HOW MUCH WEIGHT do u lose in labour?

[ranirani]

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?

When I said 1.5 stone, that was 10 - 11 lbs of baby, the rest blood and water, as CoteD'Azur says. The remaining 2 stones plus was retained water and fat from consuming extra calories in an effort to control constant nausea.

10.5 kg
Baby weighed 4.4kg
I weighed 77kg the morning I went in to labour - baby born at lunch time.

I put on a stone during pregnancy and 5 days after birth had lost 1.5 stone (baby 8lb 4). No smugness intended here mind as i am now not far off weight i was when went into labour (and sadly i am not preg )

I was the same weight a week before giving birth as I was when I got home from the hospital after having DD

which was 14 stone.... arrr happy memories NOT

am now 9... it took 6 months to loose it