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.

I'm 7 months pp now and about 1kg above my original weight. I gained 14kg in pregnancy and lost 10kg just gradually without active effort til my weight plateaued. Started making active effort about 1 1/2 months ago and lost 3kg.

Eighteen years and counting 😂

Dc1 i was 30 and back to pre preg weight in 6 months
Dc2 i was 35 took closer to a year
Both times i put on 3 stone +

@PathObstacles 🙌💗

Had ds when I was 28. 9 stone to 12. Got back to 9 stone in about ten months I think. Most of it fell off really quickly and with zero effort (just lots of pram walking and breastfeeding) but the last half a stone was a bit more stubborn!

I'm 32 now and have a nearly 3 month old. I'm just over 10 and a half stone. I know I'll get back to 9 stone again, it'll just take a bit of time - especially as I gained 4 stone in my most recent pregnancy not 3!

11 days.

this is not a smug post - because in the intervening years I’ve managed to put it all back on. And more.

My pregnant weight didn’t hang around for long. It honestly dropped off pretty fast.

but I have struggled with my weight since and am now heavier than pre pregnancy 😔

With DC1, it was about six weeks but I put on less than 2 stones and she was 8lbs 8oz, so I only had about 10lbs to lose after a couple of days post-partum.

With DC2, it was nearer a 3 stones weight gain (exercise down, doughnut consumption up with a one-year-old 🤣) but I think it still only took a few months.

I think I'm quite lucky with a fast metabolism though.

Oh and I was 33 and 35 (and about 8-8.5 stones each time).

Though I think the reason I didn't put that much on with DC1, was that I actually lost a few pounds in the first trimester as I felt so nauseous I couldn't eat!

2 weeks after DS was born I was 1lb less than I weighed at 4 weeks pregnant.
Complete freak of nature! First week spent in hospital trying to establish breastfeeding, not eating and stress levels at the max I think.
Weight fluctuated a bit over the next couple of years then dropped to an all time low after a lot of stress and again not making time to eat properly. (ds around 2 years old at this time)
Since then the weight crept back on and I'm now the same weight I was at 38 weeks pregnant, and look chunkier then ever (and I hate it )

How infantilising. I wouldn’t stand for being ‘told off’ by Health professionals or being weighed either. Everyone is different and anxiety about weight gain could be very damaging.

Is it "infantilising" though or is it advice that no-one wants to hear?

Around 5 months - breastfeeding and pushing a pram for miles every day

When I had my (4) children it was customary to be weighed at every check-up during pregnancy. I gather this doesn't happen anymore. Why is that?

I never got weighed once. DD was born in 2000.

My midwife told me it's because for the majority of women there was no clinical benefit of doing so. And it can have adverse effects e.g. increase stress/worry for the woman or make her too focused on weight gain (gaining too much/little). If a women's weight is a concern then the midwife can of course weigh her. I was weighed once at around 32 weeks I think - part of a routine midwife appointment. No comment was ever made on my weight (I have no weight issues).

I was back in my pre pregnancy jeans within 2 weeks however 6 months maternity leave where all i did was eat ensured I was heavier than ever by the time I got back to work.

I lost at least a stone in all my pregnancies,
although gained it all back when breastfeeding.
With my first I was a size 12 when I got pregnant and size 8 by the time she was born.