Active discussions

Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

Original poster

HOW MUCH WEIGHT do u lose in labour?

29 replies

ranirani · 21/01/2009 21:20

I was told my MW that straight after labour you loose 8 kg, which is like, what, 15 pounds? means: the baby, placneta etc.

what was you experience?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
thisisyesterday · 21/01/2009 21:21

depends how big the baby is surely???

dinny · 21/01/2009 21:21

last thing on my mind was getting on the scales, I have to say!

littleboyblue · 21/01/2009 21:22

Don't know how much weight I lost but I remember it taking 6 of them to get me into position on op table (forcep delivery) and only 2 to shift me back up when they were finished

Original poster
ranirani · 21/01/2009 22:15

lol, littleboyblue

yeah, I mean if your baby lets say 4 kg, what is the rest?
tried to find info some on internet , nothing

OP posts:
iwantitnow · 21/01/2009 22:16

Lost 2 stone when I weighed myself two weeks after my csection. DD was 9lbs though.

littleboyblue · 21/01/2009 22:20

My ds was over 9lbs and was told I had a massive placenta.......
Was a bit mad looking at myself and seeing this huge rock hard gut and then 2 seconds later could see my feet again. Crazy how much my stomach went down! Not enough though, didn't manage to get back into my size 12's gonna have a lot of work to do when this one gets out!

RiaParkinson · 21/01/2009 22:22

this time i lost ONLY the baby weight

absolutely gutted x

ruthmollymummy · 22/01/2009 07:45

After I had dd I still looked 6 months pregnant for a week! And there were no rooms for me in the ward with the other new mummies so I was put back in the antenatal ward where everyone made the assumption I was still pregnant!!

mamadiva · 22/01/2009 07:49

Not sure about straight after birth, but I had a ECS and the next day I was walking around the hospital and people were asking if I was sure I'd had a baby

Exactly a weeka after DS was born I had lost 3 and a half stone, but my MW did say that was a bit worrying, although I am not exactly a 'skinny minnie' so that 3 and half stone was not enough LOL.

OatcakeCravings · 22/01/2009 09:14

A week after I'd had ds I was 3 stone lighter. He was a 9 pounder though and I had too much amniotic fluid and was huuugggeee! I also had mad water retention which took about 8 weeks in total to go and 2 months after the birth I was back to my pre-baby weight without dieting which I was pleased about! The midwife was going mental 'cos I'd gained 4 and a half stone but it was all baby and water so if I ever have another one I'm not going to worry about what I eat!

LeoMcGarry · 22/01/2009 09:30

I lost less than the weight of my baby! I had a rough time and they had stuffed me so full of various IVs that I was carrying around excess fluid for nearly a week but then it fell off quite quickly and I'd lost about 2 stone within 10-14 days. DS was 9lb though so not surprising a lot went very quickly once the fluid retention eased.

Niecie · 22/01/2009 09:36

I only put on 18lb with DS2 and had lost the lot by the time he was 4 days old. He was 9lb.

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 22/01/2009 09:36

Only the weight of the baby.

Highlander · 22/01/2009 10:48

no idea how much weight was lost but I was a bit stunned both times that when I stood up the bump has just disappeared. Mind, I had CSs so I didn't stand up until about 5 hours after the birth. still a bit freaky though

learnermummy · 22/01/2009 11:20

I lost a stone after the birth. Unfortunatley the other two stone took a bit longer

MrsMattie · 22/01/2009 11:22

Nah. Lost exactly 10 lbs with my first baby (who weighed 10 lbs).!). I think the swelloing and water retention you get after a c-section stops you losing it so quickly in the first few weeks, though.

Lost about the same (10lbs) with DD, who weighed 7 lbs, but it has started falling off me a lot quicker this time (DD 9 weeks old now). Think it's running around after a 3 yr old that does it!

AccidentalMum · 22/01/2009 13:14

Very disappointed to lose 7lbs on the day with DD1 and she weighed 6lbs

Coldtits · 22/01/2009 13:15

I have no idea. Is it a healthy attitude to be gettng on the scales straight after having a baby to see how much weight you have lost?

Niecie · 22/01/2009 14:21

It isn't unhealthy - it is part idle curiosity and partly about being grateful you don't have to hoist your (relatively) enormous bulk around any more.

AccidentalMum · 22/01/2009 14:50

I don't have scales at home and there were some in the bathroom at the hospital so I weighed myself out of curiosity. Was the first I knew of my weight that pregnancy. FWIW, my gran rang me twice a week to check that I wasn't creeping above 10st....that's unhealthy

MrsVW · 22/01/2009 17:13

I lost about 12 kg in 10 days after birth. I was so stressed from demand feeding and DS constant crying, so had almost no appetite and no time to eat.

StarlightMcKenzie · 22/01/2009 18:03

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

Biglips · 22/01/2009 18:06

i lost 4 stones in 8 months after having em c-section with dd1. i lost 2 stones within 2 weeks after having VBAC with dd2...

nontoxic · 22/01/2009 18:12

Whth my first,I dropped 1.5 stones straight after the birth, then it took about 2 months for the other 2.5 stones to go!
With no.2, likewise, but only had another 2 to lose.
No3, again 1.5 stone straight off, and took a bit longer to lose the last stone.

CoteDAzur · 22/01/2009 18:22

I lost 7 kgs during DD's birth. She weighed 4 kgs at birth. Another 3 kgs included placenta and copious amounts of blood.