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

[mrsfuzzy]

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

It took 1 year with DD, and by then I was pregnant with DS.

DS is now 2 () and I'm nearly there - 73kg trying to get down to 70. A few more weeks I hope!

No idea. I don't own a set of scales so I don't know what I weighed before or what I weigh now. I was back in my pre pregnancy jeans by about 5-6 weeks after the birth and think I'm pretty much the same size now (DD is 10 months) that I was before although my boobs are somewhat more dangly

2 years 3 months with DC1. DC2 is currently the same age & I am the same weight I was when I was about 7 months pregnant

I only put on a stone & a half with each of them as well.

I second the poster who said its maternity leave weight that's the real problem.

An hour. I walked out of the hosp with my pre preg jeans on

I never will, I was badly underweight before dd1 I'd like to loose a couple pounds, but I'm pretty happy with my size now. I'd prefer not to have my mother apron though.

I found most of it dropped off straight away but I was left with just under a stone. I have been trying so hard but it is tough going! Weight always just dropped off me before. I think turning 40 hasn't helped tbh. She's 2 now and I am still 2 pounds off my bfp weight (which was a bit heavier than my ideal after 4 rounds of IVF in a year).

I had the most disgusting hyperemesis during the whole of my first pregnancy and lost weight initially from throwing up so much! Was hospitalised 4 times, and was weighed on my way into delivery suite the day my Dd was born and I'd gained 19lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. I reckon it took a couple of weeks for my normal jeans to fit me, but took until my Dd was about 5 months for my belly to go from post-baby jiggle to what it was pre-pregnancy.....and now 14 months later I'm pregnant again and will have to do it all over again!!! 😫 Me and the gym are not friends....the gym is more like an annoying relative that I force myself to go and visit 😫

I'm a different shape now, with a numb post section apron, so I'm two sizes bigger.
TBH losing weight isn't a priority, just getting in shape when all the nerves are cut, and I can't "just pull my stomach in" thanks mum

How are you all shaping up your tummies? By evening my tum is huge, and all I want to do is take off anything digging in and put on a soft top, yoga pants.

Breastmilk is very calorific and yet breastfeeding doesn't seem to have helped much, even with a greedy guts cluster feeding boob monster. I know breastfeeding isn't an excuse to pig out and I've not been, but I don't understand how, given the calories and fat in milk, it's not better at shifting baby weight.

I've heard it's when you stop breastfeeding that the weight drops off clutches desperately at straws

I've heard about the breastfeeding before.

I'm still feeding my 18mo.... I'm furiously clutching at straws too!!!

Desperately clutches at straws (not furiously)

3.5years... And counting

My eldest is 24..... I've never "got my figure back" . My youngest is 6. I've given up trying now.

23 years and counting.......

Two weeks, and then another half-stone. Breastfeeding is making me waste away.

I put on 2 st 9 and took me 8 months to get back. Lost loads in the first few weeks and ages to loose last 10 lbs. slimming world helped as did a baby who only naps well in the Pram. I walk miles (and miles)

About a week,I was in pre pregnancy clothes within a week. Subsequently gained loads though

I breasted for well over a year and really struggled to lose the baby weight. I think that being constantly tired left me reaching for easy, unhealthy food (sticking a pizza in the oven takes no effort). It's only as my child has got older I've had time to go to the gym, I prepare healthy food for the both of us and the weight is finally coming off.

I remember reading that sleep deprivation leads to weight gain, I blame this!

*breastfed

10 years after first pregnancy (3/4 years after the last) , but it has finally happened.

Combination of eating and drinking less and doing much more exercise. Having a Fitbit was the key thing in turning it round for me.

I'm another one of the "lost the weight in 2 weeks, gained it back during maternity leave" gang. I was fairly happy, but not completely surprised, to return to my original weight so fast - I've always been fairly small. But I wasn't prepared for the boredom/ease of access to food double whammy of maternity leave. :(