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 :)

I put on about 2 stone overall, and lost about 3/4 of a stone from the birth itself. Another few pounds went quite quickly, in the next couple of weeks. Then it slowed up. DS is 9 months now and I am back at the weight I was when I got pregnant, but my shape is still a bit different - breasts still a bit larger (still breastfeeding, but only a little - once a day or every other day) and still a slight tummy. I do still feel slightly too heavy for me - I suppose because before pregnancy I was this weight but had a good deal more muscle (which is heavier) so looked and felt a bit slimmer. I am doing some exercise but not yet fully back to my usual routine as I had very severe SPD which has not yet recovered fully. Definitely feeling better and stronger in the last few weeks though so hoping to tone up with regular gym/swim sessions through the autumn. I haven't had to "diet" at all, but my ordinary diet is relatively healthy.

Oh yes, and my Mum (five children) says she never lost the last bit of weight until after she finished breast feeding so I think that's quite common.

Don't go by your current weight. With both pregnancies I ate like a horse and I did put on weight, going by the scales. But, as soon as I gave birth I was back to my pre pregnancy size, with my first. With my second I was lighter than before pregnant. However, I couldn't get in my skinny jeans for about a month afterwards as I think my hips were still widened during this time.

Hi Op

MN disclaimer ? please be away I am a first time mum to be and this note is based on my constant research as paranoid of putting too much weight on etc.

I thought ?read via several sources?that by your due date, just over a third of your extra weight will come from the baby, the placenta and amniotic fluid. Here is a breakdown I got from one of my sources:

?At birth, an average baby weighs about 3.3kg (7.3lb)
?The placenta, which weighs 0.7kg (1.5lb)
?The amniotic fluid weighs 0.8kg (1.8lb)

The other two-thirds of extra weight is due to the changes that happen to your body while you?re pregnant. On average:

?The muscle layer of your uterus grows dramatically, and weighs an extra 0.9kg (2lb)
?Your blood volume increases and weighs an extra 1.2 (2.6lb)
?You have extra fluid in your body weighing about 1.2kg (2.6lb)
?Your breasts weigh an extra 0.4kg (0.9lb)
?You store fat, about 4kg (8.8lb) to provide you energy for breastfeeding

If we consider the NHS says that on average most pregnant women gain between 8kg and 14kg (17.5lb to 30lb), most of which is gained after the 20 week mark then the baby, placenta, extra blood and fluid etc. (not incl. fat stores for breast feeding) contributes on average to 19.3kg (18.7lb). Any addition weight outside c. 27.5lb is additional weight gain by mum and not really to do with baby. Clearly this is all internet / NHS based research as I am paranoid about putting too much weight on. It?s probably all wrong and there is different advise out there. Ha ha ha

But I have found that most advice I have read is consistent with this. So hopefully when the baby is born I am hoping/praying to drop at least 1st 4lb straight away ?she says naively hoping this will really happen--

immediately after labour, about the weight of the baby and the placenta.

it took me about 3 months to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes :)

and everything LittlePeaPod said.

I lost about 12lbs immediately, then about another eight in the three weeks since. Still have two stone to go though... umm.... crossing fingers breastfeeding will do it once I finally get rid of all the visitors who insist on bringing cake round!!

I put on 4.5 stone, being immobile for last 3 months with spd didn't help.

Lost 2 stone giving birth, 1.5 stone over first 3 weeks and by 6 months after birth weighed 1 stone less than pre pregnancy. Presumably from breastfeeding as eating cake every day was unlikely to have contributed.

Virtually none straight away and contrary to the 'you won't mind' post upthread I did mind, a lot. And no breast feeding didn't shift it either. Took about a year.

Second time round was much quicker, about four months.

First baby 8lb 2 oz
Second baby 9lb 4oz

DS weighed 7lb 7oz. I weighed myself before I went in and when I got home and had lost about 4lbs....I couldn't believe it. However I had a flat stomach within days (to look at, to touch it resembled one of those stress toys you stick your finger into and the imprint remains) and was back in my pre-pregnancy clothes in less than a week.

Lost a stone in about two weeks. Then stopped breastfeeding 8 months later and put it on again in the same time !