How long did it take you to get to your pre pregnancy weight?

[Migraineroundthebend]

I'm not there yet....almost... so far 13 months and counting! I did get pretty huge though.

2 years. Back up again now because I’m lifting weights. I’d try not to pay scales too much attention.

With my first I dropped to below pre pregnancy weight by 6 months. With my second…well she’s 6 and I’m still growing

About 4 months but I did do weight watchers quite religiously and it was first lockdown so I didn’t have temptation from going out for coffee, meals out or just popping to the shop as we were onto doing weekly shops so I think all that made it easier plus DH was home to help with the sleep deprivation

I would say though that my body has changed and the weight didn’t necessarily come off the places it’d gone on

Hahahah…18 years but it was only about 10kgs and three kids

20 years and counting here

Yeah sleep deprivation has definitely hindered progress, along with ineffective breastfeeding bloody useless big breasts!

Very quickly back to pre-pregnancy weight, certainly by 6 - 8 weeks post-partum BUT my body felt completely different, shape-wise, especially after babies 1 & 3.

In particular after baby #3, my muscle tone was shot, I felt like a pancake, felt clothes weren't right.

I'd always run but took up HIIT & weights, about 18 months afterwards I felt properly myself again.

(In terms of the weight loss, I didn't put on too much, under 2 stone, and didn't have to try to lose it. Just genetics & breastfeeding - so luck rather than any effort).

About 5 months, then lockdown hit and I gained 2 stone. 3 years post birth im now 10lb from pre preg weight

Yep!

Three months after child two- but I put in a lot of effort. Lots of walking and used My Fitness Pal religiously. Having said that- when I turned forty ten years later the weight is starting to go on again 🙈

First child in my 20s it took me less than 48 hours to be back in my jeans I don’t know what I weighed though.
4th Child in my 30s it took me nearly 2 years

In less than 4 weeks for all 4 of them. I don't understand why some women put on so much weight during pregnancy.

Cos women are different?

I put on one and half stone with child one and nearly four with child two. Lost the weight with child two much quicker. I didn’t worry too much about what I ate and assume a lot of it was fluid.

@eddiemairswife

And on that note, my best friend used to put on a lot of weight in pregnancy, from early on. It was just the way of went for her. She really hated it - even though she looked great.

She also found that she couldn't really lose the weight until she stopped breast feeding. She would then really diet / exercise to get back to her normal weight.

We had our DC all about the same time on each & I know it used to drive her mad that I put on less weight & was back in usual clothes more or less immediately.

Different people; different experiences. It's not hard to unstable

• to understand. Not 'unstable'

18 years and counting 😂
in all honestly, I don’t know what I weighed before my first dc but I was a size 6 and I’ve never been below single figures in clothes ever since.
And I genuinely don’t give a fuck!

Between dc1 and dc2 I didn’t - still kept a stone on and wasn’t motivated as I knew I wanted another child. After dc2 it took about 6 months of concerted effort to get there

About 2 months. Put on just under 2 stone and breastfeeding got rid of it quickly despite eating loads. My shape carried on changing for a while. Without changing weight I lost 2 inches off my ribs when she was 18 months, very odd. My hips look wider than they used to but I fit my old jeans, not sure how, I’m just a bit different all over.

I went from around 50 kg to 83 kg. (5 stone weight gain!)
two months after the birth of DD I weighed 60 kg. Then I got food poisoning and got down to 48kg about 4 months after her birth. I stayed like that for quite some time. She’s 35 now lol. And I’m quite a bit bigger but still slim.

Oh and to add. Breast feeding! The weight dropped off.

Baby born in the morning. Weighed myself in the afternoon and I was less than before I was pregnant. I went home in pre-pregnancy jeans. Now is entirely a different matter!

That doesn't work for every woman TheNinja - I breast fed but sadly the weight didn't drop off!

Yes, my shape changed around my ribs too, was odd!

Overall I was happier with my shape after DC; I was ultimately slimmer. Initially not in a flattering way as I lost a lot of muscle tone but once I'd started training again, that got sorted.