8-10.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 15:57:28

No need to brag Foxytocin.

wink

<<suwoo is pregnant, huge and jealous envy

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 15:29:10

i didn't put on any extra weight with either of my two and was back at normal wt (7.5 st at 5 ft 4ins) within a week of giving birth. I am currently tandem feeding.

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