To want to sue the NHS/WHO or whoever for false advertising

[tadpolesmum]

Breastfeeding makes you lose weight... my fat ar**

With ds1 he did sleep all night if he had formula but woke every 3 or 4 hours if bf. And I put on a lot of weight every time I bf and then lost it once I stopped. Not stopped yet with ds2 at 17 months although we are down to once every couple of days, if that, and I have managed to lose some weight but still a good way to go.

Not sure what my point is but if you're sueing (sp?!) I want in!!

Well I agree with you hunker fwiw. At a poor excuse for a bfing clinic I recently attended, we were shoved in a side room (because my DH was with me) and he read the poster over my shoulder, listing all the 'benefits' by turning them around into ff 'risks'. BUT he's an academic so does this kind of thing with everything!

Oooh look at our posting times!!

But tadpolesmum, before I had dd1, I had piled on the weight and my wine consumption contributed to a large part of that.

i could hardly eat for the first 3 months of both pregnancies and cut back massively on the amount of wine I drank, only 1-2 units per week after 14 weeks. I also lost quite a bit of weight at the beginning of each pregnancy.

I always used to criticise celebs who lost their baby weight quickly but it can happen, should get pregnant/breast feed again as have a bit more weight that I would like to lose

hunker needed you to counsel my sorry ass when ds2 (3rd and final (sob) cherub) self weaned 3 mths ago...
Why did all 3 self wean at exact same monthage?
Sorry for hijack

x post spooky pesha

There are benefits of ffing - for the mother perhaps, if she finds expressing difficult. There are none for the baby - if bfing is going well or could be with support.

But our society is SO fucked-up and taking pride in catering to your tiny baby's needs is usually seen as something peculiar and martyr-like - and the role of mother is so worthless - that ffing has been allowed to become the norm.

So, talk about the benefits of ffing by all means - but talk about them against the list of risks of ffing (to baby and mother).

Oh dear, - it says:

'overweight women gained weight and lean women lost weight with breastfeeding'

Aw, Piffle How old was he?

MM, your DH sounds fab

"Snacking on bikkies
Gives you bigger knickies"

Absolute poetry that one is going on my fridge.

Class action lawsuit it is then ladies

i never lose the weight fully till i stop

16mths
Stopped feeding daytime 15mths preferring open cup
Fed at bedtime and if woke in night
Then one day
Refused
And again and again
Then next day suckled again and spat it out saying yuck and then cup [sob]

I ate tons when I was b/f - if I didn't stuff carbohydrates down like I had shares in McVities, I used to feel faint (honest!). And I was one of the lucky ones who loses weight without actually trying.

Problem was when I stopped suddenly all those biscuits were showing up on my tummy. Came as a nasty shock that I couldn't carry on as if I was still on maternity leave, hanging around Costa Coffee ordering mocha with marshmallows...

hunker Yeah he is. I think he's feeling a bit sad he's not getting to feed DD, coz DS1 was having some formula (for various reasons) from day 5, - but he would NEVER suggest I express for fear of giving me extra work to do or to interfere with bfing.

Is 3 weeks too early d'ya think?

it never made a lick of difference to my weight whether i bf or not.

but then, i followed the PND diet to get your shape back.

i don't recommend it!

blimey this is a long read but the end result is that women who exclusively breastfeed may end up losing 0.6kg to 2.2kg lighter than those who don't breastfeed at all - that's a max of about 4-5lbs!

And I have breastfed for a total of three sodding years!! (not to lose weight, but it would have been nice...)

sorry this is the long read link!

FF benefits are for the mother although her state of mind is also very important for the wellbeing of the baby and family as a whole. Think the annoying phrase - not on this thread - is when people say BF is 'the best thing you can do for your baby'. It is the best nutrition you can give your baby for sure. The best 'thing' you can do is love it and build a happy family. I've had mixed experiences of BF and would not promote FF over it but feel the whole debate is too polarised. It is not usually Society - as hunkermunker says - that ends up getting discussed but the decisions and experiences of women themselves. Not helpful.

Just jogging to the fridge now...didn't mean to get off topic...sorry! Hmm..a Topic would be nice...

I was chubbbbbbbbbbbby the whole time I breastfed. My weight didn't go back to normal til I stopped. If I was up at 3 am for a feed, I'd go downstairs for some cereal afterwards! I think I was on about six meals a day, with snacks, but then, if you're up at 5 am, when is breakfast!?

But still, can't argue with the study, because my wieght is normal now, and I don't know whether it would be if I hadn't.

...well...tbh...I had very different bf experiences with all three of my sons...with es I lost weight naturally whilst bf, with ys I was able to loose weight whilst I followed a helathy eating plan and with ys I tried that and it didn't work and only started losing weight once I stopped bf...
tbh, it would be a vain and pretty stupid reason to breastfeed ...and is completley irrelevant...now, if the claim of it being the ideal food for your Baby was wrong...now there woud be a reason to sue

btw...bf only claims to use more calories (but indeed no licence to eat lots of high calorific crap) and the other claim related to weightloss is, that it helps contract the womb quicker thereofre tightening that part of your body quicker....

Oh feck.
I just told DP to pick me up a kebab on the way home.
I thought th night feeds would burn it off

Actaully, in all seriousness, I was talking to DP about this yesterday.
With DD I lost my weight straight away, she was born at 32 weeks, but even so, I was a size 8 leaving hospital.
DS1, I could not get below a 14 all the time I breastfed, was a 10/12 when I fell pg.
After I stopped BFing I was an 8 again, within about 6 weeks.
Now I'm a 16ish (which is great bearing in mind I put on about 6 stone with DS2) but I cannot shift more than a couple of pounds no matter how much exercise/dieting I do.
I am going to lose weight when I stop feeding aren't I?

what if you never put much weight on in the first place?

it is all baby this time, and i've got the sore back to show for it.

last two times, it was a ton of water weight.

but i've never been able to put on additional weight with any of them, because they have all made me terribly vomitous the first 5 months and then given me dire acid reflux and gut problems thereafter.

even water makes me sick. i have to sip it all day.

am positive the night feeds burn more calories. DS feeds seemingly all night...

expat, I had HG too with DS2, and STILL managed to put on tons of weight. Fuck knows how!