How much of the baby weight did you loose right after labour?

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My weight gain isn't excessive so far but it does make me panic a bit when I think about it...

Just wanted to hear some stories from those who had their children of how much you've put on and how much you've lost through labour.

Thanks :)

With DS I left the maternity in size 8 jeans, I was young and slim. Not so much so with DD 7 years later, but I had put on weight before the pregnancy. Breast feeding helps lose weight

7 lb and 10 oz.

I took another baby and 3 yrs to loose the other 3 stone.

I left in pre-pregnancy clothes - of the 10kg I put on, I lost 8kg in the delivery room. This time I feel I was fatter to start with and am putting on more though!

Put on 20lbs and lost about 14lbs in the delivery room

I put on a stone breastfeeding my twins. It doesn't always make you lose weight! I only managed to shift that stone when I stopped breastfeeding and never lost the other 2 I put on.

Don't own scales, so no idea, but I was back in size 8 skinny jeans after a couple of weeks.

2 years on though, DS has ditched the buggy and wants to walk everywhere. I'm blessed with the most god-awful sausage thighs from shuffling along at no speed rather than pounding up and down hills at speed

By the time your baby comes along though, you won't care. You will be so amazed that your body grew a whole other person that any new lumps or wobbles won't matter.

My weight didn't change much but my baggy tummy took a while to go

I can't really remember how much I dropped with ds2 but with ds1 I lost at least 14lbs of the baby weight immediately after giving birth. The rest dropped off me in the first few months and by the time he was 6 months old I was lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight. I think it had a lot to do with not being able to eat proper meals and just snacking when I could.

I lost exactly 6lbs and 13ozs! Guess the weight of my firstborn.....

Put on 2 stone in all, didn't lose any until I stopped breast feeding despite best efforts. Weight dropped off quite quickly after that, although sill carrying 6 lbs extra now 2 years later....TTC my 2 DC now and determined to watch what I eat more this time round...went hell for leather on the biscuits last I'm!

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122lbs before ds1. 40lbs gained, lost 20lbs in the day & day after he was born.

124lbs before ds2, 30lbs gained, lost 15lbs in the day & day after he was born. He's 5wks old & I've still got 12lbs to go.

Don't care about the stretch marks or saggy bits but hate feeling unfit and having thighs that rub!

Both pregnancies put on 3st, lost 1 1/2 stone in the delivery room. Then lost nothing until 11 weeks (but could fit back in large days pre-pregnancy clothes from about 1-2 weeks) then steady 1lb a week until about 9 months. Then lost the last few pounds once periods started again at around 13 months.

EBF both babies. Somehow post-pregnancy, although I was much heavier than normal, I was fitting into my normal clothes so can only assume that it was all boob weight - and I did go from 32C to 38E/F at end of pregnancy then 34/36 C/D for most of feeding time.

Best of luck!

Thirteen pounds lost by giving birth (almost eight of which was baby). A further eleven pounds of water lost over the next four days (was nice to see my cheekbones again. Unfortunately, I still have two stone of third trimester cakefest weight to shift six months later.

Gained 18kg, 12kg and 10kg, took 6 weeks, 4 weeks and 2 weeks for it to go respectively. Have not got the faintest idea why or how it was different with the different dcs (close in age). I ended up a couple of kg lighter than before I started, and still am 8 years later.

Both pregnancies I haven't weighed myself from finding out I was pregnant until a couple of weeks after the birth - both times I'd gained 7kgs. By the time DD was 8 weeks it was 5kg heavier than before I got pregnant. DD is now 13 weeks old and as of this morning I'm 3.8kg heavier than before, however I was on holiday last week and I pigged out rather, I was only 2.1kg heavier than pre-DD before I went away. I'm one dress size up.

Some woman bounce back straight away, some it takes a couple of months to settle before you know what's actual fat you've put on if that makes sense.

I had gained 2 stone by 40 weeks and had lost exactly a stone the day after the birth (6lb8oz baby). A week later I had lost another half a stone (of presumably water retention as my cankles had disappeared). 6 weeks postpartum and EBFing I was back to pre-pregnancy weight despite having a huge appetite and a very sweet tooth.

Thanks ladies. Everyone is so different! I hope bfing will help me loose some of the baby fat! Although it seems like it's not always the way...

I lost all my weight after I gave birth! However still had a little bump there but I found the pelvic tilts really helpful used to do them in the bath :) and could feel the bump going down every time I bf x

About a stone (14lbs), iirc.

Fastest weight loss ever

Gained 3 stone both times, from being underweight.

Lost a stone following the birth.

Another stone naturally over the next couple of months.

Last stone came off around 6 months when I was back in a good gym routine.

DS1 - I put on 11kg (~24lb) - lost about 10lb in delivery and it took me 2 weeks to lose the rest. Breastfeeding made no odds to my weight - although it allowed me to indulge in a bar-a-day habit without putting any weight on!
Unfortunately, I didn't give up the habit when I gave up bf'ing, so gradually gained another stone in weight.

DS2 - put on 13kg (~28lb) and lost a lot more in the delivery as I had polyhydramnios and DS2 was a little heavier than DS1. Took 2 weeks to lose the rest and get back to my pre-pg weight again.
HOWEVER. I have since steadily gained weight again, despite bf'ing DS2 - I don't know whether this is down to age, hormone changes, doing less movement, lack of stairs in this house, being heavier to start with, or what - but it's definitely bloody irritating!

I vividly remember, with DS2, weighing myself at home the day before I went into labour, and then weighing myself after coming home from hospital, having had DS2. Despite DS2 weighing 9 lb 5 oz, I hadn't even lost that much weight according to my scales! I gradually lost weight over a few months, and then dieted to get rid of the extra 12 lb or so that wouldn't shift.