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FFOXGLOVE · 07/08/2025 21:33

Don’t worry - I was in the same boat!
after 3 months pp I quickly lost 7lbs then plateaud seemingly forever … did WeightWatchers to no effect, lowers the points, no effect. I very gradually lost about 4more lbs.
I blame breastfeeding.
now at 7months pp I feel like I could finally shift some through excercise and diet. I stopped weighing it was depressing. But I’m back in a size 12.
hanging there and ignore people who say it melted off for them after 10 minutes with no effort. Everyone’s different.
things will improve. The scales tell me I still have 1.5atone to lose to get back pre pregnancy but I feel much better than I did.
hope thatbhelps. ❤️

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TheMintSeal · 07/08/2025 21:37

FFOXGLOVE · 07/08/2025 21:33

Don’t worry - I was in the same boat!
after 3 months pp I quickly lost 7lbs then plateaud seemingly forever … did WeightWatchers to no effect, lowers the points, no effect. I very gradually lost about 4more lbs.
I blame breastfeeding.
now at 7months pp I feel like I could finally shift some through excercise and diet. I stopped weighing it was depressing. But I’m back in a size 12.
hanging there and ignore people who say it melted off for them after 10 minutes with no effort. Everyone’s different.
things will improve. The scales tell me I still have 1.5atone to lose to get back pre pregnancy but I feel much better than I did.
hope thatbhelps. ❤️

Thank you this is helpful and reassuring!
I am breastfeeding- everyone said breastfeeding will help to shift the weight- i wish!😅

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caringcarer · 07/08/2025 23:14

This happened to me and it turned out my thyroid had stopped working. I put on 10 lb in 6 weeks immediately after birth. I was only eating normally too. Other symptoms I had was my hair got very thin, I was really constipated and my skin was very dry. I ached a lot. I was very tired. I just thought it was because I was breastfeeding and up in the night with my baby and up early with toddler.

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TheMintSeal · 07/08/2025 23:51

caringcarer · 07/08/2025 23:14

This happened to me and it turned out my thyroid had stopped working. I put on 10 lb in 6 weeks immediately after birth. I was only eating normally too. Other symptoms I had was my hair got very thin, I was really constipated and my skin was very dry. I ached a lot. I was very tired. I just thought it was because I was breastfeeding and up in the night with my baby and up early with toddler.

Thank you- I actually wondered if this could be the case as I have also lost an eyebrow and my body aches like it never had before

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caringcarer · 08/08/2025 00:35

TheMintSeal · 07/08/2025 23:51

Thank you- I actually wondered if this could be the case as I have also lost an eyebrow and my body aches like it never had before

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You need to book in for a blood test. It's the only way to know for sure. It took almost a year before I felt better because they start you off on 25 mg of Levothyroxine then you have to wait about 4 months before another test. Then they put it up to 50 mg then wait another 4 months then 75 mg then another 4 months after that I was put on 100mg and remained on that dose until menopause. Throughout that year I put on more and more weight and felt truly dreadful. I didn't really get to enjoy my baby because I was so tired all the time. After I was on 100mg I gradually felt better and stopped putting on weight. The weight I had put on was very stubborn to lose though. I went from a size 10 when I got pregnant to an 18 after the first year.

BruFord · 08/08/2025 00:37

I agree that you need a blood test. Pregnancies messed up my thyroid completely.

Eenameenadeeka · 08/08/2025 04:49

You kinda answered your own question " I am so sleep deprived, I am running on a rubbish diet with no help around me, I am constantly snacking to give myself energy."
Sleep actually has quite a role apparently! But also, I know some say you lose weight from breastfeeding but my body has always held onto a little when feeding, I read it can be sort of just in case you were to need it, and then I lose it after weaning.

Katemax82 · 08/08/2025 08:56

I was at my heaviest when my 3rd child was 3. I was extended breastfeeding which can make it hard to lose weight and probably eating too much. I found the weight fell off when I stopped breastfeeding and started working as a house cleaner

Katemax82 · 08/08/2025 08:56

I was at my heaviest when my 3rd child was 3. I was extended breastfeeding which can make it hard to lose weight and probably eating too much. I found the weight fell off when I stopped breastfeeding and started working as a house cleaner

Katemax82 · 08/08/2025 09:02

Come to think of it i didn't lose any baby weight with any of mine while I was breastfeeding