Weight loss after birth

[Meadows20]

Hi all :)

Just wondering how much weight you dropped after birth? I was characterised as morbidly obese before pregnancy but I haven't put any weight on and nearly 37 weeks. I'm just curious what my actual loss may be or whether anyone else in the obese bracket found the same...they lost weight rather than gained?

My BMI was 40 at the start of pregnancy and I lost about half stone by week 30 and just put that back on so at 40 weeks I weighed exactly the same as at 8 weeks.

Weighed myself 1 week after birth and I'd lost 22lb and BMI had gone down to around 35.

I had the most awful reflux and was sick almost every day all through my pregnancy

22lbs That's a lot!

Sorry to ask but did you end up putting it back on or did you keep it off? I've never been too fussed about my weight as I've always been heavy for my size (before pregnancy, I was a good size 18-20) but I have a condition called Lipoedema so any weight I can keep off now will help in the future trying to manage it.

I've got awful reflux as well, which is why I'm up at 5am 😭 I just can't seem to eat enough as well...either it makes me feel sick or I'm just not hungry.

I lost loads and I loved how I looked but everyone thought I was poorly ! It's all gone back on now sadly.

I lost more than my baby weight when dd was tiny - loads of breastfeeding, walking and baby wearing.

When she got to 4 months and stopped sleeping, I started eating a lot of cake and put a lot of weight on which I'm still struggling to lose 3 years later.

I put on around 2 stone in pregnancy and it doesn't appear to have gone anywhere according to scales, but I don't look any different apart from fuller face and jeans are just semi tighter so v confused! Haven't had a period yet 10 weeks on so feeling a bit fed up

@Meadows20 DC is only 3 weeks so not put it back on yet although with the amount of chocolate and biscuits I'm eating I'm sure I will!

I'm 8 months down the line now, and I'm down 8kg from my booking weight. 22kg(!) from my maximum pregnancy weight.

It's starting to creep back on though. Not getting out and about as much is the main culprit. Hopefully, when baby groups reopen, I'll lose some more.