Is it true you hold on to extra weight whilst breastfeeding..

[Twiglett]

if so how much?

see this .. this is what you call "clutching at straws"

[Gomez]

I hope so..

[spacemonkey]

I dunno, I lost loads of weight when I was bf!

[tortoiseshell]

I definitely did. Stopped after 14 months and lost a load without trying. Same with ds.

[tortoiseshell]

I read somewhere that 50% of women lose weight, 50% put it on or hold on to it, due to hormones.

[babster]

No! I ended up skinnier than before children - had to eat loads to keep up.

[Twiglett]

see I lost weight with DS

but am staying fat with DD (joined SW last week though)

[tamula]

As far as I am aware, I have been working in childcare for many years as well as currently a student midwife on a year out to have my baby!

Breast feeding is supposed to increase the loss of weight due to the faster metabolism employed by your body whilst nursing your baby.

[wordgirl]

I didn't lose any when bf but joined Weightwatchers when I had stopped and lost 9lb in the first week (without trying very hard)!

[Twiglett]

Tamula .. with the greatest of respect

B.o.l.l.o.c.k.s

as my a$$ will currently attest to

[tamula]

so delicately put twiggy, with a name like that your arse should at least be the size of kylie's, not your namesake then?

[Twiglett]

marmite flavoured snack more like (but the correct spelling was taken)

[aloha]

I stayed fat. And stayed fat! Breastfeeding is by no means a sure fire weight loss cure for all women - some women's metabolisms can adapt to it by slowing down quite dramatically so the extra calories used up don't make any difference - sadly. This does NOT mean that you lose it easily afterwards either. I am living proof of this. Sorry Twiglett. You may well be totally different to me.

[tamula]

bottom line - both as thin as you like. I'm guessing you'd like.

[Twiglett]

don't want to be thin TBH, wouldn't suit me .. I'd just like to get my curves back (or at least lessen the curves I currently have and fit back into my clothes )

[aloha]

New clothes, Twiglett. That's the answer. I never got back into mine and some of them are still in my wardrobe, mothy and out of fashion, silently rebuking me...

[Bagpuss30]

Same as Aloha for me and now I'm on to pg no 3 I'm already dreading the aftermath of the whole experience .

[Bagpuss30]

Oh, by the way, if you are clutching at straws, just make sure they aren't the high calorie cheese variety .

[Tinker]

I ended up skinnier than pre-child as well. Was a size 12 and had to buy size 10 jeans 2 weeks after the birth. It'll all go wrong this time though, don't worry.

[aloha]

mmmm....cheese straws.....

[Twiglett]

beware the preggers woman ..

[libb]

that rumour about losing weight must be an urban myth. Immediately after DS being born I was only 4 lbs heavier than before bump - I have since piled on approx. 10lbs but have decided to wait until after Christmas to get rid. I was denied all the goodies last year and it ain't happening this year!!! I want pate, blue cheese, brie, a drink or two . . . the works. I shall assess the damage in the New Year

[cellulitequeen]

I was two stone heavier after having DS. I lost a stone really quickly BF but the other stone just refused to be shifted. Since stopping BF at 9 months I have lost another stone and a half. My theory is that mother nature hangs on to surplus weight in case there's a breastmilk famine.

[colinsmommy]

Hmm, interesting to read all of these. I got back to pre-birth weight about 5-6 weeks after baby when breastfeeding, and I gained a lot of weight during pregnancy. By 10 weeks my clothes were too big for me, and stayed that way until I stopped. Then I gained weight while eating the same until I hit my pre-pregnancy weight, which is where I am now.

[Catbert]

I found it hard to lose weight whilst breastfeeding - My weight dropped and then stuck at a point which only changed when I stopped, because b/f gave me an appetite like a ravenous beast! I obsessed about eating all day long! I also couldn't stop my chocolate addiction, which I realised was turning into about 2KG of galaxy per week. Luckily I gained control of my appetite once again and am steadily shifting that last stone (only 1/2 to go! Woohoo! no, hang on - the Chocolate Season is nearly upon us... Nooooooooooooooo!)

[prufrock]

I stayed fat with dd, but am now losing with ds Twiglett. Well, I say losing, I am staying teh same whilst eating lots of crap (and lots of soups cookies) and drinking a glass of wine most nights. So if I cut back I would lose weight.