Does breatfeeding help you lose weight?

[Gangle]

Or is in an urban myth? DS is 3 weeks old and the weight seems to be coming off slowly and I can't see how it's through diet as getting through a packet of biscuits every few days!

It worked for me, gone from size 16 pre-pregnancy to size 10-12 after bf for 18 months, no other dieting going on.

I didn't, but then I was permanently starving and ate a LOT of cake. Lost four or five pounds both times in the two weeks after stopping.

..not if accompanied by an insane craving for bread and butter!
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But it worked for my friend...breastfeeding takes around 500 calories a day I recall, it also helps your womb retract quicker for some reason.

Definately worked for me - but I am BF twins so quite a big drain on my supplies! I was back in pre-pregnancy jeans 10 days after giving birth and am now down to a size 8 - two sizes smaller than before. I do eat all day but probably don't always manage to eat 3000 calories, what with the extra 1000 that I supposedly need for feeding them both!

Sure when I stop though it'll pile back on...