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how long did it take you to lose 'baby weight' ?

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mrsfuzzy · 23/07/2016 11:42

i've got another 7lb to go, last baby is now 15yo and 6' tall. [sob].

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DropYourSword · 23/07/2016 11:44

I was lighter the day after I gave birth than I was at conception Blush. I had a shit pregnancy!

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BathshebaDarkstone · 23/07/2016 11:45

I haven't even tried, and my youngest is nearly 5! Grin

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switswoo81 · 23/07/2016 11:46

Baby weight was gone in a few months( no appetite whole pregnancy), the stones from the gluttony of the previous decade seem to want to hang around forever!

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insancerre · 23/07/2016 11:47

Me too dropyoursword
Both pregnancies too

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almostthirty · 23/07/2016 11:48

Ummm your supposed to lose baby weight Confused

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Crunchymum · 23/07/2016 11:49

18m and I am the same weight I was the day after I delivered her

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whatisitlike · 23/07/2016 11:50

I didn't have baby weight as such (also a shit pregnancy) my maternity leave weight is still hanging on 3 years later!

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Greenyogagirl · 23/07/2016 11:50

About a week. I was so smug with my flat tummy and size 8 jeans.
I then ate my way back to over my heaviest Blush I now have 2.5 stone to lose Grin

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GoadyMcFuckFace · 23/07/2016 11:59

Can I recommend a post-partum thyroid problem? I'm 1.5 stone lighter than pre pregnancy and DS is 10 months --

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TooGood2BeFalse · 23/07/2016 12:00

I had my second little boy 15 days ago and weigh 4 pounds more than I did at the start - but had a horrid pregnancy.

With my first son, I gained 17 kilos and it took me 8 months to lose it, but was a blissful pregnancy and I felt beautiful (even if I was as round as a beach ball Grin )

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Maybebabybee · 23/07/2016 12:01

I put on 4 stone when pregnant Blush

Baby is 4 months and I've lost 2 stone but still massive.

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mrsfuzzy · 23/07/2016 12:07

i've lost 5 stone over the past two years, and have to get to my ideal medical weight of 9st 7lb because i was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of months ago, but i gained way too much weight with 6 pregnancies and never bothered about losing it, hence the joke about the 'baby weight'. not everyone loses all their baby weight quickly, the average size in this country is 16.

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ShebaShimmyShake · 23/07/2016 12:09

I was back in my pre pregnancy jeans after about four months but they were a bit small. Baby now six months and I'm about ten pounds over what I should be. I'm torn on dieting because on the one hand I can tell I need more discipline and food knowledge to shift it (now I can't have quite as active a lifestyle as before) but on the other I really believe that diets make you fat.

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mrsfuzzy · 23/07/2016 12:09

maybe i have felt your pain Grin you'll get there but even so your dc was worth it .

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Maybebabybee · 23/07/2016 12:24

mrsfuzzy I'm not sure he was - he's been teething for 2 months and I spend 98% of my life trying to get him to sleep Grin

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NeedMoreSleepOrSugar · 23/07/2016 12:48

I was back in size 8 skinny jeans within a week. Stayed that way for 18 months, then stopped breastfeeding and gained half a stone in less than six months. I think I forgot to stop eating those extra bf calories! BlushCake

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stopgap · 23/07/2016 12:52

Lost it all and more within three weeks (I have Hashimoto's, and my thyroid initially went hyper). Then I gained half a stone at five months when my thyroid switched and went hypo. Back to my usual weight when DS2 was ten months.

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EreniTheFrog · 23/07/2016 13:21

I always found some well-timed heavy-duty life stress helped. After DD was born we had a financial disaster and after DS, I was seriously ill..

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MrsDoylesTeaParty · 23/07/2016 13:23

Two years on and bigger than ever! My weight was fine during pregnancy, I put loads on afterwards due to sleep deprivation and being at home a lot! No-one warned me of that Grin

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MumUndone · 23/07/2016 13:24

Lost my baby weight within 2 weeks. Then put it all back on again during maternity leave. DS 2.5 years old now, and I haven't lost an ounce!

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MatildaTheCat · 23/07/2016 13:27

I came home from hospital at my preprgnancy weight of 8.5 stones. Then gained 9lb breastfeeding. Then ate myself up to about 10.4 stone over another 14 years or so.

Then I woke up and found The Zone and lost 2 stone. I've gone up and down a bit since then but never anywhere near my heaviest. I just feel better slimmer.

Anyone with a baby should be concentrating on cuddles not calories.

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justilou · 23/07/2016 14:12

Pregnancy killed off what was left of my thyroid.... I started off underweight when I got pregnant, put on weight during and AFTER. I have a 12 year old and 10 year old twins, and it's only been in the last year that I have managed to lose ANY of it. Bloody annoying!!!

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NeedsAsockamnesty · 23/07/2016 14:14

I usually leave hospital thinner than I was before BUT I get seriously bad HG

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spankhurst · 23/07/2016 14:16

9 years and counting.....

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Artandco · 23/07/2016 14:18

Afraid both times was back to before within 2 weeks. Both times I gained around 2 stone, so majority lost from baby, and fluid and placenta.

Breastfeeding then made me loose way too much weight and I struggled to stay above 7 1/2 stone. Had to eat loads.

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